<p>If anyone has taken this class, please help me. I do not know how to prepare for my mid-term T_T</p>
<p>Who’s your prof/TA?</p>
<p>I’m in the class. Obviously it’s too late to help for your midterm, but I wouldn’t worry too much about how you did. Your TA controls your grade, and they have a lot of leeway to give you a good grade based on the second midterm and final.</p>
<p>You should see the exam as an opportunity to find out what you aren’t really understanding.</p>
<p>I’m interested in taking this class in SPR QTR. Any heads up?</p>
<p>It’s a different professor in the Spring, so the course will be completely different.</p>
<p>course topics should be fairly similar, no?</p>
<p>This isn’t necessarily the case. There are certainly classes that have completely different subjects when taught by different instructors but are similar in the general ‘broad’ category (like all being some aspect of phil. of lang.).</p>
<p>For example, philosophy of language 127A taught by David Kaplan deals with Frege (i’m not exactly sure which text, but i think its begrishrift (sp?)) 127A taught by Tony Martin deals with vagueness (which also crossed aspects of logic, metaphysics, and epistemology) and 127A being taught this quarter is dealing with four big papers in phil. of lang. which kaplan spends whole classes teaching (Frege and Russell in 127B/C respectively) and two other papers.</p>
<p>Even the same course taught by the same instructor might differ from quarter to quarter. When Kaplan teaches Phil of lang. 127C he always teaches it on kripke, but in the past he’s taught it on lecture 1 of Naming and Necessity (which he spends the whole quarter on) this time he’s teaching it on lecture 2.</p>
<p>Additionally, Tyler Burge when he teaches a Kant class teaches it on his metaphysics (critique of pure reason); Barbara Herman when she teaches a Kant class, teaches it on his ethics (foundations for the metaphysics of morals) These are two complete different subjects dealing with two completely different aspects of kant, and being an expert in one in no way implies being an expert in the other.</p>
<p>YOU DON’T UNDERSTAND ThisCouldBeHeaven. I HAVE ASIAN PARENTS.</p>
<p>Then study harder next time.</p>
<p>
</p>
<p>Yeah, Almog explained at the beginning of the class that he finds modern philosophy of mind utterly boring and that he won’t cover it at all, while one professor (forget who) teaches it exclusively.</p>
<p>
</p>
<p>Yep, the TA said he’s done this class for Almog several times and it’s always different.</p>
<p>
</p>
<p>wgaf, you’re in college.</p>
<p>
</p>
<p>i actually have Almog (w/kaplan) for 127C. I think he really likes me :D</p>
<p>The only other professor i know who does Phil. of Mind is Tyler Burge. Is that who you’re talking about?</p>
<p>It was Sam Cumming</p>
<p>Ah, i haven’t had the chance to take him yet. I think he’s big on philosophy of science (and since it’s UCLA, probably phil. of lang too.)</p>