PHIL 1A - Theories of Knowledge and Reality

    Recent Professors
    M. Cole, A. Ekizian Barton, M. Parish, E. Rard
    Recent Semesters
    Fall 2026, Summer 2026, Spring 2026
    Class Size
    30–31 students
    Credits
    3
    Fall 2026 Sections
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    Transfers To
    UC and CSUCal-GETC Area 3B · IGETC Area 3B · CSU GE Area C2
    Description
    This course explores some of the deepest questions about human life. What does it mean to be human? How can God coexist with evil? What is the evidence for God’s existence anyway? Do we have free will or are our thoughts and actions determined by forces outside our control? What is your mind? Is it nothing more than activity in your brain, or is your mind a soul? What is a soul, and are there good reasons to think souls are real? What is knowledge, why is it valuable, and how can you tell when you have it? Can we know anything with certainty, and does that matter? This class will provide an opportunity to explore these and similar questions, in conversation with texts from some of the greatest minds in human history. (A, CSU, UC, Cal-GETC)
    Usually Held
    Mon Wed 11:00am–12:15pm, Mon Wed 11:00am–12:20pm, Tue Thu 11:00am–12:15pm, Tue Thu 12:30pm–1:45pm