SiMON FRASER

MEMORANDUM

UNIVERSITY

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in Philosophy

(A) Action taken by the Senate Committee on Undergraduate Studies

at its meeting on November 7 gives rise to the following motion:

MOTION

That Senate

approve and recommend approval to the Board

of Governors,

the .tems outlined below, other than the items

for information, and detailed in S78-136.

(a)

Change

in

prerequisites, lower division

courses - page

1, 2

(b)

Change in prerequisites, upper division

courses - page

2, 3

(c)

Change in requirements for Minors, Majors,

Honors - lower division courses and upper

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division courses - papers 4, 5, 6, 7

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(d)

Description change PHIL 150 - History of

Philosophy

1

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(e)

Description change PHIL

151 -

History of

Philosophy 2

(f)

Deletion of general prerequisite statement

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for 200 division courses

(g)

Prerequisite change PHIL 203-3, Epistemology

and Metaphysics

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(h)

Title change, credit change, description change

PHIL 210-4

(i)

New Course PHIL 214-3, Elementary Formal

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Logic II

(j)

Change in course designation, prerequisite,

PHIL 243-3, Historical Studies in the Philosophy

of Science

(j)'

and discontinuation of

G.S. 201

(k)

Title and description change PHIL 280-3

(1)

New course PHIL

301-3, Topics

in Epistemology

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and metaphysics

(in)

Title change, prerequisite change, deletion

*

of description PHIL 310-3

(n)

Prerequisite change PHIL 314-3, Topics in Logic I

*()

Prerequisite change PHIL 414-5, Topics in Logic II

(p)

New course PHIL 320-3, Social and Political Philosophy

(q)

New course PHIL 321-3, Moral Issues and Theories

*(r)

Prerequisite change PHIL 421-5, Ethical Theories

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Prerequisite change PHIL 340-3, Philosophical Methods

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Provided for information of Senate.

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next

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*(t)

Prerequisite change PHIL 341-3, Philosophy of Science

*(u)

Prerequisite change PHIL 344-3, Philosophy of Language I

(v) New course PHIL 452-5, Kant and the Nineteenth Century

and deletion of PHIL 451, Kant

*(w) Title change PHIL 453-5

(x) Delete PHIL 402-5, Philosophy of Perception

PHIL 410-5, Inductive Logic

PHIL 445-5, Theories of Explanation

Footnote. With regard to the discontinuation of G.S. 201 of

Continuing Studies. The transfer of this course together with

the appropriate resources to the Department of Philosophy has

the approval of the Faculty of Interdisciplinary Studies and the

Dean of Continuing Studies.

(B) Acting in accordance with the powers delegated to the Senate

Committee on Undergraduate Studies

(S78-10),

the Senate Committee

on Undergraduate Studies approved, at its meeting on November

7,

asterisked items above and as detailed in

S78-136.

In accordance

and designations of various Philosophy courses as outlined by the

1978,

various changes to the descriptions, prerequisites, titles

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with

S78-10,

these actions are being reported to Senate for informa-

tion only.

N.R. Reilly

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SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY ?

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MEMORANDUM

Mr. H.M. Evans, Secretary

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Sheila Roberts, Secretary

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Faculty of Arts Curriculum Committee

Subject...

Curriculum Changes - Philosophy ?

Date October 30, 1978

The Faculty of Arts Curriculum Conffnittee at its meeting of October 19, 1978

approved the attached changes and new course proposals for the Department

of Philosophy. The new course proposals were distributed prior to the

meeting, but other Faculty Curriculum Committees should have until November

2, 1978 to respond to the question of overlap with courses in their respective

Faculties.

Please place these items on the agenda of next SCUS meeting.

Thank you.

S. Roberts

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CALENDAR CHANGES

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DEPARTMENT OF PHILOSOPHY

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OR

page 184

CHANGE OF GENERAL INTRODUCTION AND

REQUIREMENTS FOR 100

and 200 DIVISION

FROM:

Reading Lists and Course Outlines

Students should obtain reading lists and course outlines from the Philosophy

Department Office for the courses of ntercst to them. The content of some courses

varies considerably from time to time.

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100 and 200 Division Courses ?

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The 100 division courses and PHIL 001 have no pereuisi:es: they may be

taken

in any order by any student in any Faculty.

The Department'S 100 and

200 division courses offer

:

a comrehensive hnroduc.

tion to the major areas of Philosophy.

There are five courses in the 100 division. These courses will acQuaint the stu-

dent with some of the most important problems, positions and methods in philos-

ophy. All are designed to give general preparation for further study in philosophy.

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Moreover, all have bearing on particular problems and subjects which will be

encountered in other areas of

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study. (See course descriptions below.) ,.

Entrance into 200 division courses requires at least one 100 division course or

permission of the Department. Two of the 200 division courses are extensions of

100 division courses: PHIL

203

is an extension of PHIL 100 and PHIL 210 of

PHIL 110. In addition, (here are 200 division courses which introduce further

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branches of philosophy: The State and the Citizen (PHIL 220); Philosophy of

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Rcligion (PHIL 240); Philosophy in Literature (PHIL 24)); Philosophy of the

Arts (PHIL 242) Existentialism and Phenomenology (PHIL 280)

Many students whose academic goals lie elsewhere will -

for the reasons Russell gives - be interested in and

benefit from particular courses in philosophy.

100 DIVISION CO(JIVES have no prerequisites and may be

taken in any order by any student in any faculty. These

courses will acquaint the student with some of the most

important problems, positions and methods in philosophy.

Moreover, all 100 division courses have bearing on

particular problems and subjects which will be encoun-

tered in other areas of study. (See course descrip-

tions below.)

200 DIVISION COURSES are slightly more advanced than

100 division coursas and are more specific in their

subject matter. It is recommended but not mandatory

that students wishing to enrol in a 200 division phil-

osophy course have completed 15 credit hours of univer-

sity work or its equivalent. (PHIL 203 and

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have additional prerequisites.)

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RATIONALE:

Change in prerequisite for 200-Division courses. Change from "At least

one 100-Djvjjo course and permission of the Department' to "iS hours

of general university work or equivalent is recommended. Philosophy

203

and

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have additional prerequisites."

Justification:

It has been our experience that students who might not have a previous

philosophy course can do well in 200-Division courses provided that they

have a little university experience. These courses are introductory in

nature

lar field

and

of

most

studstudents

y

(Phil

taking

of Religion,

them do

The

so

Arts,

out of

etc.).

interest

These

in.

courses

the particu-are

mere advanced thazt 100-Divisio courses, thus some advisory precaution is

necessary.

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300 and 400 Division Courses

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CHANGE IN REQUIREMENTS

FROM:

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300 and 400 Division Courses

Entrance into upper division courses with the exception of PHIL 300 requires

either the permission of the Department or the following lnwr division courses:

PHIL 100, PHIL 203, and either

PHIL 110

or 210

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in special circumstances the

Department may waive certain of these prerequisites.

Students who have satisfied the 100 and 200 .division reqüiremcns lot a pro-

gram in philosophy should plan to continue by taking couries in the 300 division.

300 division courses arc slightly less advanced than 400 division courses. Entrance

into 400 division courses requires at least four 300 division courses, one of which

must be either Philosophical Methods (PHIL 340) or Philosophy of Language,J

(PHIL 344).

TO:

300 AND 400

DIVISION COURSES.

Students interested in

particular courses in the Upper Division Program should

have the appropriate background for those courses (see

the prerequisites for individual courses), or six hoursj

of philosophy in the Lower Division.

NOTE:

Where

course prerequisites sa

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'a suitable back

g round -

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related subject", students must satisfy the

of the course that they have the necessary back

q round.

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400 division courses arc more advanced than 300 divi-

sion courses (there is -.ore reading, they are more

difficult, and more writing is required). Students

should have taken at least two 300 division courses

before enro1iig in a 400 division course.

