Lorraine Besser

I did not enjoy this course. I had never taken a philosophy course before, but I think a lot of folks in the class would agree it was not great. Each class we basically looked at a different philosopher/reading, and never stayed on the same topic for more than a day or two. Thus, I feel like I didn't really learn a whole lot. The professor wasn't the most effective lecturer, but she did summarize most readings. Readings were dense but manageable, I definitely didn't do all of them. She spent a lot of time saying the same thing over and over but with slightly different wording each time, which made things confusing. She'd sometimes say that certain views or interpretations were outright wrong, but never really explained why. Kind of an unexpectedly harsh grader, but she is a very nice person who's willing to help and be flexible. I really didn't like the format of evaluations - although assessments were take home essays, they were far too short to convey and prove what we had learned in class. A midterm should be more than 500 works I feel like.

I did not enjoy this course. I had never taken a philosophy course before, but I think a lot of folks in the class would agree it was not great. Each class we basically looked at a different philosopher/reading, and never stayed on the same topic for more than a day or two. Thus, I feel like I didn't really learn a whole lot. The …Read more

We had weekly-ish writing assignments on topics that were hard to get As on. Final exam was incredibly hard, writing 4 essays during 3 hour exam block on 4 unknown topics that we covered ar one point in the semester.

This course is not bad. It is an intro level philosophy course for sure. As a senior Phil minor I find it pretty laid back and chill but for under classmen (especially freshmen), I can see where this course would be hard. She is a tough grader especially if you don't understand the concepts she is presenting. However, if you take good notes (I do so on the computer so I can get down EVERYTHING) she says, you'll be fine regardless of your class.

This course is not bad. It is an intro level philosophy course for sure. As a senior Phil minor I find it pretty laid back and chill but for under classmen (especially freshmen), I can see where this course would be hard. She is a tough grader especially if you don't understand the concepts she is presenting. However, if you take goo …Read more