PHILOS 6
Introduction to Political Philosophy
Description: Lecture, three hours; discussion, one hour. Study of some classical or contemporary works in political philosophy. Questions that may be discussed include What is justice? Why obey the law? Which form of government is best? How much personal freedom should be allowed in society? P/NP or letter grading.
Units: 5.0
Units: 5.0
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Winter 2016 - I loved political philosophy. We studied philosophers all the way from Aristotle to Rousseau and Locke. I found the content really easy, and very engaging. The lectures were boring, but you can just podcast all of them. Started considering Philosophy as a second major after taking class. Selling all books. Text at **********
Winter 2016 - I loved political philosophy. We studied philosophers all the way from Aristotle to Rousseau and Locke. I found the content really easy, and very engaging. The lectures were boring, but you can just podcast all of them. Started considering Philosophy as a second major after taking class. Selling all books. Text at **********
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8 a.m. class. That alone should have scared me away from this class, but I thought I could handle it. I was wrong. This class sucked, for me. It's nothing what I expected it to be. I love philosophy, but this is not you're conventional philosophy. You just taking a crazy sentence and trying to make it into a symbol. Doesn't make sense, I know. Here is an example. If it is not the case that If Richard won't Terry will, Kit won't. This magically means, (~(~R->T)->~X). SEE! Stupid! It turns out to be basically math. I will say that I was a bad student though, and fell behind. I missed a few lectures, and that screwed me. Since it is a lot like math, you can't afford to fall behind, and I fell behind. As a final warning, do not think I am stupid! I got a 4.0 last quarter, but if you suck at math, and are not a morning person, do not take this class. I just realized I evaluated the class, and not the professor, Levy is real cool. Funny too. But I had to drop the class, so this is sort of a conflicting statement.
8 a.m. class. That alone should have scared me away from this class, but I thought I could handle it. I was wrong. This class sucked, for me. It's nothing what I expected it to be. I love philosophy, but this is not you're conventional philosophy. You just taking a crazy sentence and trying to make it into a symbol. Doesn't make sense, I know. Here is an example. If it is not the case that If Richard won't Terry will, Kit won't. This magically means, (~(~R->T)->~X). SEE! Stupid! It turns out to be basically math. I will say that I was a bad student though, and fell behind. I missed a few lectures, and that screwed me. Since it is a lot like math, you can't afford to fall behind, and I fell behind. As a final warning, do not think I am stupid! I got a 4.0 last quarter, but if you suck at math, and are not a morning person, do not take this class. I just realized I evaluated the class, and not the professor, Levy is real cool. Funny too. But I had to drop the class, so this is sort of a conflicting statement.
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Lottenbach is a great professor overall. The reading isn't that important, since he explains the material so well (which is funny because english is his second language). If you go to class, take decent notes, and listen well, you should have no problem with the essays. As other people have mentioned, he says "um" just about every 3rd word (I think he said about 10 ums in a row once), but it didn't really detract from his teaching since he keeps things very straightforward generally.
Lottenbach is a great professor overall. The reading isn't that important, since he explains the material so well (which is funny because english is his second language). If you go to class, take decent notes, and listen well, you should have no problem with the essays. As other people have mentioned, he says "um" just about every 3rd word (I think he said about 10 ums in a row once), but it didn't really detract from his teaching since he keeps things very straightforward generally.
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Fall 2023 - Professor Brad is a great lecturer for Philos 6. Although the topics may sometimes be confusing, and he does go on tangents, he explains the core concepts and ideas you need for the class decently well. I felt that the essays were pretty easy, but it is dependent on the TA that you have for the class. His workload is very easy to keep up with, as long as you don't procrastinate on the essays, if you give it around 2, maybe 3 days, it should be more than enough time. He's helpful with questions, cracks jokes, and tries to be receptive to feedback when it comes to quizzes and stuff. I will say that the lectures were pretty long, and most of the stuff you needed to know he would explain in the first hour.
Fall 2023 - Professor Brad is a great lecturer for Philos 6. Although the topics may sometimes be confusing, and he does go on tangents, he explains the core concepts and ideas you need for the class decently well. I felt that the essays were pretty easy, but it is dependent on the TA that you have for the class. His workload is very easy to keep up with, as long as you don't procrastinate on the essays, if you give it around 2, maybe 3 days, it should be more than enough time. He's helpful with questions, cracks jokes, and tries to be receptive to feedback when it comes to quizzes and stuff. I will say that the lectures were pretty long, and most of the stuff you needed to know he would explain in the first hour.
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Fall 2023 - *To start I am a Philosophy major so take what I say with a grain of salt.* Personally I loved this class, like even thought it is a catfish (its not even about actual politics only moral theories that could possibly influence policies). This class is a little challenging but not GPA busting challenging. Its challenging in the sense of you actually have to learn and connect the dots in your head. Everything is logical but, for example, each moral theory is its own type of logical. Also there is not textbooks to purchase as the class is centered on short 20 page excerpts by major philosophers and Prof. Brad explanatory handouts. He is super chill in general like many of his analogy were about Lebron James. Prof. Brad and his handouts can be confusing but once you understand him and those neurons start clicking you'll realize he's a huge help making all the information easy to process and digest. The grade is determined by 3 papers and 3 quizzes but the papers are a max of 1000 words and the quizzes are like no more than 15 questions each. *The material in this class was very confusing at times and you do need a little bit of a philosophy brain or else this class will be a struggle. For many people I know in the class this will be their first and last philosophy class they will take.*
Fall 2023 - *To start I am a Philosophy major so take what I say with a grain of salt.* Personally I loved this class, like even thought it is a catfish (its not even about actual politics only moral theories that could possibly influence policies). This class is a little challenging but not GPA busting challenging. Its challenging in the sense of you actually have to learn and connect the dots in your head. Everything is logical but, for example, each moral theory is its own type of logical. Also there is not textbooks to purchase as the class is centered on short 20 page excerpts by major philosophers and Prof. Brad explanatory handouts. He is super chill in general like many of his analogy were about Lebron James. Prof. Brad and his handouts can be confusing but once you understand him and those neurons start clicking you'll realize he's a huge help making all the information easy to process and digest. The grade is determined by 3 papers and 3 quizzes but the papers are a max of 1000 words and the quizzes are like no more than 15 questions each. *The material in this class was very confusing at times and you do need a little bit of a philosophy brain or else this class will be a struggle. For many people I know in the class this will be their first and last philosophy class they will take.*
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This professor is the best. If you ever get a chance, you need to take him. I had him for philosophy 6 and the honors section. He is the nicest, most caring professor i have ever met. The best thing about him is that he is great at teaching, he lectures well, very well organized. (this is a big deal because a lot of the philosophy professors i have had are HORRIBLE lecturers) The class isnt easy, mainly because so much material is covered, but you learn so many interesting things, you actually want to learn and not just work for a grade.
This professor is the best. If you ever get a chance, you need to take him. I had him for philosophy 6 and the honors section. He is the nicest, most caring professor i have ever met. The best thing about him is that he is great at teaching, he lectures well, very well organized. (this is a big deal because a lot of the philosophy professors i have had are HORRIBLE lecturers) The class isnt easy, mainly because so much material is covered, but you learn so many interesting things, you actually want to learn and not just work for a grade.
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