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RATIONALE:

Change in prerequisite for upper division work. From "Phil 100, either

110 or 210, and Phil 203" to "Students interested in particular courses

in the upper division program should have the appropriate background for

that course (see the prerequisites for individual courses),

or

Six

hours

philosophy at the lower division. Prospective major, minor, and honors

students should familiarize themselves with the requirements for work

towards the B.A. in Philosophy."

JT..stification:

•Stdents majoring, minoring, or honoring in another department sometimes

would like to take a philosophy course, but do not fulfill the present

prerecuisites for upper-division work in our department. This is largely

because those requirements are stated for students pursuing a B.A. through

our

department. We have not paid sufficient attention to what we think is

a

large group of students who would like to take just a few courses in our

deartment. Most of the time these students have done work in their own

department

which qualifies them for a specific philosophy course (e.g.,

com

p

uting science and mathematics students can certainly take our logic

courses; political science, sociology and criminology students may well

qualify for our upper division courses in ethics; psychologists might be

interested in our philosophy of science and philosophy of mind courses;

and so on). Our intent is that the proposed requirement will distinguish

between students pursuing a philosophy B.A. and those who are not whe e

the present regulation does not so distinguish and

in

fact discoura

students from outside the Philosophy Department from sampling ourup

division courses.

Change in prerequisite for entry into 400-Division courses. From "four

300-Division courses, one of which must be Phil 340 or 344" to "400-

Division courses are more advanced than 300-Division courses (there is

more reading, they are more difficult, and more writing is required).

Students should have taken at least two 300-Division courses before

enrolling in a 400-Division course."

Justification:

Four courses was too stringent, and given the limited number of our up p er-

division offerings, it is sometimes necessary for students to take 400-

division courses in order to progress toward their degrees. The present

requirement is now seen as unreasonably high from an academic perspective

as well. The Department is trying to make its program more generally

appealing and less pre-professional. The role of the philosophy depart-

ment must be to exert its humanizing influence as broadly as possible. In

order to achieve this the philosophy program should be less rigidly Lruc-

tured so that we can accommodate the needs of students from outside, t:he

department.

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Requirements for Minor,

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CHANGE IN REQUIREMENTS

Major, and honors

FROM:

eqtiremcnts for Minor,

Major

andilonors.

All students completing a minor, a major or an honors degree

in

philosophy

must take the i'oiiowngccurscs: PUlL IOU, P1 IlL 203, P1111 210, either PH IL 120

or PP. iL 421, and cither PHIL 340 or I'}-IIL 344. Individual interests will deter-

mine which or courses a student will take.

Students p

ursuing i minor in philosophy

osophy

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kast

15 hours of upper

di 'ion

is

p!os3jih>'. Students pursuing major

G

philosophy must have at least

30 hours of upper division philosophy.* Students pursuing an honors degree must

have at least 50 hours of upper division philosophy.

In addition to the above required courses, honors students must take the two

Honors Tutorials in the last, or last two, semesters of (heir philosophy program.

The tUtoriil offer sulhicicnt time to cxaminô in depth several philosophical topics

in a general area such as Ethics, Metaphysics, and Philosophy of Mind.

TO:

REQUIFJMENTS FOR MLN(JR, MAJORS,

AND HONORS

Students pursuing a minor in philosophy must

have

at

least 15 hours of upper division philosophy. Students

pursuing a major in philosophy must have at least 30

hours of upper division philosophy. Students pursuing

an honors degree niust have at least 50 hours of upper

division philosophy.

LOWER DIVISION FSEQUIRENTS FOR MAJOR, MINOR, AND HONORS

STUDENTS.

A.

At least two courses from the group: PHIL 100, 110,

120.

B.

PHIL 203

C.

PHIL 210

UPPER DIVISION REQUIREMINTS FOR MINOR STUDENTS.

At least five courser from the group numbered from

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PHIL 301 t PHIL 468,

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STUDENTS.

UPPER

DIVISION REQUIREMENTS FOR

MAJOR

AND

HONORS

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A.

At least one course from the group: PHIL 301, 340,

455.

B.

At least

one course from the group: PHIL 320, 321,

421.

C.

At least

two courses from the group; PHIL 350, 353,

354,

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355,

452, ?

453.

D.

In addition

to the above required courses, honors

students must take the two Honors Tutorials in the

last, or last two, semesters of their philosophy

program.

The tutorials offer sufficient time to

examine in

depth

several philosophical topics in a

general area such as Ethics, Metaphysics, Philosophy

of Mind,

etc.

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honors candidate must achieve a

grade of

B or higher in each honors tutorial to re-

ceive the

honors

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RATIONALE:

Change in requirements for major, minor and honors students:

Lower

A.

Division

At least

Requirements

two courses

for

from

Major,

the

Minor,

group:

and

100,

Honors

110, 120.

Students.

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B. Phil 23.

C.

Phil 21.

Justification:

The change is in A, allowing a wider range of choice by including 110 as

fulfilling part of the requirement for the 100-division. 110 is a course

which provides an adequate background for 203 and which therefore ought

to count toward the lower level requirements for the degree.

Upper Division Recruirenents for Major and Honors Students.

A.

At least one course from the group: 301, 340, 455.

B.

At least one course from the group: 320, 321, 421.

C.

At least two courses from the group: 350, 353, 354, 355, 452, 453.

D.

Honors candidates must take the Honors Tutorials (477, 478) 'in

the last, or last two, semesters of their philosophy program.

Each tutorial will examine related problems in a general area

such as Ethics, Metaphysics, Epistemology, Philosophy of Mind

or Aesthetics. Students should consult with the departmental

advisor at least one half semester before they wish to enrol

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in an Honors Tutorial in order to select the appropriate faculty

director and topics.

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Justification:

Our intention is to move to group requirements at the upper division.

There is a recognition of the history of philosophy and the role it should

play in major and honors degrees,

Our

expanded ethics program must be

sampled, and we have dropped Phiiusophy of Language (344) from group A

(which used to include 340 and 344). EpisternolOcly and metaphysics are

deemed more central for an undergraduate degree, pnilosophy of language

has become very technical and is not the panacea pnilosophers thought it

might be in the late 1950's and early 1960's. So we are reverting to

Knowledge, Truth, Being, and Goodness.

Upper Division Requirements for Minors: At least five courses numbered

301 and above.

Justification:

We have found that minors in philosophy usually have specialized interests

and want to take just those upper-division philosophy courses which augment

their major or honors subject. We feel that the general requirement of

tb.ree 300 level courses (which means that minors must have at least five

upper division philosophy courses in all) will allow students to broaden

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their course selection. In some areas we offer two or three upper division

courses (e.g., ethics, logic, philosophy of language) and in others only

one (philosophy of mind, philosophy of science). Thus in most cases iiinors

students will take cone philosophy

COUrSeS

not directly related to their

najor or honors sUhjct. Although we have been able to identify central

groups of courses which philosophy major and honors students should have in

order to have a broadly conceived liberal arts B.A. in philosophy, we have

not been able to do this with the minor. Students minoring in philosophy

and taking logic, e.g., may not have time to take an ethics course, nor can

we think of a good reason why they should have to.

HONORS PROGRAM

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as approved by Senate in May,1978

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(see S.78-47)

FROM:

Students proposing to enter the Honors Program in Philosophy must first

complete 60 hours of University coursework including 12 hours of Philosophy

and fulfil the lower division requirements listed in the section 'Requirements

for Minor, Major and Honors'.

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A grade point average of 3.0 or higher for all

Philosophy courses is required for acceptance and continuation in the program,

but does not by itself guarantee either.

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Students proposing to enter the

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Honors Pro;am must submit an application (a form is avai1abe in the depart-

ment office) and consult the department's urtdergaduate advisor.

