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Philosophy

David Dyas

SYMBOLICLOGIC · PHIL9 · PHIL1 · PHILOSOPHY01 · PHI1 · PHIL001 · PHILOSOPHY1 · 10 lifetime ratings

AI rating
86/100
RMP rating
4.4/5
Take again
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Difficulty
2.4

The decision

as a low-stress GPA-friendly option if you attend and study lightly.

Best fit · Beginner FriendlyFun and down-to-earthGPA booster potentialPatient and caringEssay-heavy gradingClass control varies
  • Most students find Phil 1 enjoyable, easy, and well taught with a comfortable vibe.
  • and can be graded leniently or strictly depending on the course.
  • Symbolic Logic drew complaints about boredom, pace cramming, and poor class control.

Key questions

Four answers before you build your schedule.

Is this an easy A?

EasyA

80/100

Students report easy quizzes, easy-graded essays in Phil 1, and an A if you show up and study.

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Is the course easy?

Beginner

68/100

, while Symbolic Logic is called hard and rushed at the end.

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Is attendance flexible?

Recommended

55/100

Reviews urge showing up and taking notes because falling behind is hard, without detailing a formal policy.

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Is this professor recommended?

WorthIt

76/100

Most students recommend him as caring and easy, with a if you hate boredom.

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Course guide

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Grading

Lenient

72/100

Several call him a fair or and quizzes, though .

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Workload

Light

72/100

Workload centers on a couple of and .

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Teaching experience

Good

80/100

Students praise fun, patient delivery and real care, with occasional boredom and weak loudmouth control.

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Assessment method

Balanced

52/100

, final, and easy quizzes.

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Luni fit check

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Course format

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Classroom format

In person

10 reviews

Medium confidence · Best fit for Beginner Friendly

, and easy with light stress, though Symbolic Logic and some intro sections feel boring or harder.

Main concern

Class management and end-of-term pacing can slip, especially in harder logic content.

What students said

“This class is a GPA booster.”
PHIL1
“Show up to each class and you should get an A.”
PHIL9
“if you want to be bored to tears, this is your class.”
PHILOSOPHY1

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

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Quizzes are easy and tests are manageable with study, while .

Easy quizzesMidterm and finalEssay-heavy

Assessment risk

Standard

68/100

Low score means less forgiving assessment conditions.

In person

, and two heavily weighted essays.

Easy quizzesMidterm and finalEssays worth 50%
“ as long as you study... 2 essays worth 50% of your grade, which are graded very easily, a midterm and a final.”
PHIL1
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PHIL1

Online

Student evidence

See what students actually said.

Top student voice

“Very cool, young, easy-going teacher... . This class is a GPA booster.”

Voice snapshots generated from 10 in-person philosophy reviews, highlighting ease, teaching warmth, and mixed engagement. Credibility rating: Medium.

🎯 Teaching Quality

80/100

“HE TEACHES IN A WAY THAT THE STUDENT REALLY GETS WHAT HE IS TALKING ABOUT. HE SUCH A PATIENT PERSON.”

👍 Recommendation Rate

76/100

“He's an easy teacher and a ... I still reccomend him.”

📈 Easy Grades

80/100

“Show up to each class and you should get an A.”

😴 Boredom Risk

40/100

“if you want to be bored to tears, this is your class.”

Theme 1

👨‍🏫 About Teaching Style

  • fun, down-to-earth, fair, compassionate
  • teaches in a fun way and gets u interested
  • outgoing guy..funny..excellent teacher

Theme 2

📈 About Difficulty & Grades

  • This class is a GPA booster.
  • essays... are graded very easily
  • A , and tests are so so.

Theme 3

⚠️ About Pacing & Control

  • we ran out of time (in the syllabus) so we had to learn a month in a week
  • doesn't always keep control of his class
  • needs to keep better control of the loudmouths in class

Data context

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Analysis sample

10

Recent reviews read by the AI

10

Lifetime ratings

58/100

Evidence confidence

Ten mostly detailed reviews from 2005-2006 align on teaching style, but the sample is modest and older.

Inside 10 stored ratings

Quality ratings

5 out of 57
4 out of 51
3 out of 52
2 out of 50
1 out of 50

Course coverage

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Reported outcomes

B range results lead the reported letter grades.

1 reported outcomes

A range

0

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B range

1

B 1

C range

0

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D range

0

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F

0

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No letter grade reported

0

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