PHILOSOPHY

B.A.-SYLLá,BUSES

FAqULTY OF ^ÀRTS

ALrH

Philosophy IH(A).

greatest number?

Text-books:

Cornman,

J. W., I

^problems and, ørgumentst

an íntroduction, Frankena, W. K.,

Shafier, J. A.,

Rea

andom House).

AL2IJ

^Logic

^IH.

In

ffrst term the nature

of

reasoning

will

^{be shrdied.}

Text-book:

Geach, P.

T.,

Reason and, argument (Blackwell).

truth-functional aim is to study techniques for investigats the Text-book:

Jefrrey, R. C., Formal

logic:

its scope and

limö*

(McGraw-Hill), Noú¿: Those who wish

to

abandon the study

of

logic at the end

of

either ffrst

or

second term may do so

by

changlng

theii

enrolment

to

Philosophy

IH(B).

Their

earlier results

will

count towards their ffnal assessment.

A,L3H

PhilosophylH(B).

The ffrst term is identical

with

that of AL2H Logic

IH,

The topic is the nature

of

reasoning.

Text-book:

Geach, P,

T.,

Reason and argument (Blackwell).

Text-book:

Plato, ^Th.e last dags of Souates (Penguin).

life-style?

Text-book:

Trigg, R., Reason ønil commítment (C,IJ'P.).

Those

who

wish

to

do so may transfer from Philosophv

IH(B) to Logic IH at

the end

of

ffrst term

by

chanÈing their enrolment, Their ffrst term assessment

will

count towards their ffnal assessment'

SECOND YEAR.

FACULTY OI'ARTS

Pre-requisi ^C

^options

ⁱⁿ

1976 or-,latqr..years; or

ÀL2H Lôgic

^tions

^{in I97!;}

^{o1 AL01} Philosoplv-

I

before

19i4.

^their degree both this course and the logic part

of

AL02 Philosophy

II

^prior

to

1974.

L201 First term.

Text-book:

Mates,

8.,

Elententatg logic, 2nð' edtion

L204 Er¡rrcs:

First term.

R.

M.

Hare and modern moral theory.

Text-books:

Hare, R.

M., ^of

morals (O.U.P.).

Ha¡e, R.

M.,

reason (O.U-'P.).

Hudón, W.-

oral philosophy (Macmillan).

L2l5

^Mrno

¡vo

Le¡rcuecr: First term.

tics. Such topics as: the activities require non- ourism, empirìcism and language universals; the Whorf hypothesis.

T

)

Recommended:

Chomsky. N.,

Ãe

(Pantheon).

Harman,'G.

(ed. y

(Doubleday-Anchor).

Lyonq _{J., Noam}

L20ó Mooel Locrc:

Second term.

Pre-requisite:

Logic

L201.

Text-book:

Hughes, G. E., and Cressrvell,

M.

_1., Introduction

to

modal logìc, Revised

edition

(Methuen).

L209

ScrrNcp, Pnocnrss

¡¡,Ir Tnutu:

^Second term.

A

discussion

of

Hume, Popper, Kuhn, Lakatos and Feyerabencl.

Text-book:

Chalmers.

A. F.,

What

is

this thing called ScienceP (Queensland U.P.)'

LzlO

Por-rrrcer- Prrrr-osoprrv ¡.no P¡ru-osopnv

or

Socr,lr- Scmxcn: ^Second term.

The

course

considers

theories

in

social science are

of the

same logical

kin

^{sciences; whether}

^the

^social

sciences can

be"objectiv

^{berty and political} obligation, the political relevance o

Text-books:

Ryan, .A'., The philosophU

of

the social sci.ences (Macmillan).

Ráphâel'D. D.,' Problemõ

oi

^political philosophs (Macmillan).

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FACULTY OF .ANTS

Quine, \M.

V.

^O., Ftom a logical poìnt of

oieu,2nd

edition (Harper and

L2l8

ON

W¡rer

Trrnnr

Is:

Fnoslnr4s

N ONrolocy:

Second term,

which _{__we} can hope

to

settle philosophical questions amentally exists, with.examples, including, especially,

t

space exists as a real entity.

Required reading:

Nerlich,

G,

The shape of space, Chapters 1-7 (C.U.p.).

L208

AovaNc¡o

Locrc:

Third term.

Topics- in_

the

metalogic

of first

order non-standard models, etc.

Text-book:

Hunter,

G'

Metologìc (Macmillan),

completeness, decidability,

LzlI

Menx¡snr:

Third

term.

of Karl Marx

and

I

^include

the

theo¡v

itique of

capitalist' Text-books:

later

Marxists and

of

human nature, society,

the

state,

Mqrx,_

Basíc

uritings

on politics and philosophg, ed,.