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After one

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semester of course-work in the honors program a candidate must, in consultation

with the undergraduate advisor, devise a program of studies.

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Consideration of

the application and proposed program of studies will be based on the department's

assessment f the student's performance and potential as a scholar.

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HONORS PROGRA

An honors program is offered for students interested in

advanced work in Philosophy. It is strongly advised

for students who plan to pursue a Post-graduate degree

in the subject.

Students proposing to enter the Honors Program in Phil-

osophy must first complete 60 hours of University

coursework including 12 hours of Philosophy and fulfil

the lower division requirements listed in the section

'Requirements for Minor, Major and Honors'. A grade

Point average of 3.0 or higher for all Philosophy

courses is required for acceptance and continuation in

the program, but does not by itself guarantee either.

Students proposing to enter the Honors Program must

submit an application (a fox-rn is available in the

department office) and consult the department's under-

graduate advisor. After one semester of course-work in

the honors program a candidate must, in consultation

with the undergraduate advisor, devise a program of

studies. Consideration of the application and proposed

Program of studies will be based on the Department's

assessment of the student's Potential for advanced work.

RATIONALE:

The original version was thought by some (including many students) to

carry the (unwanted) implication that the honors B.A. in Philosophy was

a preprofessional degree intended only for those wishing to Continue work-

ing in the field at the graduate level. We want, on the contrary, to

encourage those students interested in other professions who still want to

do advanced work in philosophy for the B.A. Prelaw students, mathematics

students, and history students may wish to do honors philosohy, to

pursue a double honors degree, and so on.

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Phil 150

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Change in Description

From: "A survey of philosophic thought from

late antiquity to the renaissance. Special

attention will be given to the works of

Socrates, Plato, Aristotle, St. Augustine,

St. Thomas Aquinas and Galileo. The views

of these great thinkers have helped to shape

the ways in which we see the world. The

course is therefore recommended to everyone

with an interest in our intellectual heritage

To: "A survey of philosophic thought from

late antiquity to the renaissance. Special.

attention will be given to the works of

Socrates, Plato, Aristotle, St. Augustine,

St. Thomas Aquinas and Galileo. The views

of these great thinkers have helped to shape

the ways in which we see the world. The

course is therefore recommended to everyone

with an interest in our intellectual heritage.

PHIL 150 is open to all students."

Phil 151

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Change in Description

From: "A survey of philosophic thought from

Renaissance to the twentieth century.

Special attention will be given to the

works of Descartes, Leibniz, Spinoza, Locke,

Berkeley, Hume, Kant, Hegel and Mill. The

views of these great thinkers have helped

to shape the ways in which we see the world.

This course is therefore recommended to

everyone with an interest in our intellectual

heritage."

To: "A survey of philosophic thought from

Renaissance to the twentieth century. Specia

attention will be given to the works of

Descartes, Leibniz, Spinoza, Locke, Berkeley,

Hume, Kant, Hegel and Mill. The views of

these great thinkers have helped to shape the

ways in which to see the world. This course

is therefore recommended to everyone with an

interest in our intellectual heritage. PHIL

151 is open to all students."

Rationale: To emphasize that these courses are of

interest to all students.

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"Prerequisites

for

all 200 division cour s

At least one 100 division course, or

permission of the Department."

page 186

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Rationale: The Department has decided to add partic

pre-requisites for the 200 Division courses where

required.

SEE APPENDIX A

Phil 203-3 ?

Change in Pre-requisites

From: "PHIL 100 or permission of the

Department."

To: "Either PHIL 100 or 110 or permission

of the Department."

Rationale: Phil 110 has come to be taught not simply

as a--logic course, but as a course dealing with many

Philosophic issues from the point of view of the

structure of argument and reasoning. With this broad

approach, Phil 110 is an adequate preparation for

Phil 203.

Phil 210-4

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a

n

g

e oJTitle and Credit

PHIL =3

From: Elementary Formal Logic"

PHIL 210-4

To: ?

Elementary Formal Logic I"

Change in Description

From: "Rules for valid reasoning as treated

methods

by traditional

for

pr

opositional

s

yllogistic;

and

natural

predicate

deductic

log

and axiomatjcs for extensional and intensjoj

logics."

To: "A natural deductive treatment of

p

ropositional and first order logic

(quantification theory) with particular

attention to rules of valid reasoning and

the analysis of arguments."

Rationale: Addition of roman numeral "I" to bring

this course into sequence with Phil 214. (Elementary

Formal Logic II). The rationale for change in

description: this course has never been adequately

taught in accordance with its original description.

Too

much was attempted and student interest usually

took the class much deeper into natural deduction

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(for example) than had originally been envisaged. The

material is much better divided over 2 courses.

Change in Vector: Much more time is needed in 210 for

exercises than was originally planned. Contact hours

go up by 1 to a total of four ( 3 lecture hours 1

tutorial hour).

NEW COURSE PHIL 214-3

SEE APPENDIX C

NEW COURSE NUMBER

SEE APPENDIX D

From G.S. 201-3

To ?

PHIL

243-4

p.

210 ?

PHIL 243-3

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Change of Pre-requisites

From: "Any 100 level course in science,

Mathematics or Philosophy."

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To: "15 credit hours recommended.'t

RATIONALE: To bring this course into line with the other

200 division courses in the Department of

Philosophy. It was felt that an overall level

of maturity was more important than specific

subject are pre-requisites.

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Phil 280-3

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Chang of

From: "Existentialism and phenomenology"

To: ?

"Introduction to Existentialism"

Change of Description.

From: "A study of the writings of existent

ial

-ist philospherS such as Kierkegaard, Sartre

and Camus, and phenome

f1

01Oglsts such as

Husserl., Merleau-PontY and 1-Jeidegger."

To: "A study of the writings of existential-

ist philosopher

s

such as Kierkegaard, Sartre

and Camus and a survey of relevant Nineteenth

Century Philosophers such as Hegel and

Nietzsche."

Students who have taken this course under

its former title EXISTENTIALISM

AND

PHENOMENOLOGY may not enrol in PHIL 280

for further credit.

Rationale: As presently offered (existentialism and

miologY) the course has proven unsatisfactory.

Not enough time for the existentialist and too little

time for the extremely difficult material of the

p

henomenologists. It is now seen as a mistake to try

to present phenomenology to students who have had

little philosophy. it is really upper level materials

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The department wishes to list its courses by field,

which will make some of these courses appear out

of order.

Addition of Field Title:

EPISTEMOLOGY AND METAPHYSICS

The following two courses are continuations of PHIL

100 and 203 at a more advanced level.

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Rationale: To provide greatest guidance for students

who wish to continue their studies

in

particular fi.eL

of Philosophy.

page 187

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Phil 301-3 ?

NEW COURSE

New Field Title SEE APPENDIX F

LOGIC

The following three courses of concentrated work

in

logic and are continuations of Phil 210 and 214.

page 187

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Phil 310-3 ? Chanc of Title

From: "Formal Logic"

To: ?

"Modal Logic and its Applications"

DELETE DESCRIPTION

Change in Pre-requisites

From: "PHIL 210 or permission of the Departrr

To: "Either PHIL 210, 214, or a suitable

background in a related subject. Students

who have taken this course under its

previous title FORMAL LOGIG may not enrol

in PHIL 310 for further credits."

Rationale:

Phil 310 has usually been gaught as a modal logic

course, with a brief review of propositional and

lower predicate calculi. Now that 210 and 214 cover

these calculi in some detail, 310 can be devoted

entirely to the extensive field of modal logic.

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Phil 314-3

Change in Pre-requisites

From: "PHIL 31.0 or permission of the

Department."

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To: "Either PHIL 210, 214, or a suitable

background in a related subject."

Rationale:

This brings PHJL 314-3 into line with the redesi?ned

PHIL 210-4 and the new PHIL 214-3.

page 188

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Phil 414-5

Change in Pre-requisites

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SEE APPENDIX I

From: "PHIL 310 or permission of the

Department."

