WORLD'S PHILOSOPHERS TO MEET AT UNIVERSITY

That the sixth International Congress of Philosophy will be held at the University in 1926 has been announced by the Department of Philosophy. In September of that year Harvard will entertain this distinguished gathering, which will be the first important meeting since the war and the first one in which the members will be able to meet, in perfect amity.

Four big conferences have been held since the congress was founded in 1900 at Paris--at Geneva in 1904, at Heidleberg in 1908, and at Bologna in 1911. A conference was scheduled at London in 1914 but had to be interrupted on account of the war. In addition there was an unimportant meeting at Naples in 1924. The conference at Harvard, coming after the troubled years which followed the war and the long cessation of such meetings, is expected to accomplish more than any of its predecessors.

Many Nations to Be Represented

Philosophical bodies in England, France, Germany, and Italy have already pledged their support and promised to attend. The languages of these countries will be considered as the official tongues for the Congress but it is expected that many more will be heard. Every effort will be made to urge the attendance of representatives from every country in the world which could possibly send a delegation.

The program of the meeting at the University will include philosophy in all its phases. Among the topics discussed will be the philosophy of nature, the philosophy of religion, and the theory of knowledge. Other such special subjects as logic, ethics, aesthetics, political philosophy, philosophy of law and the history of philosophy will also be brought up. The individual members expect to gain much from hearing authorities of world-wide reputations expound their particular fields of the general subject.

It is feared by the heads of the society in the United States that on account of poor financial conditions in Europe at the present time, particularly among men of letters, many of the scholars who would ordinarily come will be unable to make the trip. For the purpose of aiding such men they hope to raise a fund which will make their journey possible and also entertain them during their stay in America.