PHILO 6 Introduction to Philosophy

Units: 3
Hours: 54 hours LEC
General Education: Delta Area 3; CSU Area C2; IGETC Area 3B
This course introduces philosophical ideas and methods concerning knowledge, reality, and values. Expected topics will include the sources and limits of knowledge and the nature of reality. Other topics that may be examined from a philosophical perspective include the nature of the self, truth, ethics, religion, science, language, beauty and art, political theory, or mind. Competing positions in the fields of metaphysics, epistemology, ethics, and the history of philosophy are presented, discussed, and critically evaluated. (HBCU, UC, CSU, C-ID PHIL 100)