To: "Either PHIL 310 or 314 recommended

or a suitable background in a relate.d

subject."

Rationale: Since PHIL 414 is variable in content

normally either advanced studies in logic (i.e.

completion of either PHIL 310 and 314) or a

suitable background in Mathematics or Computing

Sciences would be adequate preparation. Individual

offerings of this course will indicate the spec

background necessary for enrolment in the cours

New Field Title

ETHICS

The following three courses are continuations of

PHIL 120 and 220, and present a wide range of iSSUeS

and topics in ethics, and political and social

philosophy.

NEW COURSE ?

PHIL 320-3 SEE APPENDIX J

NEW COURSE

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PHIL 321-3 SEE APPENDIX K

page 188 ?

Phil 421-5

Change in Pre-requisites

From: "PHIL 120 or permission of the Departme

To: "Either PHIL 120, 320, 321, or a suitab

background in a related subject."

Rationale: To bring 421 into line with the proposed

new courses in ethics and social and political

philosophy PHIL 320 and 321.

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New Field Title

METHODOLOGY,

SCIENCE MIND, LANGUAGE

of

The

Philosophical

fo

llowing five

interest.

courses

in

troduce special areas

page 187

?

PHIL

340-3

Change in Pre-requisites

in

re

From:

quisite

Phi.losopJ)\.

"Either

for

PHIL

all

ft

minors,

340 and

majors

344 is

and

a

honor

To: PHIL 210 or knowledge of

quant

j

fjj 0

theory.

Rationale: Some training in logic is

ne

cessary for

this course. We have found

many

present

students

requirements.

to be inadequately prepared for it under

PHIL 341-3

?

Change in Pre-requisites

ADD: PHIL 210 or

kn

owledge of

quantif

j

çaj 0

theory.

. ?

id

Past

Rationale:

offerings

iiaterial

Because

of this

some

of the

course

t

raining

use

have

of

in

logic

logic

in

is

much

required.

of th

so

metimes been

unsatisfactory becuase of

?

have

students holding

up

those

what

who

would

did know

have

some

been

logic.

a more

a

dvanced Course for

Ph

ADD:

int

ilosophy

roductory

The

f

ol1oing

of

and

Language.

ad

two

vanced

courses

work

offer

in the

page 187

?

PHIL 344-3

?

Change in Pre-requisites

for

From:

all

"Either

minors,

PHIL

majors

340

and

or

honors

344 is

inphulosoph'

a

r

equisite

To: "PHIl 210 or

kn

owledge of

qua

ntificj

0

theory."

neRa

cessary

fFhnical

tionale:

to

The

read

area,

Ph

a

ilosoph\

good

and

portion

.

some

of Language

t

of

raining

the

has

in

become

logic

a

is

literature.

S

In past

o

fferings of this course and PHIL 444

some

tudents were unprepared in logic. Those who were

had to suffer

n

eedless (for them) review and the

level of the content of the course was lower than it

would have been with the proposed preprequisj

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I-.

ADD: HISTORY OF PHILOSOPHY

The following six courses are Continuation

of PHIL ISO and 151, and examine, at a more

advanced level, the philosophical foundatjor

Of Western

culture.

DELETE: PHIL 451-5

NEW CO1.JRSL ?

PHIL 452-5 ?

SEE APPENDIX P

Rationale: The old Kant course (451) was too

specialized for an undergraduate program (especially

since it rarely ever covered even the whole of the

Critique of Pur Reason). A course connecting Kant to

the Nineteenth Century would be more appropriate for

our program and will satisfy the need for some

Nineteenth Century philosophy in our present program.

There is considerable student demand (and need) for

such a course.

PHIL 453-5 ?

Change of Title

From: 'Background to Contemporary Philo

?

hy'

To: "Background to Analytic Philosophy'

Rationale: This course is, as the description indicates

rather more limited in its content than the original

title (Background to Contemporary Philosophy) indicatec

E.g., Existentialism and Phenomenology are not

discussed. The course as it has been taught is in

fact a background to the work of Wittgenstein's

early (Tractatus) period. The new title reflects this

more accurately than did the original.

ADD: SEMINARS

The

following three seminars will be devoted

to a detailed study of a particular

philosophical problem. They are primarily

discussed forums in which faculty members

and students present papers and lead dis-

cussion.

PHIL 360-5 Seminar I

PHIl, 467-5 Seminar II

PHIL 468-5 Seminar III

HONORS TUTORIALS

The following courses are open only to

honors students.

PHIL 477-5 HONORS TUTORIAL

DELETE:

PHIL 402-5, PHIL 410-5 and PHIL 445-5

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.

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Number of New Courses

The new courses added in this proposal are:

Phil 214: ?

Elementary Formal Logic II

Phil 301:

?

Topics in Epistemology and Metaphysics

Phil 320:

?

Social and Political Philosophy

Phil 321:

?

Moral Issues and Theories

Phil 452: ?

Kant and the Nineteenth Century

The total number of new courses is five.

Courses being dropped from the program are:

Phil 402:

?

Philosophy of Perception

Phil 410: ?

Inductive Logic

Phil 445:

?

Theories of Explanation

Phil 451:

?

Kant

The tctal number of courses being dropped from the program is four.

. ?

The cverall number of courses in the philosophy program thus increases by

one. However, the two ethics courses (320, 321) have actually been in the

program for several years having been taught as special topics courses. It

is therefore not envisaged that the total number of courses offered by the

department during any given semester will increase.

The above calculation does not include the proposed transfer

of

CS 201

to

the philosophy department. A separate submission has been

included

which

deals with the budgetar

y

implications of the transfer.

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SiMON FRASER UNIVERSITY

?

MEMORANDUM

To

?

Dr. John Tietz, Chairman

?

FromDr. G.A.C. Graham, Chairman

Undergraduate Curriculum C )mmxttee ?

Undergraduate Studies Committee

Department of Philosophy

?

Department of Mathematics

Subject

........PHIL

?

.0.14.

3l0

?

Date October 13, 1978

The Philosophy Department's proposed course changes involving

Phil 210, 214, 310 have been examined in our Department and we have

found no objection to them. There is not significant overlap with

any of our own courses and we are not opposed to the approval of the

courses.

.. ..A.

G.C. Graham

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SiMON FRASER UNIVERSITY

0Prof. John Tietz,

?

MEMORANDUM

Sub1ed

:.

?

...

ilosophy .

..........................

.Cóñinittèe

........Chifrma...................

Course proposal for PHIL.320:

Dept. Undergraduate Studies

?

From ....... L. COMA ,..................................

Date. . ....

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...,

.

.

i978

Chairman,

Department of Political Science

Octoh'

Dept.. Underg.raduate.StutheS .Coninittee,

................................

I am sending along a copy of the memos forwarded to me by Professors Norton

and Somjee concerning your new course proposal. Our Committee is pleased with

your Department's agreement that:

(a)

you will not offer PHIL.320 in the same semesters we offer P01.411 (to

be worked out in discussion of projected course offerings in each

Department);

(b)

you will leave the responsibility for teaching Political Ideologies to

the regular courses which we offer on that subject; and

(c)

you will consider a change of course title in order to further clarify

the way in which your course differs from the subject matter we deal with.

We would appreciate a note from you confirming the above arrangements.

Professor Somjee has indicated a desire for further discussion with your

Department regarding specific content areas of PHIL.320 in order to avoid any

overlap. He will be contacting you directly in the near future in this regard.

Encs.

LC/mg

?

L. C.

S

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4.

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SIMON FIIASER UNIVERSITY

?

MEMORANDUM

L. Cohen, Chairman

?

From J. Tietz, Chairman

Dept. Undergraduate Studies Committee ?

