Prerequisite: None Total lecture 54 hours. An introduction to the problems of metaphysics (the study of reality and existence) and epistemology (the study of knowledge). Surveys major philosophical problems typically including the existence of God, freedom versus determinism, the mind/body problem, problems of knowledge, and appearance versus reality. (A/CSU/UC) PC-Area 3; CSU-C2; IGETC-Area 3B