AI Rate Professor

Philosophy

John Wherle

PHIL109 · PHIL101 · PHILOSOPHY · PHIL117 · PHILO118 · 10 lifetime ratings

AI rating
66/100
RMP rating
3.9/5
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Difficulty
3.7

The decision

if you want to truly learn philosophy and can handle a and outline load.

Best fit · Hardcore LearnerHeavy ReadingKiller OutlinesOpen Note TestsEnthusiasticChallenging Philosophy
  • Students praise interesting lectures, humor, and real learning in philosophy.
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  • Open-note exams help, but effort is high and grades are not guaranteed.

Key questions

Four answers before you build your schedule.

Is this an easy A?

HardWork

38/100

Some earn As with heavy effort, but others report Ds and and outlines are killers.

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Is the course easy?

Challenging

32/100

Subject is hard to wrap your head around, with and dense reading.

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Is attendance flexible?

Varies

50/100

reviews.

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Is this professor recommended?

WorthIt

72/100

Many call him great or awesome for learning and humor, despite heavy workload complaints.

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Course guide

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Grading

Fair

52/100

Grading seems earnable with hard work, but .

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Workload

Heavy

24/100

Repeated reports of tons of reading, killer outlines, and more work than higher-unit classes.

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Teaching experience

Good

76/100

Students often praise enthusiasm, humor, clarity of help, and real learning despite workload.

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Assessment method

Balanced

55/100

Heavy outlines and and term papers.

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Luni fit check

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Course format

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Classroom format

In person

10 reviews

High confidence · Best fit for Hardcore Learner

In-person philosophy courses are demanding with and outlines; teaching is often praised as interesting and helpful, while .

Main concern

Massive outlines and .

What students said

“TONS of work! I've taken many hard courses,but this one's KILLER because of the sheer amount of work!”
PHILO118
“The , and . LOTS of notes.”
PHIL109
“the and so is the term paper. The and .”
PHIL117

Remote format

Online

0 reviews

Low confidence

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Main concern

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Exam style

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formats, still described as difficult.

Open NoteEssay QuestionsHard FinalsDefinitions

Assessment risk

StudentFriendly

72/100

Low score means less forgiving assessment conditions.

In person

Open-note essay tests and definition finals appear often; difficulty remains high.

Open NoteEssay QuestionsHard Finals
“The , and . LOTS of notes.”
PHIL109
“The and .”
PHIL117
“I got a D so watch out on that final. .”
PHIL117

Online

Student evidence

See what students actually said.

Top student voice

“AWESOME teacher! So enthusiastic & ALWAYS willing to offer help & to clarify the , but TONS of work!”

Voice snapshots generated from 10 in-person reviews, highlighting teaching strengths and heavy philosophy workload. Credibility rating: High.

📚 Workload Intensity

24/100

“this one's KILLER because of the sheer amount of work! The !”

🎯 Teaching Quality

76/100

“Amazing instructor. Although it's a very challenging subject... he makes the lectures very interesting.”

📝

72/100

“The , and . LOTS of notes.”

Theme 1

👨‍🏫 About Teaching Style

  • Great Teacher! Made the topic interesting
  • loves what he does, interesting lectures
  • an excellent teacher who is surprisingly unbiased

Theme 2

📈 About Difficulty & Grades

  • the and so is the term paper
  • His outlines will kill you

Data context

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Analysis sample

10

Recent reviews read by the AI

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Lifetime ratings

78/100

Evidence confidence

Ten reviews across many years show consistent themes of strong teaching plus heavy workload.

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Quality ratings

5 out of 55
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Course coverage

PHIL1174 reviews
PHIL1013 reviews
PHIL1091 review
PHILO1181 review
PHILOSOPHY1 review

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