 | The University of Virginia record February, 1909 |  |
CORCORAN SCHOOL OF PHILOSOPHY.
Professor Lefevre.
Professor Payne.
Mr. Hodge.
Mr. M. T. Neff.
Required for Admission to the Work of the School: The General
Entrance Examination or its equivalent. Students are advised not
to undertake the work of this School before their second session in the
College.
Course 1B: Deductive and Inductive Logic; Theory of Knowledge.—During
the first and second terms, the class will be engaged
with a study of the science of logic. The lectures will deal in an introductory
manner with the general character of the thinking process, its
laws of development, and the methods by which thought actually proceeds
to solve the problems presented to it. Special attention will be directed
to the analysis of logical arguments and to the detection of fallacies in
reasoning. The third term will be devoted to a study and critical exposition
of different Theories of Knowledge. M. W. F., 1-2. Rotunda, S. E.
Professor Lefevre.
Text-Books.—Creighton's Introductory Logic; other books to be announced.
Course 2B: Ethics.—The aim of this course is (1) to trace in
broad outline the history of actual moral practices and ideals
among mankind in primitive, ancient, and modern times; and (2)
to bring out the distinctive features of moral action and to secure an
insight into the leading principles underlying it. Some of the more
important systems of ethics will be studied for the purpose of gaining
an appreciation of the general development and different types of
theories of morality. The entire course will be directed with a view to
aiding the student in reaching a constructive result. M. W. F., 11-12.
Rotunda, S. E. Professor Lefevre.
Text-Books.—To be announced.
Course 3B: General Psychology.—This course is intended to
give a general survey of the main problems, principles and method of Psychology
study in Education, Medicine, or Law. The following topics
will be treated: Structure and function of the Nervous System, Sensation,
Perception, Attention, Mental Imagery, Memory, Volition, Reasoning, Association
of Ideas, Movement and Action, Emotions, etc. These topics
will be treated from the physiological, experimental, dynamic, and descriptive
points of view. Reading of texts, lectures, discussions, and
Reports. Hours to be arranged. Rotunda, S. E. Professor Payne.
Text-Books.—To be announced.
Course 4C: The History of Philosophy: Course 1B, or 2B, or 3B
prerequisite. This course is intended primarily for those who wish to
know something of the history of thought and the influence which philosophical
ideas have exerted in the development of civilization. The lectures
will give a general account of philosophical speculation from its beginnings
among the Greeks to the present time. The endeavor will be
made to present the various philosophical systems in their relation to the
science and general civilization of the ages to which they belong, and to
estimate their social and political significance. A large part of the year
will be devoted to the theories and problems of modern times. Reading
of texts and commentaries, lectures, discussions, and essays. M. W. F.,
10-11. Rotunda, S. E. Professor Lefevre.
Course 5C: Social Psychology.—(Open to students who have
taken Courses 1B or 2B, or 3B, or their equivalents.) In this course,
general psychological principles will be applied to the study of the social
relations of the self, and the influences which determine feeling and action
in the individual as a member of the group, e. g. the sentiments of religious,
political, and social crowds. The attempt is made to approach
social facts from the mental side. The study of social consciousness,
as involved in the genesis and growth of social institutions:
the psychology of education; the psychology of religion; and
the evolution of social consciousness will engage the attention in this course.
Reading of texts, lectures, discussions, and reports. Hours by appointment.
Rotunda, S. E. Professor Payne.
Text-Books.—To be announced.
Course 6D.—(Open to students who have taken or are taking
Course 4C.) Empiricism and Rationalism. The empirical movement as
represented by Locke, Hume, and Mill, and the rationalistic movement as
represented especially by Descartes, Spinoza, and Leibniz, will be studied
with reference to their distinctive methods. Reading of texts and commentaries,
lectures, discussions, and essays. Professor Lefevre.
Course 7D.—(Open to students who have taken or are taking
year will be devoted to the careful study of the Critique of Pure Reason
and the Critique of Practical Reason. Collateral reading of standard
commentaries and of selected recent literature on the subject will be
required. Special attention will be given to Kant's relation to previous
philosophical systems, to the development of his own philosophy, and to the
interrelation of his three Critiques. Reading of texts, lectures, discussions,
and reports. Professor Lefevre.
Further advanced work in Philosophy will be arranged in accordance
with the needs of individual students.
[Courses 6D and 7D will be given in alternate years.]
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