AI Rate Professor

Philosophy

Joseph Binter

PHIL125 · ECON102B · 102A · PHIL101 · PHIL106 · PHIL102A · PHILO100 · 102B · PHIL102 · PHILOS102 · PHILOSOPHY101 · PHIL102B · PHILO102B · PHIL100 · 84 lifetime ratings

AI rating
58/100
RMP rating
3.4/5
Take again
50%
Difficulty
2.2

The decision

if you can tolerate tangents and strong personal opinions; avoid if you want rigorous neutral philosophy.

Best fit · Easy A HunterEasy AOpen NotesTangent HeavyControversialNo Homework
  • Getting an A is widely described as easy with open-note tests and .
  • Lectures often wander into personal stories and politics more than pure philosophy.
  • Students either find him hilarious and memorable or offensive and unprofessional.

Key questions

Four answers before you build your schedule.

Is this an easy A?

EasyA

88/100

Open notes, open book, short tests, and .

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Is the course easy?

Introductory

84/100

Material is repeatedly called easy and digestible when he stays on topic.

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Is attendance flexible?

Mandatory

28/100

because tests and notes come from lecture and skipping hurts.

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Is this professor recommended?

Depends

48/100

Great for easy GE seekers, poor for philosophy majors or students sensitive to controversial talk.

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Course guide

See how this professor fits your week.

Grading

Generous

90/100

Open-note tests and grades.

Format shift

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Workload

Featherlight

92/100

Students repeatedly say no homework and that showing up plus notes is enough.

Format shift

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Teaching experience

Average

55/100

and hilarious on content, yet often lectures on tangents or politics instead of philosophy.

Format shift

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Assessment method

FocusOnExams

78/100

Assessment is mostly short quizzes and .

Format shift

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Luni fit check

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Course format

Compare the in-person and online experience.

Classroom format

In person

50 reviews

High confidence · Best fit for Easy A Hunter

but highly polarized around humor, politics, and classroom climate.

Main concern

Off-topic rants and reported offensive remarks alienate many students.

What students said

“Easy A! The professor goes off onto tangents for most of the class but they are always interesting”
PHIL100
“It's literally impossible to fail this class unless .”
PHIL100
“This is the most racist professor I've have ever seen”
PHIL100

Remote format

Online

0 reviews

Low confidence

No stored summary is available for this format.

Main concern

No main concern is stored for this format.

Exam style

Know what to expect from exams and major assignments.

and closely tied to handouts, making them very student-friendly.

Open NotesOpen BookShort QuizzesNo Homework

Assessment risk

StudentFriendly

88/100

Low score means less forgiving assessment conditions.

In person

with clear expectations from handouts.

Open NotesOpen BookHandout Based
“ , and a challenge to fail them.”
PHIL100
“allows open notes/open book on all of his exams.”
PHIL100

Online

Student evidence

See what students actually said.

Top student voice

“It's literally impossible to fail this class unless .”

Voice snapshots generated from 50 in-person reviews, highlighting easy grades, tangents, and polarization. Credibility rating: High.

🅰️ Easy A Path

88/100

“Easy A! ... Everything is there for you so there is no reason not to get an A unless you just do not show up for class. !”

🗣️ Tangent Lectures

45/100

“He spends most of the lecture talking about his life and making jokes”

⚠️ Polarizing Classroom

30/100

“ want to learn any logic or philosophy in his class unless you want to listen to him complaining.”

Theme 1

📈 About Difficulty & Grades

  • Easy A
  • open book and open notes

Theme 2

🎤 About Lecture Style

  • goes off onto tangents
  • talks a lot about his past
  • entertaining in its way

Theme 3

⚠️ About Controversy

  • very offensive to minority students
  • spreading racism
  • love him or hate him

Data context

See exactly what the AI read.

Analysis sample

50

Recent reviews read by the AI

84

Lifetime ratings

86/100

Evidence confidence

Fifty in-person reviews over many years and diverge mainly on personality and politics.

Inside 50 stored ratings

Quality ratings

5 out of 533
4 out of 515
3 out of 513
2 out of 511
1 out of 512

Course coverage

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Reported outcomes

A range results lead the reported letter grades.

10 reported outcomes

A range

8

A+ 3 · A 5

B range

0

No reported values

C range

2

C+ 1 · C- 1

D range

0

No reported values

F

0

No reported values

No letter grade reported

0

No reported values