Word: firth
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...professors from the University of Virginia and Oxford will come to the University this spring to teach courses touching on scientific philosophy, Roderick Firth, chairman of the Philosophy Department, disclosed yesterday...
Barker studied at the University several years ago under a fellowship established by the late George Santayana, providing funds for one student each year to pursue philosophy studies. "He wrote a major portion of his book under this fellowship," Firth noted...
According to Firth, the student will make his choice after consultation with the senior tutor and will include the topics best suited to prepare him for his Generals Examinations and thesis...
...seminars will be to supplement work in the regular courses," Firth explained. He added that "there is a certain stimulation derived from discussing philosophy in a group...
...same time, Firth announced that Henry D. Aiken, professor of Philosophy, will conduct a new course investigating contemporary developments in philosophy at Oxford University. The method now used at Oxford deals largely with the examination of philosophical questions through the analysis of language...