PHIL 1710

This class was decent. I had much higher expectations for it. But, overall, I would recommend this class. There are NO exams what-so-ever, which is really great. You are graded only on papers. We had a total of 4. One thing I would say is do the reading. A lot of the people in my discussion never read, and while you can get by without doing all the reading (except what you would need to write your papers), some it is quite interesting- So, read, people!

Langsam is very enthusiastic, and the readings were chosen very well. This class works well as an introduction to philosophy at the collegiate level.

This class was horrid. I ended up never going to lecture and never doing the reading and got a B. It wasn't hard, it was just torturous pointless argumentation having little to do with what I think of when I think of human nature. Not what I was expecting. Langsam is a good professor though, and I would recommend taking a course with him -- just not this one.

I never wanted to take philosophy, but this topic sounded great and I'm very glad I took it. Lectures are very cohesive and Langsam gets SO excited over material, moreso than any professor i've seen. he paces around kind of hunched over waving his arms frantically, its really funny at times and definitely gets your attention. You always get to pick one of several paper topics and there are no tests, so you don't need to come to class very often to know information for papers (and really just reading alone would suffice for them if you wanted). Very fun class with an applicable topic to everyone, looking at if we are moral, social, or hedonistic in nature... i definitely reccomend it.

Easy, but a waste of time. Take 154 in the spring instead.

if you take the class heavily depends on TA, as they decide your grade- if you get sam duncan either drop the course or switch TA's-- he is horrible and your grade will suffer

you have to read something and write about it three times. pretty easy

The TA was really cool. the class is fun but it can get boring. Langsam is a nice man. There is only two or three papers. That is a plus. but some of the reading is archaic.

Langsam is passionate about what he does, but I personally had a hard time getting into it. Avoid sitting in the front few rows unless you don't mind his extremely loud voice.

I found this course interesting. With regards to information, you don't need the course packet at all, he covers the material very clearly in class. However, you DO need the Course Packet for citations in papers. Not a very difficult course, even if you don't really do the reading.