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  "edition": "2026-2027",
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      "title": "Introduction to Philosophy",
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      "hours": "3 hours lecture",
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      "description": "Study of selected classic examples of original works of philosophers: Literature of the discipline and analytical methods, aims, goals, and types of problems peculiar to philosophers and philosophical inquiry; metaphysics, epistemology, valuing and axiology, aesthetics, and religion.",
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    {
      "code": "PHIL 2",
      "subject": "PHIL",
      "number": "2",
      "title": "Social and Political Philosophy",
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      "hours": "3 hours lecture",
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        "UC"
      ],
      "description": "Focus on classic examples of social and political philosophy in Western civilization: Original writings by Classic Greeks (Plato and Aristotle), Americans (Hamilton, Madison, and Jefferson), Modern Europeans (Marx and Mills), and appropriate contemporary philosophers.",
      "notes": [
        "Peralta GE Areas 3; Cal-GETC Area 3B;"
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          "name": "Fall 2026",
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          "subject": "PHIL"
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      ]
    },
    {
      "code": "PHIL 11",
      "subject": "PHIL",
      "number": "11",
      "title": "Formal Logic",
      "units": "3",
      "hours": "3 hours lecture",
      "cid": [
        "PHIL 210"
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        "CSU",
        "UC"
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      "description": "Introduction to formal logic: Syntax, semantics, and proof theory of sentential and predicate logic.",
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        "Peralta GE Areas 1B;"
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          "name": "Fall 2026",
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          "subject": "PHIL"
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      ]
    },
    {
      "code": "PHIL 20A",
      "subject": "PHIL",
      "number": "20A",
      "title": "History of Ancient Greek Philosophy",
      "units": "3",
      "hours": "3 hours lecture",
      "cid": [
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        "UC"
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      "description": "Chronological development of leading philosophical perspectives of Ancient Greece from the Ionians to the Scholastics.",
      "notes": [
        "Peralta GE Areas 3; Cal-GETC Area 3B;"
      ],
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        {
          "term": "fall-2026",
          "name": "Fall 2026",
          "sections": 1,
          "open": 0,
          "url": "/c/berkeley-city-college/schedule/fall-2026/phil/#phil-20a",
          "subject": "PHIL"
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      ]
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    {
      "code": "PHIL 20B",
      "subject": "PHIL",
      "number": "20B",
      "title": "History of Modern European Philosophy",
      "units": "3",
      "hours": "3 hours lecture",
      "cid": [
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        "UC"
      ],
      "description": "Chronological development of leading philosophical perspectives of Modern Europe from the Renaissance to present.",
      "notes": [
        "Peralta GE Areas 3; Cal-GETC Area 3B;"
      ],
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    },
    {
      "code": "PHIL 31A",
      "subject": "PHIL",
      "number": "31A",
      "title": "Introduction to Ethics",
      "units": "3",
      "hours": "3 hours lecture",
      "cid": [
        "PHIL 120"
      ],
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        "CSU",
        "UC"
      ],
      "description": "Survey of central problems in ethics: what makes for a good life; what our moral obligations are and why; what to think about moral issues that are currently the source of controversy in our society. Not open for credit to students who have completed or are currently enrolled in HUMAN 30A.",
      "notes": [
        "Peralta GE Areas 3; Cal-GETC Area 3B;"
      ],
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        {
          "term": "fall-2026",
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          "open": 1,
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          "subject": "PHIL"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "code": "PHIL 35",
      "subject": "PHIL",
      "number": "35",
      "title": "Feminist Philosophy",
      "units": "3",
      "hours": "3 hours lecture",
      "cid": [],
      "transfer": [
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        "UC"
      ],
      "description": "Introduction to feminist philosophy through the study of different philosophical approaches to and bases for feminism: Historical, cultural, and political approach to feminist theories in relation to one another and to other branches of philosophy. Not open for those students who have taken or are currently enrolled in WS 035.",
      "notes": [
        "Peralta GE Areas 3; Cal-GETC Area 3B;"
      ],
      "offered": []
    },
    {
      "code": "PHIL 49",
      "subject": "PHIL",
      "number": "49",
      "title": "Independent Study in Philosophy",
      "units": ".5-5",
      "hours": ".5 - 5 hours lecture",
      "cid": [],
      "transfer": [
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      ],
      "description": "In-depth exploration of an area or problem of the student's choice not covered by regular catalog offerings in Philosophy. Student must obtain approval from an appropriate faculty member. For more details, see the section on independent study in the college catalog",
      "notes": [],
      "offered": []
    }
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