Dept. Undergraduate

Studies

Committee

Subject

Course proposal for Phil. 320

?

J

Date October 10, 1978

Thank you for your memo of Oct. 5. Taking your points in order, we will

make every effort to offer Phil. 320 in alternate semesters fromPo1. 411. However,

it may be that simultaneous offerings of the two courses m!y

4

b

'

uivoidab1e. E.g.,

there may be groups of students in both of our departments who need and want the

specific course offered by that department. In that case we will make an effort to

avoid overlap by selecting topics and readings in such a way that Pol. 411 and Phil.

320 will compliment each other. I doubt very much whether this case will arise

very often if at all.

Regarding the matter of Political Ideologies, we agree that these should be

taught by the Political Science Department. Philosophical questions about ideol-

ogies (What is an ideology? Are ideologies morally regulative? etc.) may occur

from time to time in Phil. 320, but when they do they will be discussed as the

particular kind of philosophical questions they obviously are.

n the matter of the title for i-hii.

3u

?

ocial and Political Philosophy),

we did corisicer a cnane ut :ei t we couln' t come up with anything as good as the

original proposal. The course is a topics course in the area of social-political

pnilosopy and hence needs a rather general title. In addition, It is a standard

title for courses like this offered In just about every, philosophy department in

rorth America. The general area of social-political philosophy is a traditional

field of priilosophic interest with its own vast literature and even a journal

devoted specifically to it Philosophy and Public Affairs). No doubt political

scientists are interested in this area too and even discuss it in their courses,

but our point is that as philosophers we are interested in politics and society in

a specific way which identifies issues as uniquely philosophical.

As to tne issue of consultation on course offerings and content, we are

certainly prepared to discuss these matters with you. Our mutual goal is, I

nope, to make these two courses complimentary with each other and we are

prepared to do what we can.

7-, L "JLn

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SENATE ?

tTT.E 0i L'NDERC!ADUATE STUDIES

.

change in Prerequisite

only

'Ieridr Information

?

Department: 2hu1osoy_

?

-

Atit ' rvtntion Cod!:

k111LL-

Colirse

tu.n'er:

203

?

Credit Hours: 3

?

Vector:. :

2

-H) -

ILtI.

of

Course:

?

iistemo1ogy and Metuphysics

Calendar DacrtptiOn of Course:

An examination of selected problems in the theory of knowledge and an

introduction to such problems in metaphysics as the nature of space and

time, other worlds, existence, personal identity, the relation between

mind and body.

Natui:e of Course

Prerequisites (or special instructions):

zither L

lriil

100 or 110,

What

COUtSR

(courses), if any, is being dropped f

rom

the calendar if this course is

approved:

2. Scheduling

)Lo frequently will the course be offered?

Senester in which the course will first be offered?

Which of your present

faculty would be

available

to

make

the proposed

offering

possible?

1)JQ0e0C)r

Justification

?

110 has come to be taught not simply

as a 1o;ic course, but as a course deoiig

vdth

aany philosophic

issues

from the point

of view of the structure of argument and reaiing. With this broader approach, 2h1.

110 is an adequate preparation for 2h±1. 2(.

4. lludg

p

tary

and

Space Requirements (for information only)

What

additional resources will be requited in the following areas:

Faculty

Sta

Library

Audi' Visual.

Space

Equ I pn t

5.

provai

?

S

Date:

&

?

OCTl7i

Chairman, SCUS

&'f

-

73-36b:-

(When

cooleting this form,

for instructions see

Memorandum

SCUS 73-34a.

At ach

course

outline).

-•• .'n

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SENATE O1TThE

01 UNDERG

RA

DUATE

STUDIES

?

Pr i ap

ovv

PI,&

Mama

Ghange in Title, Descript

i.

n

and

Credit

1..iIendr

?

Intormation

Department: ?

PhUosophy

,Thhrevtation

Code:

khIi

?

Cotiree 1w't:

211)

- Credit Hours:4

?

Vector: 3-1-0 -

'j-

Ut. le of Course:

Elementary

Fntl Lo:i

C

I

Calendar Description of Course:

i . ..

natural deductive treatment of propositional and

first order logic quantificatio theory), with particular attention

to

rules of

valid

reasoning and the analysis of arguments.

Nature of Course

Prerequisites (or special instructions):

students

who

have taken this

curse

der its

arevio.is title Elementary Formal

Logic

may not take Phil. 210 for

fiither

credit.

What

course (courses), if

any,

is being dropped from the calendar if this course

is

approved:

2. Scheduling

.How

frequently Will the

course be

offered?

Semester in which the

course

will first be

offered?

Which

of your present faculty would be available to

make '

the proposed offering

possible?

'• ?

XKXItX ?

0QUQ (

Justification Title: addition of

roman numeral 'I' to brin

'. ?

this course into sequence with Phil.

214 (Elementary Formal

Logic II). Description:

The course has never been adequately taught in accordance with its original description.

oo much was attempted

and student

interest usually took the class much deeper

into

natural deduction (for example) than had originally been envisaged. The material is

much better divided over 2 courses.

Credit: much

more time is needed in 210 for exercises

than was originally

planned. Contact hours go up by 1 to a total of four

(3 lecture hours,

4. ?

etary and Space Requirements (for information

only) ?

1 tutorial hour).

What

additional resources will be required in the following areas:

Faculty

Stf

Library

Audi-

Visual

Space

Equipment

5. Approval

4fr

7t

&k- -04Y^-

Departnent

(iC

?

1 978

Dean

?

Chairman,. CUS

S

c;s

73-36b:- (When completing this form, for

instructions

see

Memorandum

SCUS

73-34a.

At ch (:ouse outline).

1".

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SENATE COMttTT .E ON

Li DERCRADUATE STUDIES

?

p

,o

L

x .

-

&

0 /

NF COURSE PROPOSAL FORE

'..ilendar tntorntion

?

Department:ehilosoxky-

Abbre--vintion Code: Pt

,

!- -

Cofrse Nw

e i

:

214 ?

Credit

Hours:

3 ?

Vector:

2-1-0 -

Ittle of Course:

lentary Formal Lo.4c 11

•

Calendar Description of Course:

.x1omatic

propositiinal logicand first order logic (quantification theory).

Natute

of Course

Prerequisites (or special instructions):

?

h:1. 210 or

suitable

background in

a

related subject.

What

course (courses),

if any, is being dropped from the calendar if this

course is

approved:

2bi1. 410 Inductive ko4c

2. Scheduling

Hosi frequently will the

course be offered? every

other

semester.

Semester in which the course will

first be offered? Fall 179

Which of your

present

faculty would

be available to make the proposed offering

possible?

R.E. Jennings, 6, Davis, P. Hanson, N. 6wartz

Objectivesof

theCourse

4. Bud

?

(for information only)

What

additional reoources will be required in the following areas:

Faculty

Ct

.)

t i

Library

Audi" Visual

Space

Equipnt

5.

provil

?

/'

/(

?

7

.-

Department chair

?

Dean

?

Chai

r

man,

S

IC

'i;s

73-34b:- (When completing this form,

for

instructions

see Memorandum SCUS

73-34.

.ch

couroe outline).

I.

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Elementary Formal Logic II

?

.

Philosophy 21-3

Axiomatic Propositional Logic; 1irst Order Logic.

L.

The eoncept of an axiomat ,

c system

U.. Object language and metalanguage

ilL. Primitive symbols and well formed formulas

IV.

The concept of a proof tjnference rules; derived rules of inference)

V.

Independence, completeness, and consistency

ib iography

iisted below are representative texts.

opi, I.M., Symbolic Logic(Macmillafl: New York, 19à:)

van i"raassen, i3.0., Formal bernantics and Logic Coi er-.icTLI:ri Loronto, 1971)

£nornason, ictnond

ri., ;;ythiflo

Logic

?

oller-Macmillan: Toronto, 1970)

.

