Minerva's Aviary : Philosophy at Toronto, 1843-2003.

Intro -- Contents -- Preface -- Introduction -- Part One. The Main Stream -- 1 The Rise and Fall of King's College -- 2 The Founding Professor: James Beaven -- 3 Teacher Extraordinary: George Paxton Young -- 4 The Battle over Young's Successor -- 5 The Emergence of Psychology -- 6 'A Weakened Echo of Dr Young': James Gibson Hume -- 7 Gentleman and Scholar: George Sidney Brett -- 8 Graduate Study in Philosophy -- 9 The Last Autocrat: Fulton Henry Anderson -- 10 The First Chairman: Thomas Anderson Goudge -- 11 The Merging of the Streams -- 12 A United Department -- Part Two. Contributing Streams -- 13 Philosophy at Victoria College -- 14 Philosophy at Trinity College -- 15 Philosophy at St Michael's College -- 16 Some Reflections on This History -- Appendix A. Departmental Heads, Chairmen, and Chairs -- Appendix B. Faculty in Philosophy (1843-2005) -- References -- Illustration Credits -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y -- Z -- Illustrations.

. In Minerva's Aviary, John G. Slater documents the history of Toronto's Philosophy Department from its founding to contemporary times.

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