PHIL 1730

Do the reading, attend lecture and GET A GOOD TA, it's essential. Go to their office hours for help on the papers. It's interesting but Stangl is not a good lecturer.

Ben Richards is a great TA, Prof. Stangle is a pretty good lecturer. I think this class was interesting and relatively easy because a lot of the issues we talked about were relevant to every day life (i.e. abortion, animal rights, euthanasia, etc.) and even if you didn't have a strong opinion either way, it was nice to be able to hear arguments relevant to real life things in today's world, which you don't always get in philosophy. Overall, highly recommend, especially if you can get Ben as your TA.

The readings for the class are normally interesting, and as long as you stay on top of that, it's not too tricky.

He explains things and seems to be a hit with most people. He will go over papers before they are due and he will help any way he can. He also tries to connect things to your life, which is needed in philosophy.

The powerpoints are basically rehashing the readings, so you can do one or the other. Your TA will make or break the class-- section is basically where you actually learn what happened in lecture that week. More emphasis is placed on the papers than the midterm and final, so learn how to write a good philosophy paper and you're set.

Professor Stangl really makes the class easier and is great at explaining and good with class interaction; however, she can get stuck on a point for a very long time and drag it on and get very behind, and gets really repetitive sometimes. She is still a great professor. I also had John Mahlan as my TA, and he was amazing. He was really good with any questions and really helpful with essays and had review sessions for the midterms (which she gives you 12 possible topics, and you will get 3 on the midterm/final, and you need to pic 2. John went over every single one and what he wanted us to write for the answer to get an A on the midterm).

Professor was not helpful and its not worth going to the lectures, but Mahlan was extremely helpful and you could not go to lectures or read and still understand the material if he was your TA. Papers are somewhat difficult, but the midterm/final are not too bad.

The first part of the class was interesting, but halfway through the semester it started to get pretty boring. Jason, the TA, is helpful if you go to him during office hours, but comments on the papers aren't the most helpful. Not the most difficult class, but I'm still not sure if I would take it again.

Can be uninteresting at times, Tirrigan was a fantastic TA. Make sure you go to discussion sections, but lectures can be replaced with slides from online.

Don't need to read any of the books/etc. Stangl goes over EVERYTHING in lecture, just make sure you attend. Adam Blincoe as a TA is good-- very interesting guy and he knows his stuff about philosophy. 1st paper and midterm are easy, just study and an A/A- is easily feasible. Take the class, good intro to phil class