Gordon Clark: Comprehensive Examination in Philosophy (PCA Archives)

c. 1938. Comprehensive Examination in Philosophy (PCA Archives)

First Afternoon.

The student should aim to answer all the following questions in three hours; one hour extra will be permitted.

The first five questions are to be answered in one hour and a half. Put your name and the name of Dr. Straw on the cover of the book.

1. State chronologically the actors and the ideas in the historical development of logic.

2. Brief in detail the whole subject of the syllogism.

3. Explain Mill’s methods and their use and purpose.

4. Give a problem lecture exemplifying each of the inductive methods of explanation.

5. List the fallacies, with examples from hereabouts in which their avoidance would increase our Christian usefulness.

The next three questions should also take on hour and a half. Put them in a separate book, on which write your name and that of Dr. Buswell.

1. Present the historic of the human mind’s struggle with the problem of evil. Let your presentation show a logical outline of the various schools of ethical theory.

2. Present the Christian view of the problem of evil, including discussion of the Christian attitude toward each important non-Christian system.

A single sheet of paper and twenty-two minutes should be sufficient for the next part. Your name and that of Dr. Clark should appear on the sheet.

1. Give the names, the dates, the titles of the writings of ten philosophers.

The next and last question should take twenty-three minutes. Put your name and that of Dr. Stone on a separate book.