<p>Can anyone who has taken this course share a bit about what it's like in terms of difficulty, content, workload, quality of prof, etc?</p>
<p>I have very little experience with the topic of existentialism. Is it ok for someone like me to walk into the class, or would I be better off without it?</p>
<p>From what I know, he is considered a great professor. His classes are webcasted (sound only), so you can go to webcast.berkeley.edu you can get some more information</p>
<p>Also, if you watch Futurama, he will look very familiar to you as Prof. Farnsworth is based off of him.</p>
<p>You don’t need experience with existentialism to take the class. I took Philosophy 6 with Hubert Dreyfus: Man, God, and Society in Western Literature. I knew next to nothing about the topic, but turned out fine. If the class is anything like Philosophy 6 (which it looks like), there will be a decent amount of reading with the majority (or even all) of your grade being based upon a few essays you write throughout the year.</p>
<p>I would encourage everyone to take a class with Hubert Dreyfus. Philosophy 6 was a great experience for me. I’m looking forward to taking Philosophy 7 now.</p>
<p>Thanks for the input. I’ve also heard that Dreyfus is an amazing lecturer. From what you’ve experienced, would it be reasonably do-able to get an A in the class assuming I do all the reading/work?</p>
<p>Oh yes, it is definitely doable.</p>
<p>have you ever taken any philosophy classes?familiar with the subject?</p>
<p>because if you aren’t it will probably be quite difficult.existentialism is a very tricky subject, and depending on the readings, it can be exceedingly difficult. Anything is doable, but it wouldn’t be the class I would want to jump into without even an intro to philosophy course of some sort.</p>