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SENATE

?

ON LIDERCRADUATE STUDIES

?

1E74 cmmsE PROPOSAL FORI-1

ppeLi

D

0.1-ilendar ?

t.hAL'4G

JF NUM±h

Inforoation ?

Department:

Phi1-

,\bhr.vLntion Code:

Phil

-

Cohre

Nu& '

er:23 -

Credit

Hours:

3

Vectr:?)D

ItrI of Course:

HistorIcal itudies in the xhiiosophy of

Science

Calendar Description of Course:

This course will present some of the views

held by important figures in the philosophy of science including

Aristotle, Galileo, Bacon, Descartes, Newton, Kant, Poincare, etc.

The format will be primarily chronological and will culminate witn a

study of views held by leading figures in the late 19th and 20th

Vntur

at ure

?

'e

Co

urse ?

Lecture/Tutorial

Prerequisites (or special instructions)

:At least 15 semester nours recommended.

(DO NOT PRINT IN CALENDAR.)

?

s. ?

e

7Cr\

What course (courses), if any, is being dropped from the calendar if this course is

approved:

G. S. 201

2. ScheduLing,

How frequently will the course be offered?

Semester in

which the course will first be

offered?

Which of your present faculty would be available to make the proposed offering

possible?

0

ob

jectives

of the Course

4. Bud

jetary

and Space Requirements (for information only)

What additional rebources will he required in the following areas:

Faculty Sessional Instructorships

funded through Coni''iirtg Studies

Staff

Library

Audi' Visual

Space

Equiprant

5. .EP°"1

?

OCI .

?

/4

Z.17

(/'77

0 ?

D-2part"frent Chrtirm

?

Dean ??

-

Chairman, SC S

;'3-.i6b:-

(When

conoleting this form, for instructions see Memorandum SCUS

73-34a.

At .u:h

courne

outlini).

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Additional course in the philosophy of science, transferred from General Studies

Present Calendar Description:

GS 201-3 Historical Studies in the Philosophy of Science

This course will present some of the views held by important figures in the

philosophy of science including Aristotle, Galileo, Bacon, Descartes, Newton,

Kant, Poincare, etc. The format will be primarily chronological and will culmin-

ate with a study of views held by leading figures in the late 19th and 20th

centuries.

Prerequisite: Any 100 level course in science, mathematics, or philosophy.

Students who have taken this course under its former number GS 201 may not take

PHIL 243 for further credit.

This course would be transferred to the Philosophy department on the condition

that funds for mounting it come from some other source other than our budget.

The number of the course would be PHIL 243-3.

After an interchange of memos between the Philosophy department and the Faculty

of Interdisciplinary Studies extending over several years, the Department has

finally decided that the course described above is acceptable into its program.

This course, under the number GS 201, has been approved by Senate and has been

offered several times. I attach the original course proposal form prepared by

Dr. Hannah Gay who designed the course and has taught it since its approval.

?

0

I also attach a memo from Dr. Calvert, Dean of the Faculty of Interdisciplinary

Studies giving his approval of the transfer. The budget implications, as far

as the Philosophy department is concerned, simply involve the need to seek fund-

ing for the course through Continuing Studies. The Department would select the

instructor for the course. It should be noted in passing that in transferring

GS 201 to the Philosophy department, Dr. Gay is not being added to our depart-

ment. We may very well continue to select her as the course's instructor

because of her (very high) qualifications, but that would be on a semester to

semester basis as a Sessional Instructor. This proposal concerns only the

course.

Academically, the reasons for transferring GS 201 are these: First, it is

clearly a course which falls within the field of the philosophy of science.

Within this field the history of science is a matter of philosophic (as well as

historical) concern because the evolution of key scientific terms (Law, Theory,

Mass, Energy, Matter, etc.) is intimately related to major historical philoso-

phical debates. Not only are science and philosophy connected at the conceptual

level, but the very nature of the history of science is philosophically debatable:

does it change by slow evolutionary processes so there is just one view of the

universe being gradually developed since the Sixteenth Century, or does science

change by radical 'paradigm shifts' each comprising a different view of the

university? Second, as Dean Calvert suggests in his memo, this course may be

more accessible to students in the arts and sciences faculties if they can

receive Group A credit for it.

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SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY

MEMORANDUM

S......

Dr.. Ray Bradley, Chairman,

...................From T.W.

Calvert, Dean, Facult.

.....Department .

of Philosophy.....

Interdisciplinary.

?

.

Studies

.

Subject.

Philosophy of ... Science course

?

Date.

5th Deccmbr,•.1977............

............... ... ....... ...............

As you know, Dr. Hannah Gay has been teaching G.S. 201-3, Studies in the

Philosophy of Science, as a Sessional instructor. I understand that there

has been discussion in the past regarding the transfer of this course to

Philosophy. if this is acceptable to your department, I suggest that you

take appropriate action to initiate the change. There would not necessarily

be any budget implications since the course is currently offered through

Continuing Studies.

Informal evaluation suggests that the course is quite successful, and that

both facult

y

and students in Science see the need for such a course. I believe

it would be more accessible to them if it was offered through the Philosophy

Department.

C/e t

Thomas W. Calvert

C. C.

11. Gay

J. Munro

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SPNATE COMMHlliL ON UNDERGRADUATE STUDIES

?

NEW COURSE PROPOSAL FORM

Calendar information ?

Department:

Ahhrcv i

at ion Code: CS

?

Course Number: 201

?

Credit Hours:

?

3 ?

Vector: _-:_1-1

Title of Course: historical Studies in the Philosophy of Science

Calendar Description of Course: This course will present some of the vies held

by important figures in the philosophy of science including Aristotle, ialileo

Bacon, Descartes, Newton, Kant, l'oincare, etc. The format will he primarily

chronological and will culminate with a study of views held by leading figures

in the late 19th and 20th centuries.

Nature of Course ?

Lecture/Tutorial

Prerequisites (or special irisruct ions): Any 100 level course in science, nath-

einatics, or philosophy

What course (courses), if any, is being dropped froi:i the calendar if thi course

is approved: None.

2.

Scheduling

How frequently will the course be offered? Yearly

Semester in which the course will first he offered?

?

rA!?

I?

?

Which of your present faculty would he available to make the proposed oilcrin:

possible?

3.

Ohieetives of the Course

See attached

4. .BiiA&et

?

and Space Requirements (for information only)

What additional resourses will be required in the following areas:

Faculty ?

1/4 sessional lectureship. on an annual basis

Staff

Library ?

See attached resource list

Audio Visual

Space

Equipment

4. Approval

Date:

?

9/74. ?

/4'• ?

-

JA

Department Chairman

?

Act iig Dean

?

Chairman, SCUS

SCUS 73-34b:- (When completing this form, for instructions see Memorandum SCtIS 3-i,1.

Attcli course outline).

28

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S. ?

of tll(

.

Course

a) The object of this course is to acquaint the student I th important

historical views in the philosophy of science. The format,

will

be

primarily chronological though reference to related contemporary ideas

tll

be made throughout. Readings will be selected primarily from original

philosophical writings though in some

cases,

Newton for exa:nrle,

C iCflt if

Ic

texts will be studied so that comparisons between actual practice and

methodological accounts can he made. The following nine sections will be

assigned approximately equal times (weighted in favour of the late 19th and

early 20th centuries) from which it can he seen that the course will give

an overall introductory picture rather than a detailed analysis of any

particular phi I osuphy

Out line

TT\

l ?

Introduction to classical viewc

a) Aristotle ?

the inductive-deductive method: noi-loica) icquiroments

for

scientific explanation.

b) The

p

ythagorean view of nature.

c

?

The classical origins of the tradition of 'saving the appe:Ir.ii1ce.

J) Luclid: deductive systems the model for empirical system:;'?