Mg,_.*, L.S

^g_s

_{_in}

sociolo_gg

and social

philosophg, eds.

T. B

Rubel, 2nd edjiion (pelican). ^' Required reading:

Avineri, S.,

_T po Mam

^(C.U,p.).

Lichtheim,

G.

out

Mclellan, D., of

_).

All

books cited are available

in

paperback editions.

L2I4

Trrp PnosLrM

or lw¡ucrroN:

Third term.

This

course

will

deal wi-th o-ne main problem about the rationality

of

science, namely Ifume's problem

of induction.

^{^}

Text-book:

Swinburne,

R. (ed.),

The iustification

of

induction. (O.U.p.).

Recommended reading:

Salmon,

W.

C., The found,ations

of

scìentific ínference (pittsburgh U.p,).

L230 Arsr¡rnrrcs: Third

term,

Special reference

will

be made

to

the visual arts.

Text-book:

'Wollheim, R.,

Art

and, its obiects (Peregrine).

o

Press ),

o.u.P.),

u;orld, ('lhames and Hudson), The subjects offered ^are:

AL02

Philosophy

II.

Pre-requisite: Either

(a)

Division

I

^pass

or better

losonhv

IH

(L94) or ALIH Philoso Inls)

or

AL2H Logic and Argum lH'and

a

Division

II

^pass or better

(b)

Division

I

^pass or better

in

AL01 Philosophy

I

before 1974, One option each term.

FÄCULTY OF ¿.RTS

an option

ovetlaps signiffcantly

with

an

optio!

^given

in

earlier years

only

one

of

thôm may count

1tL22 Logic II.

Prc-reqtljsite: Eíther

1e76 ;,:u"s "fffii"li

lH (

Ëis course)] or

t974.

The- subject co¡sists

of

the options L201, L2O5 and L208. No option counted towards

AL02

Philosopbv

II, AL03

Philosophy

IIIA or ALI3

Phìlosophy

IIIB

may count âs

a

course

lor

AL22 Logic

II.

THIRD

YEAR,

A

student -may B-\g both 4T,03 ,Philosophy

IIIA

and

ALl3

philosophy

IIIB.

No ^- stuclent enrols

in lllB

^unless he has passed

IIIA- or is

currentìy uñdértaking it.

No option or seminar or project may cãunt torvards both

IIIA

aád

IIIB.

Options

are

selected

from the following list and from the list

ofiered for cond Year.

No

option counted towards ,4,"L02 Philosophv

II. AL22

Loøic

II

^or

Second_Year.

No

option counted towards AÏ,02 philosophy

II, eLÐ ioeic tI

o.

AL23 Logic III may

count towards

IIIA or IIIB. ûhêre ãn

ootion "overìans

AL23 Logic III may

count towards

IIIA or IIIB.

significantly

with

an option given

in

earlier years o

t-o'rvards-anv subject

in-philoóphy.

students

ího"ld coísult

the oepãrtmà'nt

it

^lo

doubt about option _ov_erlap. students taking AL02_ Philosophy

II

oþtions as part

of IIIA or IIIB will be

required

to undeiake

additional' study rälating to'the^{as part}

material of the subject.

ing to

the

Options may have

a

special pre-requisite stated

in their

description.

Seminars meet weekly

for

l]4 hours.

The

options are the -second-year

options, and:

C70B

ANcrn¡¡T Pr¡rr-osopny: First term.

For syllabus see under Classics (A'C33 Classical Studies

III).

The subjects offered a¡e:

AL03

Philosophy

IIIA.

Pre-requisite: ,4L02 Philosophy

II

or AL22 Logíc IL

One option each te¡m plus one seminar. The subject

is

completed

in

one year.

AL13

Philosophy

IIIB.

Pre-requisite: As

for AL03

Philosophy

IIIA.

For students who have ^passed AL03 Philosophy

IIIA

or who enrol concurrently

for

AL03 Philosophy

IIIA.

Three o_ptions

not

presented

for AL03

Phílosophy

IIIA or

any other subject given

þy

^the Departmènt

of

Philosophy and one sõmjnar not otheiwise preseníed.

The subject

is

completed

in

one yeãr.

AL23 Logic III.

Pre-requisite:

(a)

As

for AL22

Logic

II

^ancl

(b)

AL02 Philosophy

II or

a second-year Mathematical Sciences subject.

The course is as

for

AL22 Logic

II.

