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Benjamin Fan PHIL320 Expecting an A- Anonymous 05/08/2024	Ben is an amazing teacher and lecturer, who knows what he is talking about, makes the material digestible, is open to questions, and explains concepts in different ways. He was very helpful and friendly and wanted everyone in the class to succeed. I considered the class pretty difficult; I am not the greatest writer and the material is by no means simple, but I still really enjoyed this class.
Shen Pan PHIL320 Expecting an A Anonymous 04/19/2023	Deserves 10 stars. He is the G.O.A.T of all professors. Pretty sure hes a grad student but a better teacher than almost anyone. I have a problem of missing classes, especially ones i dont need to take notes in or I dont enjoy. Only missed this class once. He runs this class exactly how a philosophy class should be run; discussion based. If you do the reading and take an effort to understand and think critically abt what you are reading you dont really need to take notes (but you can np if you do). Literally the best class I have taken and if he is teaching a class, doesnt matter what, i would def recommkend taking it with him.
Charles Manekin PHIL320 Expecting an A WhiteAxe 05/11/2021	The class is certainly a lot of writing, but half was for completion. Dr. Manekin is very learned in the history of philosophy, and if you have an ounce of passion for the topic, you will get more than your money's worth.
Shen Pan PHIL320 Expecting an A+ Anonymous 04/09/2020	Shen's easily one of the best Phil instructors I've had. His explanations are clear and concise. A lot of other Phil professors/instructors I've had in the past have the tendency of ascending into their own little esoteric worlds. Shen not only makes dense material accessible to the class, but he also manages those overly pretentious students that you'll inevitably find in upper-level philosophy classes with tact. He's also just very nice :)
Shen Pan PHIL320 Expecting an A Anonymous 05/09/2019	One of the chillest Philosophy professors I've ever had. His course project/term paper isn't too daunting. Literally minimum of two pages is required. The readings are on pdf's he provides and are not too long. The homeworks are study guides that have questions ordered in such a way that you can answer them as you read through the text. He's pretty lenient with this grading as well. His exam grading was really lenient. Only took off one to two points on essay questions. The questions themselves were pretty open ended too and he advises you to not think too hard on them because they are not meant to be mentally challenging. If you want an A, with minimal work but considerable effort, consider Pan.
Shen Pan PHIL320 Expecting an A- Anonymous 04/25/2019	Shen is easily one of the best professors I have had. He is so easy to talk to and will always push you to become a better thinker and improve your argumentation. He takes some esoteric and difficult readings and makes them far manageable with the study guides you complete each week. The term assignment is really cool (A paper in public philosophy) and the exams are very manageable if you show up to class (Which you REALLY should as they are always interesting). Beyond that, Shen frequently shoots over interesting articles that go along with the topic we are covering which are always a nice change of pace. Overall, amazing professor and really engaging course.

Benjamin Fan
PHIL320

Expecting an A-
Anonymous
05/08/2024

Ben is an amazing teacher and lecturer, who knows what he is talking about, makes the material digestible, is open to questions, and explains concepts in different ways. He was very helpful and friendly and wanted everyone in the class to succeed. I considered the class pretty difficult; I am not the greatest writer and the material is by no means simple, but I still really enjoyed this class.

Shen Pan
PHIL320

Expecting an A
Anonymous
04/19/2023

Deserves 10 stars. He is the G.O.A.T of all professors. Pretty sure hes a grad student but a better teacher than almost anyone. I have a problem of missing classes, especially ones i dont need to take notes in or I dont enjoy. Only missed this class once. He runs this class exactly how a philosophy class should be run; discussion based. If you do the reading and take an effort to understand and think critically abt what you are reading you dont really need to take notes (but you can np if you do). Literally the best class I have taken and if he is teaching a class, doesnt matter what, i would def recommkend taking it with him.

Charles Manekin
PHIL320

Expecting an A
WhiteAxe
05/11/2021

The class is certainly a lot of writing, but half was for completion. Dr. Manekin is very learned in the history of philosophy, and if you have an ounce of passion for the topic, you will get more than your money's worth.

Shen Pan
PHIL320

Expecting an A+
Anonymous
04/09/2020

Shen's easily one of the best Phil instructors I've had. His explanations are clear and concise. A lot of other Phil professors/instructors I've had in the past have the tendency of ascending into their own little esoteric worlds. Shen not only makes dense material accessible to the class, but he also manages those overly pretentious students that you'll inevitably find in upper-level philosophy classes with tact. He's also just very nice :)

Shen Pan
PHIL320

Expecting an A
Anonymous
05/09/2019

One of the chillest Philosophy professors I've ever had. His course project/term paper isn't too daunting. Literally minimum of two pages is required. The readings are on pdf's he provides and are not too long. The homeworks are study guides that have questions ordered in such a way that you can answer them as you read through the text. He's pretty lenient with this grading as well. His exam grading was really lenient. Only took off one to two points on essay questions. The questions themselves were pretty open ended too and he advises you to not think too hard on them because they are not meant to be mentally challenging. If you want an A, with minimal work but considerable effort, consider Pan.

Shen Pan
PHIL320

Expecting an A-
Anonymous
04/25/2019

Shen is easily one of the best professors I have had. He is so easy to talk to and will always push you to become a better thinker and improve your argumentation. He takes some esoteric and difficult readings and makes them far manageable with the study guides you complete each week. The term assignment is really cool (A paper in public philosophy) and the exams are very manageable if you show up to class (Which you REALLY should as they are always interesting). Beyond that, Shen frequently shoots over interesting articles that go along with the topic we are covering which are always a nice change of pace. Overall, amazing professor and really engaging course.

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