I'm looking to take PHI205, Intro to Philosophy in the fall. I was just wondering if anyone who had taken this class had a suggestion on who to take for it.

Also, can someone tell me if we would cover Nietzsche in this class? Thanks.

2/27/2008 5:21:21 PM

who's going to be teaching it?

no, it's unlikely that nietzsche will be discussed

2/27/2008 6:34:02 PM

just for the record, if still furshia posts here, her answer is not as correct as fykal japan...he beat her at philosophy once

2/27/2008 7:07:05 PM

Well, damn. Would we discuss Nietzsche in any of the philosophy classes? He's my favorite thinker.

2/27/2008 7:09:08 PM

^^haha, gg

heh, don't take this the wrong way, but i doubt you're well-read enough to have a favorite thinker in any serious sense. that said, 310 and 302 both discuss nietzsche--there are a couple of others as well.

2/27/2008 8:25:42 PM

Ah, well then allow me to rephrase:

Out of the handful of thinkers I've had the pleasure of reading... I'm halfway through "Thus Spoke Zarathustra" and I thoroughly enjoy reading Nietzsche leaps and bounds more than any others.

2/27/2008 8:51:55 PM

i graduated with a philosophy degree

if you list the prof's who are teaching it i'll provide as much input on them as i can

[Edited on February 27, 2008 at 9:02 PM. Reason : .]

2/27/2008 9:02:22 PM

i checked earlier, it hasn't been listed yet

2/27/2008 9:08:07 PM

it's intro which means dumb fucks can do good with little effort

2/27/2008 11:18:08 PM

PHI205 is painful due to the large class sizes. The classes are too large to really do anything interesting. You'll do the class readings, you won't look at anything in real detail, and you sure as hell won't see any stimulating in-class discussion. You need a 300 level or higher PHI class to see anything truly interesting or in depth.

2/27/2008 11:25:11 PM

despite not really doing well in it I think PHI 330 Metaphysics w/ Carroll is interesting for the most part. The class is structured around time travel woo!

2/28/2008 1:47:44 PM

if Marnell is still teaching take him. really easy, good prof.
i had him for PHI214 though, i heard 205 was harder.

2/28/2008 2:15:31 PM

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"Well, damn. Would we discuss Nietzsche in any of the philosophy classes? He's my favorite thinker."

Don't know about philosophy, but he's discussed in PS 361 (Political Theory).

2/28/2008 2:16:20 PM

Nietzsche is always the favorite thinker of those that have that, "Fuck god," Attitude. I personally like him, but so many people "like" him that don't know shit about philosophy.

2/28/2008 4:08:16 PM

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"Nietzsche is always the favorite thinker of those that have that, "Fuck god," Attitude."

Not always

2/28/2008 5:57:44 PM

they covered nietzsche and kirkegard and hegel and kant and etc. in 19th century german philosophy (dunno the number)

nm found it: PHI 302 http://www2.acs.ncsu.edu/reg_records/crs_cat/PHI.html#PHI302

[Edited on February 28, 2008 at 9:42 PM. Reason : i'd advise not taking it at 8am like i did ]

2/28/2008 9:39:34 PM

take PHI 330 Metaphysics

2/29/2008 12:32:13 PM

Take whatever Jesseph's teaching.

2/29/2008 1:23:20 PM

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"I'm halfway through "Thus Spoke Zarathustra""

if you've actually done that, i'm kind of impressed

most people (including myself) are a little bit poserish and haven't really read much of the work done by the people commonly talked about

...

as a side note, i have read the plague and the stranger... the two important novels by MY favorite "philosopher" so...

[Edited on February 29, 2008 at 2:09 PM. Reason : .]

2/29/2008 2:08:15 PM

The best philosophy professor I had while getting a philosophy degree was Dr. Jesseph. I think Drs Hinton & Bykova come next. The next tier would probably include Dr Blue, & Dr Auerbach. Then Dr Marnell & Dr. Harwood. After that I'd say Dr. Levenbook & Dr. Carroll. They were all very respectable professors, but if I had to list them in order of how much I enjoyed their classes those tiers would be how I'd break it down. And that break down may be as much due to the subject material that I found interesting rather than quality of professor.

Dr Auerbach is who I had intro to philosophy with. It only took that and one other philosophy course before I was sealed into switching my major to philosophy.

I'm probably forgetting some professors, its hard to remember so many. Many of those professors I had for more than one course, the top 3 professors I had for at least 2 or 3 courses each. If any of those top 3 are options, then pick one of them. I found Dr. Jesseph the most interesting & influential, Dr Bykova the most challenging, and Dr Hinton the best at creating new perspectives through which to view ideas.

I've never had for courses, but heard good things about Dr Hambourger, Dr Pendlebury, Dr. Endicott, and wildly varying things about Dr. Austin.

And unfortunately Professor Emeritus Regan, who studied animal rights issues, was gone before my time, I would have loved to have taken a class with him.

[Edited on February 29, 2008 at 4:07 PM. Reason : .]

2/29/2008 4:02:11 PM

i didn't enjoy intro to philo with hambourger. the presentation was very one-sided once we got to a certain point. he went as far as to accuse students of being morally corrupt and in need of mental help if they didn't find certain things grossly offensive (and we're not talking about setting kittens on fire or anything).

his class wasn't hard. but i was definitely turned off to taking more philo classes after that.

[Edited on March 10, 2008 at 9:23 AM. Reason : ]

3/10/2008 9:22:59 AM

i'm taking my first PHI class with Dr. Austin

it's definitely entertaining in how rediculous most of it is, I wonder if all PHI is like this

3/10/2008 10:21:37 AM

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"t's definitely entertaining in how rediculous most of it is, I wonder if all PHI is like this"

Austin is pretty ridiculous.

A good portion of philosophy classes at the university level have no base in reality from what I hear.

3/10/2008 3:19:07 PM

yea im in 250 w/ Austin

there's only like 4 people total that talk in the class and i know everyone wants to ask questions...problem is, they don't know what to ask and even if they do, Austin's answer will be so confusing you'll just nod and assume you understand it now

then flunk the open book online quiz

3/10/2008 6:43:29 PM

I haven't had him as a teacher yet, but Dr. Auerbach is very receptive to students and he helped my friend figure out what to do with his life. He seems very reasonable and approachable. Also, I'm told he's brilliant.

3/11/2008 10:02:23 PM

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"there's only like 4 people total that talk in the class and i know everyone wants to ask questions...problem is, they don't know what to ask and even if they do, Austin's answer will be so confusing you'll just nod and assume you understand it now"

This is every philosophy class. You have to ignore the facade of class and just have to figure out what the testing/grading is and cater to that.

3/11/2008 10:22:37 PM

Right now I am in PHI 205. I am taking it with Steven Heiner. He is a really interesting professor and really knows what he is talking about. The only thing is that he takes the class very seriously and makes it pretty difficult. If you are looking to really learn about philosophy then this is the class for you, if not then I recommend not taking it. We had about 45 people at the beginning of the semester and now we have probably 20 or so that survived the first exam. Also, he does cover Nietzsche. We don't go into a lot of detail because there are a lot of philosophers to cover in the intro class. Hope this helps you out...

3/11/2008 11:44:17 PM

I've gotten strong recommendations to take some of Carroll's classes. Should I take PHI333 Theory of Knowledge or PHI330 Metaphysics? Is 440 not taught any more? I'd be interested in 340, but Austin's reviews scare me.

3/12/2008 12:42:54 PM