Students taking these courses as AL23 Logic

III will

^be required

to

unde¡take additional study relating to the material of the courses.

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Í'ACI'LTY OF. ANTS

AL4H

Philosophy

IIIH.

Pre-requisite: As

for

AL03 Philosophy

IIIA.

This

half-subject

is

available

for

students

who wish to

take

it

^{together with}

SI3H Social Biology

IIIH.

Intending students should consult the Chairman

of

the Department.

HONOURS DEGREE.

AL99

Philosophy

for

the Honours degree

of

B.A,

Pre-requisite subjects: AL01 Philosophy

I

^(before

^1974),

ALOZ Philosophy

II

and AL03 Philosophy

IIIA.

courses

rst

year

gic

IH.

without

e

^alone, Cou¡ses and texts

will

^be decided

at

the beginning

of

each year. Prospective Honours students should consult

with the

Chairman

of the

Department before the end

of

January.

B,A,-SYLLA3USES PrrYsrcs

(ron

n.e'.)

I'ACULTY OF' ÀRTS

PHYSICS.

(FOR

THE

DEGREE

OF

BACHELOR

OF

ARTS)

SP9H

^Physics, Man and SocietY

IH.

This

half-subject,

given by

rnembers

of the

D-epartment-s

oJ

Physics and Mathematical Physiôsf

is

intended primarily

fot

studdnts

of

the humanities and social sciences.

It

cannot be counted as a subject ^tow-a1d¡ the_.degree,of

P"q\qÞ 9j

^{Science in} the Faculty

of

^Science, and only one

of

SP01 Physics

I

^and SP9H Physics, Man and Society

IH,

can be counted towards any other ^degree.

The in

cha¡âcter and

no

previous knowledge of

ittã- in

cha¡ácter and "no

previous Jcnowledg-e -of

The in

cha¡âcter and

no

previous knowledge of

physics to

provide an understãnding-

of

^some

of

the

i¡iîcip

^ysicí ysics^ ^and and

^of of

^the the scientiffc baõkgrouqd scientiffc baõkground to to somesome political and iocial ^issues

that -

^{The course}

of

the philosophical, political and social issues

that

^{'I'he course}

will

^coisist

of ^a

^{limited number}

^of

^{topics rvhich}

'rv in

^le-ctures,

tutorials, reading assignments and essay . There

will

one lecture a week ând a

tito¡iaÏ

every second wä

k throughou will

^{be no}

formal laboratorv work.

At

least threé distinct topics

will be

offered each year. Each

topic

occu-pìes one term and the half-subject comprises three topics.

In

^{1978 the topics}

will

^be

selected from the following.

.4.. T¡rn lrr.rpecr

or

Psvsrcs.

The topic

will

^of

physics.

Þarticul

^of

physics have

or

^to

how those

ideas

^m-

self, both as an individual and as a menrber

of

society.

B. Merr¡n

^ervo

ANrr-M¡rrrn,

matter, emphasi

The

soci cts, such

C. Lrcgr-Wevrs

^on P¡nrrcr-¡s?

T'his tooic

is

treated historicallv and stresses

the

development

of

man's ideas about the nature of

light. It

also serves as a "case history" to illustrate lhe nature

of

the scientific nethod.

D.

Pnopr-n

eN¡

Er.¡rncY.

the physical concept

of

e-ne-rgy- and the con- enetÊy

by

man. Thè rapid depl-etion-

of

fossil d wit"h the use of fossil ãnd nuclear fuels, and ed'

E, Splc¡, Tnu¡

eNo

Rrl¿.rrvlrv,

The contributions of Galileo, Newton, Einstein and others to our understandíng

of

space, time and motion. Cosmology.

F. Tun

Rr¡r-ru

or rr¡t

Aronr.

An in ^ory'

^Topics

^to

^{be discussed}

include

^matter,

the

indeterminacy

relations

fundamental laws and some

philosop ^'s

^knowledge

of

^{the atomic}

world,

G, Trrr

^Sre eNn

rrrn

Srv,

Orisin and composition of the atmosphere and the oceans. Elementary ^meteor- .lnsrr."Solar radiation and its interaction

with

the atmosphere. The origins of life.

Mã"rís interaction

with

the atmosphere and the oceans.-The possibility

of

^ext¡a-

terrestrial life.

Further information and reading lists may be obtained from the Departments.

For

svllabuses

of

SP01 Physics

I,

^SP02 Physics

II and

SP03 Physics

III

^see

under the degree

of

B.Sc.

in

the Facult¡

of

Science.

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