University of Virginia Library

For Undergraduates

First-year students, entering the college from high or preparatory schools,
are not admitted to the courses in Philosophy or Psychology.

Philosophy B1: History of Philosophy: The history of philosophy from
the Greek philosophers to the beginning of the nineteenth century. (B.A. or B.S.
credit, 3 session-hours.)

Professor Balz.

Philosophy B2: Ethics: The historical development of the chief types
of ethical theory. (B.A. or B.S. credit, 3 session-hours.)

Assistant Professor Dent.

Philosophy B3: History of Morals: A descriptive and historical study
of moral ideas and practices. (B.A. or B.S. credit, 3 session-hours.)

Professor Balz.

Philosophy B4: Political Philosophy: An historical study of political
and social thought from Plato to the present. (B.A. or B.S. credit, 3 session-hours.)

Assistant Professor Dent.

Philosophy B5: Logic: First term: Scientific Methodology. Second
and third terms: Logic as a deductive science, including a study of some recent
developments in the logic of classes, relations, and systems, and their application
to the problems of science and philosophy. (B.A. or B.S. credit, 3 session-hours.)

Assistant Professor Davenport.

Philosophy B8: Plato: Reading, interpretation, and discussion of the
works of Plato. (B.A. or B.S. credit, 3 session-hours.)

Professor Buchanan.

(Note: Philosophy B8 in 1931-32 was given jointly by Professor F. S. C.
Northrop of Yale University, Visiting Professor of Philosophy, and Professor
Davenport.)

Philosophy B9: Spinoza: Reading, interpretation, and discussion of
the works of Spinoza. (B.A. or B.S. credit, 3 session-hours.)

Professor Buchanan.

(Philosophy B8 and B9 will be given in alternate years: B9 in 1932-33, B8
in 1933-34.)

Philosophy B10: Aristotle: Reading, interpretation, and discussion of
the works of Aristotle. (B.A. or B.S. credit, 3 session-hours.)

Assistant Professor Davenport.

Philosophy B11: Kant: Reading, interpretation, and discussion of the
Critique of Pure Reason, the Critique of Practical Reason, and the Critique of
Judgment. (B.A. or B.S. credit, 3 session-hours.)

Assistant Professor Davenport.

(Philosophy B10 and B11 will be given in alternate years. B10 in 1932-33,
and B11 in 1933-34.)