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PHILOSOPHICAL GROUP

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biological sciences commonly so called is emphasized and kept steadily in view. In the courses in sociology the aim is to study society as an organism, to trace its evolution from primitive forms to its present complex structure, to examine the nature of its environment and its adaptation thereto, its present normal character and operations, and the forces, subjective and objective, which are at work tending to change its structure. The courses on special topics are treated as detailed studies of special organs and functions, their character as such is described, and their relations to one another and to the whole social organism are studied. The plan of instruction combines recitations, lectures, discussions, and reports by students on assigned topics. The advanced courses are divided into two groups and given in alternate years.

PEDAGOGY

For an account of the scope and methods of the department of pedagogy see Pedagogy, in the College of Literature and Arts.

PHILOSOPHY

The work in this department includes history of philosophy, metaphysics, ethics, and logic. The object of their courses is primarily threefold: 1. To meet the wants of those students who, in junior and senior years, desire to specialize more or less in this department. 2. To give those who desire a more general knowledge of these subjects, some familiarity with the sphere of philosophical speculation and with the philosophical method as applied to the principles and presuppositions of the various sciences. 3. To show the relation of philosophy to practical life and the value of these studies as means of general culture. The subjects are taught by lectures, recitations, and the seminary method.

POLITICAL SCIENCE

See this subject in the College of Literature and Arts.

PSYCHOLOGY

The aim of the work in this department is to furnish the student.largely by means of inductive study, a knowledge of the