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My understanding is that Dreyfus won't be teaching Phil 7 in the spring.
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<p>Damn. Looks like I'd better take Phil 6 this fall then.</p>
<p>How do get this info btw? And what will he be teaching in spring?</p>
<p>I actually overheard someone saying he'd be at Harvard in the Spring. I don't know if it's true. Anyway, if you go to philosophy.berkeley.edu and click on courses and look at Phil 7 in spring 2009, it is listed as being taught by STAFF.</p>
<p>Oh, but it's still on. That's the main thing.</p>
<p>I'd imagine that Dreyfus would only be an intellectual "force multiplier" when doing upper division or even graduate courses that are specific to his specialization.</p>
<p>I don't understand the reverence of Professor Dreyfus. While he does make some interesting points, his lectures overall are very enigmatic, in fact it is probably easier to analyze the text than try to decipher Dreyfus's main points. Also, the class doesn't seem as hard as you make it out to be. As long as one grasps the basic concepts and comes to office hours, it is not a great challenge to achieve an A.</p>
<p>I thought his points were pretty interesting. You'd never hear that interpretation from a straightforward classics class. I'm taking Western Civilization and Philosophy 6 at the same time and am noticing the huge differences. I'm curious what they will say about Aeschylus after going through it so thoroughly with Dreyfus.</p>
<p>Wait, are you taking Philosophy 6 right now?</p>
<p>UGBA 10 has always filled up fast BUT IMHO everybody who wants to has gotten off the waitlist. just stay enrolled till the 3rd week and you will see. I was 123 on waitlist, I added first week of fall and got in off waitlist, but dropped the class 4th week because I didnt like it.</p>
<p>If you want a straightforward class where you also feel enlightened, try Chinese 7A. In that class, the professor takes very mundane poetry and guides you through it, so that in the end it is you who will reach the eventual conclusion. I have a hard time understanding why Dreyfus is so highly rated because he rarely lectures on a focused and organized curriculum. Instead his class is more of a super-discussion section with him going off on tangents based of what students have questions about.</p>