CATALOG DESCRIPTION OF PHILOSOPHY COURSES
Class Schedules: View under Admissions at the Shasta College home page.
PHIL 6
3 Units (CR/NC Option) (F/S)
Advisory: A Grade of C or Higher in ENGL 1A or English Placement Level 7
Class Hours: 3 Lecture
A transfer humanities course introducing students to the
major issues which philosophers have found important. It
will explore what is special about the questions philosophers
ask, and it will consider the most famous answers which
philosophers have tried to give to those questions. Areas
covered include philosophy of mind, theory of knowledge,
metaphysics, moral philosophy, political philosophy,
aesthetics, and philosophical theology.
PHIL 7
3 Units (CR/NC Option) (F/S)
Advisory: A Grade of C or Higher in ENGL 1A or English Placement Level 7
Class Hours: 3 Lecture
Introduces students to a range of moral and social problems
which are important in themselves and which philosophers
have found especially interesting. Emphasis will be given to
exploring all the positions which can be taken on these
issues, and to evaluating the arguments which can be given
for those positions. Topics covered include general moral
theories, abortion, euthanasia, capital punishment, warfare,
gender and sexuality issues, political and economic issues,
and the moral status of the natural world.
PHIL 8
3 Units (CR/NC Option) (F/S)
Advisory: A Grade of C or Higher in ENGL 1A or English Placement Level 7
Class Hours: 3 Lecture
Logic is the science which evaluates arguments. PHIL 8
provides students with extensive experience in identifying a
range of correct and incorrect argument forms. Examples
will come from everyday life. Students will also learn to use
both the traditional categorical syllogism and modern
statement logic.
PHIL 10
3 Units (CR/NC Option) (F/S)
Advisory: A Grade of C or Higher in ENGL 1A or English Placement Level 7
Class Hours: 3 Lecture
This course will explore in detail the entire range of life and
death moral issues which philosophers consider. These issues
include abortion, euthanasia, capital punishment, warfare, self-
defense cases, various crisis cases, cloning, and stem cell research,
among others. We will examine both the various moral claims made
about these issues and the arguments presented in defense of those
claims. This course can serve as an introduction to moral philosophy
in particular, and to philosophy in general. The issues covered in this
course should be of intrinsic interest to everyone.