| PHILOSOPHY |
PHIL 6 | PHIL 7 | PHIL 11 | PHIL 12 | PHIL 9 | PHIL 14
PHIL 6 • Introduction to Philosophy
Instructor: M. Lawrence
PHIL 6H • Honors Introduction to Philosophy
Instructor: M. Lawrence
PHIL 6 • Introduction to Philosophy
Instructor: Mike Monge
Course Information: Every field of study where experts try to back up their conclusions using arguments involves philosophy, which is the search for truth. Physicists, mathematicians, and other scientists deal with the simple issues which have been settled and which leave little room for debate. Philosophers, on the other hand, struggle with the deeply difficult questions which have eluded conclusive answers for thousands of years. We will consider questions such as: Does God exist?, How can we truly know something?, What is the human mind?, and Will pscychologists one day be able to scientifically predict every action you will perform?. We won't find conclusive answers, but we will learn some possible answers, and we will discuss the arguments used to support them. (By the way, mathematicians and scientists still have many difficult, unanswered questions to deal with, which you will learn for yourself if you go on to graduate school)
PHIL 6 • Introduction to Philosophy
Instructor: Charles Otwell
PHIL 6 • Introduction to Philosophy
Instructor: Mark Sargent
PHIL 7 • Introduction to Ethics
Instructor: Charles Otwell
PHIL 7 • Introduction to Ethics
Instructor: R. Hollenberg
PHIL 7 • Introduction to Ethics
Instructor: Mike Monge
PHIL 7 • Introduction to Ethics
Instructor: M. Lawrence
PHIL 7 • Honors Introduction to Ethics
Instructor: M. Lawrence
PHIL 9 • Introduction to Existentialism
Instructor: Melvin Sanchez
PHIL 11 • Critical Thinking
Instructor: Charles Otwell
PHIL 11 • Critical Thinking
Instructor: Mike Monge
Catalog description: Understand, practice, and improve practical reasoning skills. Focuses on the nature on reasoning and the detection and avoidance of common fallacies. Will develop the knowledge and habits needed to make decisions between conflicting ideas and beliefs. Applications are made to both contemporary and perennial issues, such as current political events and capital punishment.
Course Information: We constantly use our minds to accept new information and make decisions. If you have never considered the processes by which you make your decisions, you have not engaged in critical thinking. When you think critically, you analyze your own thought processes, to decide whether they are sound, or whether they are improper in some way. This course will teach you some of the tools to do exactly that. If you want to learn logic in a non-mathematical way, this is the course you'll want to take!
PHIL 11 • Critical Thinking
Instructor: Mark Sargent
PHIL 12 • Introduction to Logic
Instructor: R. Hollenberg
Contact: 562-938-4233
Course Description : This introductory logic course will focus on informal and formal logic. Informal logic will focus on basic concepts regarding arguments, various types of ordinary language deductive and inductive arguments, and the ways that arguments can be erroneous. During formal deductive logic, we will cover basic concepts of both categorical and propositional logic, including, but not limited to, the mood and figure of categorical syllogisms, Venn diagrams, the squares of opposition, rules and fallacies, and truth tables. All of the tools of formal deductive logic are designed to equip students to assess deductive arguments.
PHIL 12 • Introduction to Logic
Instructor: Mike Monge
Course Information: Are you a puzzle solver? Do you like challenges? If so, then you'll enjoy my logic class. Logic is the science of evaluating arguments, which means that it involves deciding when someone backs up their conclusions with good reasons to believe them. In my logic class, we focus on deductive arguments, which are arguments which involve an absolute guarantee, much like mathematical arguments. If you want to learn logic without a lot of writing, an if you enjoy geometry, then this is probably the class for you.
PHIL 12 • Introduction to Logic
Instructor: Mark Sargent
PHIL 14 • Historical—Philisophical Study: Religion
Instructor: M. Lawrence
