A careful and critical examination of some of the "Great Questions" philosophers have pursued from ancient times to the present. Some of these include: What is human nature? What is real? Do we have free will? Does God exist? What can we know? How should we act? What is the source of evil? And, what is the nature of truth? (A-F or P/NP)
Transfer: CSU, UC (CAN PHIL2) (CC Philo1).
General Education: (MJC-GE: C) (CSU-GE: CS) (IGETC: 3B)
Also offered as CMPSC 103
An introduction to Modern deductive logic; includes sentential and predicate logic with identity theory and definite descriptions.
Transfer: CSU, UC (CAN PHIL 6, CSU, UC)
General Education: (MJC:GE: D2) (CSU-GE: A3)
Prerequisite: Satisfactory Completion of ENGL 101
An examination of ligic and its practical application in everyday situations, including problem solving, advertisement discrimination, political evaluation and argumentation.
Transfer: CSU, US
General EducationL (MJC-GE: D2) (CSU-GE: A3) (IGETC: 1B)
Prerequisite: Satisfactory Completion of ENGL 101
Systematic study of the methods of scientific inquiry. Application of critical thinking through philosophical analysis of scientific methodology. Significant emphasis on writing in developing analytical skills. For both science and non-science majors.
Transfer: CSU, UC
General Education: (MJC-GE: D2) (CSU-GE: A3) (IGETC: 1B)
Systematic study of reflective choice, standards of right and wrong by which it may guided, and attainable goods toward which it may be directed. Readings on concepts of good, duty, egoism, altruism, freedom, personal and social responsibility.
Transfer: CSU, US (CAN PHIL 4)
General Education: (MJC-GE: C) (CSU-GE: C2) (IGETC: 3B)
An examination of the central features of art as well as alternative accounts of art and aesthetic experience including discussion of beauty, representation, and truth. (A-F or P/NP)
Transfer: CSU
PHILO 115—RELIGION: A PHILOSOPHICAL AND 3 UNITS
COMPARATIVE INQUIRY
Introduction to the philosophical problems of religion and a comparative analysis of religious traditions and spiritual practices. Topics include the nature and existence of God, faith and reason, religious knowledge, language and experience in human life. (A-F or P/NP)
Transfer: CSU, UC (CC HUMAN/PHILO 4)
General Education: (MJC-GE: C) (CSU--GE: C2) (IGETC: 3B)
Western ideas and philosophers from ancient Greece to the 16th century, with a consideration of prominent Eastern philosophies. The primary focus is on Greek and Roman philosophy, and the development of Christian philosophy through the Middle Ages. Some of the topics include free will/determinism, the nature of existence, being, definition, and logic. (A-F or P/NP)
Transfer: CSU, UC (CAN PHIL 8, CAN PHIL SEQ A)
General Education: (MJC-GE; C) (CSU-GE: C2) (IGETC: 3B)
Western ideas and philosophers from the 16th century to the present, with a consideration of prominent Eastern philosophies. The primary focus is on renaissance thought, the rise of modern science, 18th and 19th century empirical thought and critical philosophies, and trends in the twentieth century. (A-F or P/NP)
Transfer: CSU, UC (CAN PHIL 10, CAN PHIL SEQ A)
General Education: (MJC-GE: C) (CSU-GE: C2) (IGETC: 3B)
An examination of late nineteenth and twentieth century philosophy, including but not limited to representative thinkers of American Pragmatism, Continental Existentialism and Phenomenology, and Anglo-American Analytic Philosophy. (A-F or P/NP)
Transfer: CSU, UC (CC PHILO 125)
General Education: (MJC-GE: C) (CSU-GE: C2) (IGETC: 3B)
A study of social and political thought using classical and contemporary writings, with emphasis on current issues. Ideologies discussed include democracy, socialism, capitalism, communism, fascism, and anarchism. (A-F or P/NP)
Transfer: CSU, UC
General Education: (CSU-GE: D8) (IGETC: 4)
An introduction to philosophical problems and reasoning through an analysis of films. Topics discussed include philosophy of life and existence, political ideologies, the nature of aesthetic experience, and theories of film. Field trips may be required.
Transfer: CSU, UC (IGETC: 3B)
General Education: (MJC-GE: C) (CSU-GE: C2)
