best class ever merricks is awesome, knowledgeable and downright hysterical. Super interesting material and actually not too much work if you go to class. You just have 3 tests which arent cumulative and all you have to do is really prepare from teh study guide for like two days before each test and youll get a good grade

Prof Merricks is an awesome professor. His lectures are enjoyable, interesting and easy to follow most of the times. The readings are not too bad. To be honest, I did only 3-4 of the 10 assigned readings. The mid-terms and exams test the material which Merricks teaches in the class.

And Matt is a great TA. He is very helpful and held review sessions before exams which helped me a lot!

Merricks is enthusiastic, and really funny. I recommend this course just because Merricks' lectures are really interesting and enjoyable. The tests are graded toughly but fairly, and if you use his study guide you definitely can get a good grade. The course is really interesting by itself, although some of the readings are a bit dense. If you're interested in religion or philosophy, take the course.

Merricks is an amazing professor and the ideas we cover are fascinating. He generally does a good job of presenting both viewpoints of arguments, though sometimes I sense his own biases kick in.
The three (equally weighted) tests are quite difficult; they're essays which require you to be really prepared because you are pretty short on time. Overall, it's still one of my favorite classes.

This class was awesome. It is really interesting and it is not too hard. Only 3 tests and that's it. You don't have any other assignments. And Paul (the TA) is great at explaining things.

Fun, interesting class that will teach you a lot about philosophy and how it works; no prior philosophical experience is needed.