Page 195 of Antelope Valley College 1996-1997 Catalog by Antelope Valley Community College Lancaster California

194 Philosophy PHIL 6A INTRODUCTION TO PHILOSOPHY 3 units 3 hours weekly Writing Prerequisite: Eligibility for ENGL 50BR4. Advisory: Eligibility for College Level Reading or satisfactory completion of ENGL 1A. An introductory examination of themes and issues central to both classical and contemporary philosophy. Topics will be selected from such areas as ethics, political philosophy, metaphysics, epistemology, and logic. (CSU, UC, AVC) PHIL 6B INTRODUCTION TO PHILOSOPHY 3 units 3 hours weekly Writing Prerequisite: Eligibility for ENGL 50BR4. Advisory: Eligibility for College Level Reading or satisfactory completion of ENGL 1A. An introductory examination of themes and issues central to both classical and contemporary philosophy. Topics will be selected from such areas as ethics, political philosophy, metaphysics, epistemology, and logic. (CSU, UC, AVC) PHIL 8 PHILOSOPHY OF RELIGION 3 units 3 hours weekly Writing Prerequisite: Eligibility for ENGL 50BR4. Advisory: Eligibility for College Level Reading or satisfactory completion of ENGL 1A. This course emphasizes philosophical analysis of religious issues and themes. Such themes as the nature and variety of religious expression will be explored, analyzed, and evaluated. The philosophical task revolves around the effort to determine whether there is a special kind of knowledge to be called Religious if so, how is it gained; if it is gained, what its implications will be for human conduct. (CSU, UC, AVC) PHIL 10 INTRODUCTION TO LOGIC 3 units 3 hours weekly Writing Prerequisite: Eligibility for ENGL 50BR4. Math Prerequisite: Eligibility for MATH A. Advisory: Eligibility for College Level Reading or satisfactory completion of ENGL 1A. An introduction to both formal and informal logic. Logic includes a study of linguistic analysis, immediate and mediate inference, symbolic notation, deductive proofs and fallacies. Attention is given to both traditional and modern symbolic systems. Critical thinking is applied to both s y m b o l i c a n d w r i t t e n a r g u m e n t s . Argumentative writing will be explored through both formal and informal logical analysis. (CSU, UC, AVC)

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