# Philosophy (PHIL) courses

College of Alameda · 2026-2027 Catalog · 8 courses

Source: https://coa.curriqunet.com/catalog/iq/47221/47359/47381

"Offered" lists sections in this catalog year's class schedules: Fall 2026.

### PHIL 1 — Introduction to Philosophy

- **Units:** 3
- **Hours:** 3 hours lecture
- **Offered:** Fall 2026, 1 section (/c/college-of-alameda/schedule/fall-2026/phil.md)
- Peralta GE Areas 3;

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.

### PHIL 2 — Social and Political Philosophy

- **Units:** 3
- **Hours:** 3 hours lecture
- **Transfers to:** CSU, UC
- **Offered:** not on the Fall 2026 schedule
- Peralta GE Areas 3;

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.

### PHIL 4 — Philosophy of Religion

- **Units:** 3
- **Hours:** 3 hours lecture
- **Offered:** not on the Fall 2026 schedule

Philosophy of religion from both an existential and historical perspective: Existentially, through an examination of “religion” as personal, social and theological; and historically, through an examination of common doctrines in the Semitic, Vedic and East Asian religions.

### PHIL 5 — Ethical Problems

- **Units:** 3
- **Hours:** 3 hours lecture
- **Transfers to:** CSU, UC
- **Offered:** not on the Fall 2026 schedule

Analysis of ethical problems such as violence, sex, war and oppression: Imaginative literature, cinema, current events reported in the media, and great traditions of Western Civilization.

### PHIL 10 — Logic

- **Units:** 3
- **Hours:** 3 hours lecture
- **Transfers to:** CSU, UC
- **Offered:** not on the Fall 2026 schedule
- Peralta GE Areas 1B;

Consideration of logical problems of language: Deduction and induction, fallacies, theory of argument, scientific method, and study of correct reasoning in Aristotelian and modern logic.

### PHIL 20A — History of Ancient Greek Philosophy

- **Units:** 3
- **Hours:** 3 hours lecture
- **Offered:** not on the Fall 2026 schedule

Chronological development of leading philosophical perspectives that have been associated with Western civilization from the Ionians to the Scholastics.

### PHIL 20B — History of Modern European Philosophy

- **Units:** 3
- **Hours:** 3 hours lecture
- **Offered:** not on the Fall 2026 schedule
- Peralta GE Areas 3;

Chronological development of leading philosophical perspectives of Modern Europe from the Renaissance to present.

### PHIL 49 — Independent Study in Philosophy

- **Units:** .5
- **Hours:** .5 - 5 hours lecture
- **Offered:** not on the Fall 2026 schedule

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.