Item 187 - Letter from James Ward to Henry Sidgwick

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Sets down a few points in relation to the needs of their department and the needs of departments connected with it. Suggests that an additional 'Reader' is needed to supplement the Professor of Mental Philosophy and Logic. States that psychology, logic with mathematical development, history of philosophy and metaphysics 'can never all be adequately dealt with by one man.' Believes that experimental psychology 'deserves a Reader and requires a Laboratory and funds for its maintenance.' Suggests that £2000 would be enough to cover a laboratory and equipment. States that Cambridge needs a professor of Anthropology and an anthropological museum, and that lecture rooms, a professors' room and a library are required. Refers also to the claims of [the departments of] political philosophy and sociology.