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ACADEMIC DEPARTMENT. in
processes, and the methods by which thought actually proceeds to
solve the problems presented to it. A considerable amount of atten
tion will also be given to the analysis of logical arguments, and to
practice in the detection of fallacies. Creighton's Introductory
Logic will be used as a text-book.
In the spring term, Professor McGilvary will give a series of
lectures on the development of moral ideals among mankind in primi
tive, ancient, and modern times. The object will be, through a con
crete and historical study of actual moral conceptions, to awaken
reflection upon the chief problem of Ethics the nature of the Moral
Ideal.
II. Courses Primarily for Juniors and Seniors.
2. Experimental Psychology. Lectures and laboratory work.
M., W., F., 3, Laboratory Lecture Room.
Dr. BEntlEy, and Mr. Whipple.
Professor Titchener,
The course falls into three parts. ( i ) In the fall term, the lectures
deal with some province of sensation and perception selected by the
class. The laboratory work is qualitative in character, and consists
in the repetition by the student of the classical experiments in the
fields of sensation and perception. (2) In the winter term, lectures
are given, with demonstrations, upon the chief psychological meas
urement methods. The work laboratory is quantitative : verification
of Weber's law in the various sense-departments, determination of
stimulus limina, measurement of memory, attention, etc. (3) In the
spring term, the lectures are concerned with the psychology of action
and emotion. The laboratory hours are devoted to a drill-course in
the psychophysics of action (reaction time experiments), which
affords training in introspection, and in the control and rapid adjust
ment of the attention. Occasionally, the original investigation of
simple psychological problems is substituted in this term for the regu
lar work of the course.
2(a). Mental Derangement. Spring term. One hour, M.,
(p. m.),
Botanical Lecture Room. Dr. Wagneb.
A course of lectures, dealing with the general of history the insane
and the provision made for their care ; the manifestations of insanity,
and the nature and significance of delusions, hallucinations and illu
sions ; the forms of mental derangement, and principles of classifica
tion ; the conditions of insanity, and the treatment of the insane.
3. History of Philosophy. Lectures, prescribed reading, and
occasional essays. T., Th., S., 12,
White 5. Professor CrEighTon.
This is an elementary course, and is intended primarily for the gen-