{"id":2,"date":"2013-09-09T18:06:49","date_gmt":"2013-09-09T18:06:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.palomar.edu\/philosophy\/?page_id=2"},"modified":"2026-06-15T18:22:46","modified_gmt":"2026-06-16T01:22:46","slug":"sample-page","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.palomar.edu\/philosophy\/","title":{"rendered":"Philosophy"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Welcome to Philosophy at Palomar College<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Philosophy invites students to think deeply about some of the most important questions human beings ask: What can we know? What makes an action right or wrong? What is justice? What is the self? What gives life meaning? In philosophy courses, students learn to reason carefully, read challenging texts, write clearly, and engage thoughtfully with ideas that continue to shape our world.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>At Palomar College, philosophy courses can help students satisfy general education requirements, prepare for transfer, strengthen critical thinking and writing skills, and explore questions about knowledge, ethics, society, religion, human nature, and the good life.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Explore Philosophy<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Meet our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.palomar.edu\/philosophy\/sample-page\/philosophy-faculty\/\">Philosophy faculty<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>View the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.palomar.edu\/philosophy\/courses\/\">Philosophy courses<\/a> offered at Palomar College.<\/li>\n<li>Learn about the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.palomar.edu\/philosophy\/philosophy-aa-t\/\">Associate in Arts for Transfer degree in Philosophy<\/a> (AA-T).<\/li>\n<li>Find information about <a href=\"https:\/\/www.palomar.edu\/philosophy\/degrees-and-transfer\/\">degrees and transfer<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">About the Program<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Philosophy is part of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.palomar.edu\/behavioralsciences\/\">Behavioral Sciences Department<\/a>, located on the second floor of the MD Building. Our faculty are committed to helping students become more careful thinkers, stronger writers, and more confident participants in academic, professional, and civic life.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Questions?<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>For questions about the Philosophy Program or employment opportunities in Philosophy, please contact Dr. R. Dillon Emerick at <a href=\"mailto:remerick@palomar.edu\">remerick@palomar.edu<\/a> or call <a href=\"tel:17607441150\">760-744-1150, extension 3951<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Welcome to Philosophy at Palomar College Philosophy invites students to think deeply about some of the most important questions human beings ask: What can we know? What makes an action right or wrong? What is justice? What is the self? What gives life meaning? In philosophy courses, students learn to reason carefully, read challenging texts,&hellip; <a class=\"continue\" href=\"https:\/\/www.palomar.edu\/philosophy\/\">Continue Reading<span> Philosophy<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":220,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-2","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/P6SoBk-2","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.palomar.edu\/philosophy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.palomar.edu\/philosophy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.palomar.edu\/philosophy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.palomar.edu\/philosophy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/220"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.palomar.edu\/philosophy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2"}],"version-history":[{"count":14,"href":"https:\/\/www.palomar.edu\/philosophy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1016,"href":"https:\/\/www.palomar.edu\/philosophy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2\/revisions\/1016"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.palomar.edu\/philosophy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}