 | University of Virginia record February, 1912 |  |
Primarily for Graduates.
Course D1.—(Open to students who have taken or are taking
Course C1.) 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 D2.—(Open to students who have taken or are taking
Course C1.) The Critical Philosophy of Kant. The greater part of
the 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 D1 and D2 will be given in alternate years.]
For summer school courses in Philosophy, on which college-credit
will be allowed, see p. 258.
| University of Virginia record February, 1912 | |