Philosophy (PHIL)

The study of philosophy deliberately and explicitly aims to improve students’ critical thinking skills (e.g., the ability to evaluate various kinds of claims, arguments, and explanations) and disposition (e.g., fair-mindedness, open-mindedness, intellectual humility, patience, persistence, honesty, courage, empathy) while giving them the opportunity to explore and evaluate philosophically the scope and limits of logic, human knowledge, moral and aesthetic values, religions, politics, and notions of reality. Philosophy teaches many intellectual tools that apply across all the disciplines. Though the philosophy program offers few courses, together they offers students a foundation for their life-long pursuit of meaning, purpose, and fulfillment.

Catalog Program Details

Philosophy - PHIL
Department Chair:		Alberto Mendoza Gonzàlez Larreynaga
Full Time Philosophy Faculty
Photo	Name	Email	Office	Extension
	Claude Gratton	cgratton@avc.edu	T300-K	6488
	Sherri Zhu	szhu@avc.edu	T300-L	6007
Adjunct Philosophy Faculty
Photo	Name	Email	Voicemail
	Barbara Hogan	bhogan@avc.edu	2389
	Alberto Mendoza González Larreynaga	amendoza2@avc.edu	6960
	Estiphan Panoussi	apanoussi@avc.edu	2121
	Howard Pressman	hpressman@avc.edu	2303
	Mark Pursley	mpursley1@avc.edu	2152
	Dr. Edward Sammons	esammons@avc.edu	2347