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184 6. GENERAL DESCRIPTION OF COURSES SPECIAL METHODS IN SUBJECTS, as determined by the logic of the subject and by the learning mind. These exemplify in concrete operation all the foregoing laws. Spring term, full study. Assistant Professor MCGILVREY Required: Pedagogy 5. COURSES FOR GRADUATES 101. The Nature and Purpose of Education as revealed in the nature and purpose of human life, as interpreted in Literature and Philosophy. 102. The History of Educational Ideals and Theories, as tested by the standard developed in the foregoing. 103. Universal Method in Education as determined by the three organic phases of life—Logical, Ethical, Esthetical. 104. The Course of Study as determined by the Logical and Psychological Factors in Education. 105. The Philosophy of School Organization, Management, and Supervision as determined by the purpose and process of education. 106. School Systems past and present, as determined by their historical setting and by the educational theories of the times. PHILOSOPHY 1. OUTLINES OF PHILOSOPHY.—This course is offered for the benefit of students who can give only a single term to the study of philosophy. It is designed primarily to meet the wants of science students who desire some knowledge of the subject. The most important problems in philosophy and methaphysics are presented. Lectures and prescribed reading, fall term, full study. Assistant Professor DANIELS. 2. ANCIENT AND MEDIAEVAL PHILOSOPHY.—A rapid survey is taken of the development of speculative thought, beginning with the early Greek philosophers and continuing through the mediaeval period. Fall term, three-fifths study. Assistant Professor DANIELS. 3. MODERN PHILOSOPHY.—This course considers the formation and development of the problems and conceptions in philosophy from Descartes to the present time. Selections from the philosophical masterpieces of this period are carefully studied. Special emphasis is laid upon the philosophy of Kant. Winter and spring terms, three-fifths study. Assistant Professor DANIELS. 4. METAPHYSICS.—This course consists of a somewhat critical and thorough study of subjects of special prominence in philosophy; e. g., realism, idealism, and the theory of knowledge. No text-book is used.
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