Canadian Common Sense Philosophy / Psychology
The Scottish common sense tradition
Large scale Scottish emigration (1750-1850) to Canada
Thomas Reid (1710-1796): Scottish "Common Sense" philosophy
Rejected the representational "copy theory of knowledge"
Rejected Hume's skepticism
The Establishment of Universities in Canada (1790-1915)
Philosophy, religion, and morals are important to education
1790 - Kings' College at Windsor Nova Scotia: Image of Edinburgh
1802 - Linked with the Church of England
1818 - Moved to Halifax
1838 - Thomas McCulloch First psychology course
Rev. William Lyall (1811-1890) Common sense and Augustinian Theology
1885 - The intellect, the emotions, and the Moral Nature
1886 - Chair of Psychology and Metaphysics
1923 - Established a Chair of Psychology (non-sectarian)
1821 - McGill University at Montreal: George IV Royal Charter
Medical school until 1843 when Arts courses started
~1850 - W. T. Leach (Edinburgh) taught psychology
John Clark Murray (1836-1917)
1862-Queens - Mental and Moral Philosophy
1872-McGill Reformer, Champion of rights of workers and women
1903 - William Caldwell: Chair in Mental Philosophy
1909 - William
Dunlop Tait:
Established a psychological laboratory in 1910
1922 - Established a department of Psychology
1827 - King's College at Toronto: George IV Royal Charter (Anglican)
University of Toronto: Secularized in 1850
Rev. James Beaven (Oxford): 1843 - Professor of theology
Rev. George Paxton Young (1818-1889)
1853-Theological Chair at Knox College
1868-Chair of Philosophy
1871-Logic, metaphysics & ethics
Common Sense realism along with Kantianism
1889 -
Philosophy Department
The Academy in Crisis: J.G. Hume & J.M. Baldwin
Psychology,
Logic and Metaphysics
The history of philosophy and ethics
1891 - James Mark Baldwin (Princeton & Leipzig) (not Titchener)
Established
Canada's first Psychological Laboratory
Handbook of Psychology: Bio-evolution and physiological psychology
1898 - APA president and a Charter Member
1893 - August Kirschmann: "Titchener's Society"
Canadian students: E.A. Bott & R.B. Liddy
1841 - Queens College at Kingston: Victoria's Royal Charter (Presbyterian)
1847 - Teaching psychology as Mental and Moral Philosophy
John Watson: (1847-1939)
1872-1924: Chair of Mental and Moral Philosophy
1872 The relation of Philosophy to science
1849 - College of Bytown: Bilingual men's college (RC)
1861 -
College of Ottawa
1866 - University of Ottawa
1852 - Laval University at Quebec city
1863 - Huron College at London Ontario: Church of England
1881 - Arts, medicine & theology courses
1898 - Began teaching psychology
Later used Angell's functionalist book
1923 - University of Western Ontario (founded in 1878)
July 1, 1867 - Confederation of the Dominion of Canada
1877 - University of Manitoba established from colleges
1855 - St
Boniface Roman Catholic college
1866 - St John Anglican college of Arts and
theology
1870 - Manitoba College at Kildonan then Winnipeg
(1874)
1878 - Laval University at Montreal: Roman Catholic
1919 - University of Montreal: R.C. challenge to Laval
1887 - McMaster University at Toronto: Moved to Hamilton 1930
1888 -
Department of Philosophy
1940 - Courses in psychology
1947 - Department of psychology
1908 - University of Alberta: Non-denominational
1909 - University of Saskatchewan: Non-denominational
1915 - University of British Columbia: Non-denominational
Armour and Trott (1981): The faces of Reason
Reason was a way to make sense and to bring about a unity
Mathews (1988): The dialectics of Canadian identity
Dialectics
of English vs. French (1534-Jacques Cartier),
Protestantism and Catholicism,
individualism and communitarianism,
Conservative vs. Liberal
Government
as humanitarian leader: National railway,
broadcasting, airlines, medicare, EIC, education