Lorraine Besser

Professor Besser is really kind and passionate about the topics she teaches, some of the concepts of this class are hard to grasp but professor Besser always spends enough time of each argument analysing them under different lights to make sure everyone understood, which might at times make the course seem to be extremely slow paced. But she doesn't share the slides.

The course was extremely interesting as my first philosophy course at Midd, however the lecture style classes were hard to get through sometimes. Especially when the nature of this philosophy is very interesting I wish we had more time to discuss some of the concepts with each other and understand them in our own words. There are also very few components of your grade, so it can be scary getting 3/4 of the way through the semester with only 1 test graded...

The course was extremely interesting as my first philosophy course at Midd, however the lecture style classes were hard to get through sometimes. Especially when the nature of this philosophy is very interesting I wish we had more time to discuss some of the concepts with each other and understand them in our own words. There are als …Read more

Interesting class and a good intro to philosophy depratment. Besser is great but she takes for ever with some readings. be prepared to hear her regurgitate the same stuff over and over again. to her credit tho, you will have a good grasp of content and feel prepaired. shes also an amazing writer so youll get some good writing experience form her