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  "edition": "2026-2027",
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  "name": "Philosophy",
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      "code": "PHIL 1",
      "subject": "PHIL",
      "number": "1",
      "title": "Introduction to Philosophy",
      "units": "3",
      "hours": "3 hours lecture",
      "cid": [
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      ],
      "transfer": [
        "CSU",
        "UC"
      ],
      "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.",
      "notes": [
        "Peralta GE Areas 3; Cal-GETC Area 3B;"
      ],
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    },
    {
      "code": "PHIL 2",
      "subject": "PHIL",
      "number": "2",
      "title": "Social and Political Philosophy",
      "units": "3",
      "hours": "3 hours lecture",
      "cid": [],
      "transfer": [
        "CSU",
        "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 Mill), and appropriate contemporary philosophers.",
      "notes": [
        "Peralta GE Areas 3; Cal-GETC Area 3B;"
      ],
      "offered": []
    },
    {
      "code": "PHIL 10",
      "subject": "PHIL",
      "number": "10",
      "title": "Logic",
      "units": "3",
      "hours": "3 hours lecture",
      "cid": [],
      "transfer": [
        "CSU",
        "UC"
      ],
      "description": "Consideration of logical problems of language: Deduction and induction, fallacies, theory of argument and the scientific method, and study of correct reasoning in Aristotelian and modern logic.",
      "notes": [
        "Peralta GE Areas 1B;"
      ],
      "offered": [
        {
          "term": "fall-2026",
          "name": "Fall 2026",
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          "open": 0,
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          "subject": "PHIL"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "code": "PHIL 49",
      "subject": "PHIL",
      "number": "49",
      "title": "Independent Study in Philosophy",
      "units": ".5-5",
      "hours": ".5 - 5 hours lecture",
      "cid": [],
      "transfer": [
        "CSU"
      ],
      "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": []
    }
  ]
}