The tools and techniques of philosophical reasoning: reading argumentative prose; analyzing conceptual models; writing critical essays. Problems of knowledge: the criteria of reliable knowledge; the formulation and justification of beliefs; the sources and limits of knowledge; beliefs about the physical world, the past and future, and other minds. Critical standards applied to related metaphysical issues: theism, mind and self-identity, determinism.
Course ID
4
Department
Subject
Units
3
Requisites
ADVISE: (Readiness for college-level English) or ESL 188
Transfer code
UC/CSU
Credit type
Credit/Degree Applicable
Lecture hours
Lec-52.5
Has field trips
0