2

?

l&h and 17th centi osojyof science

. ?

a' Anti-Aristotelian philosophies: the Hermetic, ne-;'l;itonist and

magical world views.

hI Galileo's version of Aristotelian methodology: his Plat0IIiL ideas

of abstraction and idealisation in science.

c) Francis Bacon; methods of induction and exclusion; crucial experiments.

The rejection of teleological explanation.

di R.

Descartes; the rationalis: viewpoint: mechanical world views.

3) Newton

a) Newton's account of hi

.s methods and of the structure of se ierit I fi c theory

h) Newton's rules of reasoning.

cj Interpretations of 'Hypotheses non-fingo'.

d) Criticisms of Newton's account of science.

4) !

?

hiI'-ophy of

?

r

a)

D. Ilume; the principle of empiricism.

b)

1. Kant; the Kantian view

of

mathematics and of Newtonian mechanics.

5) Early 19th century

a)

J. Herschel; the continuation of the empirical tradition; the dst inct ion

between the discovery and justification of scientific theories.

t) W. Wltewel 1; the Kantian tradition; the philosophy of science based on

historical studies.

C)

Naturphilosophie - the Divinc

.

plan of Nature: anti-materialism.

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b) Inductivism; jo and con

a) J.S. Mill; thductivism.

b) S. Jevons; the hypothetico deductive model for scientific

explanation.

c) C. Hempel; continuation of the deductive scheme.

7) Mid-Late 19th century piosojhJ science

a)

Darwinism; its effect on the

p

latonic doctrines of ideal form

and on Aristotelian final causes.

b)

Hholtz; 19th century nco-Kantianism; the psychological school.

c)

E. Mach; sensationalism, conventionalism, the critique of

Newtonian philosophy.

d)

K. Pearson; radical empiricism.

e)

P. I)uhem; axiomatics; historical approaches to positivism;

the conventionalist view.

f)

H. Poincare; the Kantian philosophy of arithmetic; the conventionalist.

philosophy of science and geometry.

g)

C. Pierce; indeterminism in physical theory; anti-ifiductionisni.

8) Early 20th century views

a) N.R. Campbell; analysis of science without reference to

traditional philosophies; the roles of analogy and theasurement

in science.

h) P.W. Bridgman; the influence of Duhem and Einstein; operationalism.

c) Einstein's later neo-Kantian account of methodology in science.

d) Planck's realism and Bohr's instrumentalism.

c) .1. Watson; behaviourism.

f)

Organismic arguments in Biology, Woodger and Haldane.

g)

H. Bergson's "creative evolution".

9) Mid 20th century views; a brief summary

a) Modern empiricism; Kuhnian 'irrationality'; neo-Kantian pbilosphv.

h) Problems of reduction in the physical and biological sciences is

quantum mechanics an anti-reductionist theory?

c) Teleology and goal directed organization in biological systems.

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rist

kccoriinended

J. Kockelnians (ed.) Philosophy of Science: The Historical Backqround.

Macmillan 1968)

J. Losee

?

A Historical Introduction to the Philosophy of Science.

(O.V.1

1

. 1972)

ResourceList for the Library

Aristotle

?

Posterior Analytics

C.

Mathews (ed.)

?

Plato's Epistemology (Faber, 197211

Ptolemy

?

The Alnugest

Galileo ?

Dialogue Concerning Two New Sciences (B. Crew transLton,

1950)

The Assayer (Stillman Drake ed.)

F. Bacon ?

Now Organon

.. D

t

:.:art:s

?

Discourse

on Method

- ?

Principia

I. Newton

?

Mathematical Principles of Natural Philosophy (A Motte

translation 1962 ed.)

Optics

D.

flume

?

An

Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding; A. Flew 'cd.

David Hume on Nature and the Understanding, Collier 196.'

I. Kant ?

Critique of Pure Reason (Kemp Smith 'Trans)

Prolegomena and Metaphysical Foundations of Natural Sc.incv'

J.F.W. Herschel ?

A

Preliminary Discourse on the Study of Natural Phi2osoph;

(1831) London, 1842.

W. h'hewoll

?

The Philosophy of the Inductive Sciences Founded Vjn

Their History. London 1840.

? -

or

The History of Scientific Ideas (19-17)

Norum OrcJanQn flenovauni (1858)

• ?

On

the Philosophy of Discovery (18(.`0)

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2

J.S.

?

mill

A System of Lojic

.

W.S.

?

Jevons

an

The

introduction

Pr.inciplc's of

)y

Science

S.

Nrlgel

-

Dover edition

(1958) -

E.

?

von ?

liCJz1IJ)Olt

l-opuL-r Lctur•

?

Ofl

Sci

e

ntific subjects

?

(trans. E.

Jltkinr;on)

?

Apph.ton Century Croft

?

(1681)

S. Sach

Popular Scientific Lectures (Chicago 1943)

1960)

The Science of

Mcchanjc

?

(trans. ?

T.JT. A.cCorr;)

?

L,i

K.

?

Peat son

The Grammar of Science (London 1911)

P. ?

buhe;n

The

trans.

Aim

?

P.1'.

and

?

Structure

Wiener)

of Physical Theory (New Jer!:n

.,

It. ?

I'oincare

Science and

h

ypothesis

(trans. ?

W.j. ?

C

rcenstrcet)

?

(N. Y.

?

1 '

The

ValUc

of S:i

('flOv ?

(trans.

?

B. ?

IIaitd) ?

(N. Y.

?

1 955)

Science and Method

?

(trans. P.

?

aiLind)

?

(N.Y.

?

1958)

C. ?

Pierce

Essays in the

1

'h510,phy of Ed

OflCt

N.1?. ?

Cal" pli11

ExperimentFoundations

?

(N.Y.

of Science.

?

1957)

?

The Phil ?

cpht; of Theory

a:1!

What is

Science?

?

(N.Y.

1952)

An ?

Account of the Principles of Ncasui tm:ent and Calcu: c

(N. Y.

?

1928)

P. W.

?

Pt idgema;j

The

Logic of Mod(?r:;

?

1

1

11

y

;; ?

(N. Y.

?

192"')

The Nature of I'htp;

j

c't]

?

Theory ?

(Jr

mt

'ten

?

1936)

The Nature of Somc of Our lhy;.i ca

?

C ncopt:;

?

(N. 3.

?

1

S.

?

Tou1mjr ?

(ed.)

Physical Reality

N. ?

Bohr

Atomic Physics and Human Krow1ed;e

P. ?

Schlipp (ed.)

A. Einstein - Philosopher Scientist

J.B. ?

Watson

Behaviourism (1923)

J. H.

Woodgr

[1'lo logical

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Metaphysics and Epistemology

Philosophy 301

This course will be somewhat variable in choice of topics, depending on faculty

and student interests. Possible topics are included in the list below.

I.

The structures of knowledge and belief

II.

Understanding and Knowledge

1. possible subtopics include: Historicism, Hermeneutics, Verstehen;

Scientific knowledge and reductionism; Skepticism, certainty, in-

corribility.

III.

Theories of Knowledge: Empiricism, Rationalism, Pragmatism, Naive-Realism,

Critical (Representative) Realism, Idealism, Phenomenalism.

IV.

Things, substance, Identity and individuation.

V.

Truth: Coherence and Correspondence.

• ?

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1. Possible subtopics include: Language and the world; thinking and

concepts; perception and abstract knowledge.

VII.

Other minds (Some philosophy of mid issues have metaphysical implications)

1. Possible subtopics include: P

r

imiliveness of persons vs. reduction-

ism; direct knowledge of the self; consciousness; Cartesiani!;m

(Cogito, ergo sum; sum res cccii tans); the nature of the mind and toe

nature of the brain;

VIII.

A priori Knowled

g

e (Mathematic,, ar.1yt ?

Hthetic distinction, Luine's

natur

alized episte)logv.

IA

?

The problem of ii1ucton (Hune. il1

Bibliography

Listed below are rcoreset;:ti e tcts•'cc : --Thic

:

- readings may be chosen:

Aune. Bruce

?

1 ?

: rismanc ?

andom House: N.Y. , 19jU;

Butchvarov, Panayot. Reseb1, rce and Iden ?

i (

udi :rn:

university Press:

Bloominton , Indiana

?

1L€)

Dun o, /r'thur. /'ayL)

?

Pn

?

sop

y

ui ?

.

ed• ?

onh -I dqe

University Press

.r;nbci

dge ,

.

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Griffiths A. (ed.),

1967)

Loux, Michael (ed.).

N.Y., 1970)

Morick, Harold (ed.)

1972)

Know1edye and [$eflf (Oxford University Press: London

Universals and Particulars (Doubleday: Garden City,

Chal ien ?

to [irpiticism

(Wadsworth: ?

Belmont, Calif.

Quinton, Anthony, The Nature of Thin (Rout1ede and Kegan Paul: London and

Boston, 1973) ? -

Staniland, Hilary, Universals (Doubleday: Garden City, N.Y., 1972)

Taylor, Richard, Metaphysics (Prentice-Hall: Englewood Cliffs, N.J., 1964)

Woozley, A.D., Theory of Knowledge (Hutchinson: London, 1962)

.

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An examination of an issue or selection ol issues

i

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philosophy. Contemporary or historical readings or a mixture of these

will be used. Possible topics include justice, the law and legal systems,

sovereignty power and authority, democracy, liberty, and equality.

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Justice: theories of distributive and retributive justice

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The Law and Legal

Systems:

issues in philosophy of law

S

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Political obligation

IV.

Collectives and Persons: including as subtopics, collective res-

ponsibility, nations and rights of nations

V.

Sovereignty, Power arid Authority

VI.

Democracy, Liberty and Equality

VII.

Human Rights

VIII.

Political Theories. e.g., 1i5raHsill. 1AarxiSill

ix. ?

Ideology

Bibl

:

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readings

in

the history of social and poitical philosophy may be used.

R.B. Brandt, Social Justice

Marsnall Cohen, et al. , War and Moral RisponsibiIity

Norman Daniels,

Readinq

Rawls

Patrick Devlin, The Enforcement of MorcJs

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R. M.

Dworkin

?

IOSOp1y

u LI1W

I1j.j.

Joel

Feinberg, Social Ph11oophy

H.L.A. Hart, The

Concept of

Law

H.L.A. Hart,

Law, Liberty and Moralj^,,^

H.L.A. Hart,

PunishmenesposibiUt

Virginia Held, et al. Pi

losopjw Morality

and

Iiternationai Affairs

A.J. Melden, Human

Rights

Robert Nozich,

Anarch

y

, Stat and Utpia

Anthony Quinton, Political

Philosophy

John Rqwls, A Theory

of Justice

Nicholas Rescher, Distributive Justice

Richard Wasserstrom,

MorilitjaridLE'

Law

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stud of o t: or, or theories in noroative etz.tcs,

?

or of a secific moral issue. Po.'i to.c incude isus in aedical ethi's,

:orsi. :rsonh0od, free will, detexm:iom sr.d c rai res

:

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W:iCXL

is a course

ir meta-ethica, with a cour.-: sjcoificail::

zh

rd to deal

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A study of a theory

0

theories in normative ethics, or if a specific norai

issue. Possible topi:.s include issues in medcal ethics, moral personhoi'd,

free will, determinisM and wortl responsibility, utilitar'iariiSmS and their

conpetitorS , moral riohts

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I.

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Contemporary Moral Issues such as these arising in medicine:

(a)

abortion

(b)

euthanasia

(c)

ex.erimen tat

i0'

on hu;rar subjects

(d)

alocation of scarce resources

(e)

the right to health rare

II .

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and

'bra 1 aconIy.

III. ?

Positivean Nnqati

y

e Duties. Actions nd Omiss

hflS.

1V. ?

Moral Riqhr.

V.

Free

Will.

)et

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VI.

Theories of Viije

VII.

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•d o. teieoleq'i.?i teor es

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uril ,arianims an.

the i r compel

ì

L'.rs.

Listed below are soll"t ?

whi. i oay be used.

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readings in

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hese to.. cs may .e sod.

M

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chap

l 0. Boyles. Contein

j

x'racy it i1iai

Bernard 1;erofsky , ir

?

erririss

ichard Brandt, Ethi •:

?

'th• ries

.

.

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Baruch Brody, Moral

Rule ?

nd Partitwiar

?

c

M. Fried,

fts

and Wro

Samuel Gorovitz et. al . , Moral Problenis in Pled

I

Hodgson, Consequencesof_Utit'm

Sidney Hook, Determinism and Freedom.

David Lyons, Forms and Limits of Lit ilita;iariis

A.J. Melden,

Rights

and

Right Conduct

James Rachels, Moral Prob.ms

W.D. Ross,

The Right and the Good

J.J.C. Smart and B. Williams, Utilitarianism:

Ln

and Against

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Philosophy 452

A survey of the work of Immanuel Kant and its influence on Nineteenth

Century Philosophy.

I. ?

Kant's Critical Philosophy

1.

The honest broker

2.

The A priori

3.

Transcendental arguments

4.

Regulative use of reason

5.

Criticism of rationalistic metaphysics

6.

Ethics and the Transcendental Self

Other topics may include:

I. ?

Hegel and the Collapse of the Enlightenment

1.

Hegel on reason and consciousness: Criticisms of Kant, Fichte,

Schel 1 ing.

2.

Knowledge and history

is

3 ?

The absolute as Geist

II.

?

Schopenhauer

1.

The world as idea, as will

2.

Nature of art

III.

?

Marx and revolution

IV.

?

Mill and Empiricism

V.

?

Nietzsche and the will to power, on art, on consciousness as disease.

VI. ?

Kierkegaard and subjectivity: a refutation of Hegel, or the best

possible defence?

VII.

?

Comte and Positivism

VIII. Wagner: art and salvation

Bibliography: The following includes representative texts from which read-

ings will be chosen.

Primary Texts

Bretall, Robert (ed.), A Kierkegaard Anthol

og

y (Modern Library: N.Y. 1946)

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Gardiner, Patrick (ed.), 19th Century Philosophy (Free Press, Collier-

MacMillan: N.Y., London, 1969)

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Kaufmann, Walter (ed.), The Portable Nietzsche (Viking Press: N.Y., 1954)

Loewenberg, Jacob (ed.) Hegel: Selections (Scribners: N.Y., 1929)

Parker, DeWitt (ed.), Schopenhauer: Selections (Scribners: N.Y., 1956)

Zweig, Arnulf (ed.), The Essential Kant (Mentor: N.Y. and Toronto, 1970)

Secondary Texts

Copleston, Frederick, A History of Philosophy (Volume 6, part 2, Volume 7;

Volume 8, part 1 (Doubleday: Garden City, N.Y., 1964, 1965, 1967).

Findlay, J.N., Hegel: A Re-examination (Collier-Maclillian: N.Y. and Toronto,

1962)

Gardiner, P., Schopenhauer (Harmondsworth, 1963)

Kaufmann, Waiter, Hegel: Reinterpretation, Texts & Commentaries (Knopf: N.Y.,

1965)

MacIntosh, J. and Peneihum, T. (eds.), The First Critique (Wadsworth:

Belmont, California, 1969)

Maclntyre, Alasdair (ed.), Hegel (Doubleday: Garden City, N.Y., 1972)

?

5

Peckham, Morris, Beyond the Tragic Vision (George Brazilier: N.Y., 192 )

Solomon, Robert (ed.), Nietzsche (Doubleday: Garden City, N.Y., 1973)

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