LT
2015年9月1日
I thoroughly enjoyed this course and find that it encouragingly sets some directions, and of course, raises my excitement for further study into some of the different fields of philosophy. Thank you.
CC
2015年10月7日
Great explanations that is broken down with examples for understanding. Quizzes test for your understanding of the topic rather than just the textbook explanations. Challenging and thought revoking.
by Hrish
•2022年1月23日
This could have been a very enjoyable and intriguing course. However, the difference in teaching styles between the weekly modules makes it hard to understand some of the topics. For example, I found the first week to be very engaging but cannot say the same about Week 3 (Should You Believe What You Hear?)
All the instructors are very enthusiastic and knowledgeable, but some talk too fast and could have explained some of the harder to understand topics better. Also, the forums don't seem to be visited by the instructors any longer. The modules themselves also seem to be have been reorganized from a previous version so some modules in the 4th week for example refer to the wrong week.
by IVAN J
•2020年11月20日
I loved some parts of the course only. I was happy to learn. However, as an introductory course, some elements were way tooooo heavy and intense. I struggled to get thru some bits. esp the one on Philosophy of Time.
Perhaps its not useful to pack in too much across a wide spectrum.
Also learning should be broken down into smaller digestible chunks; with small required readings (that are select pages or articles rather than materials that seem even more frightening!
by Eduardo V
•2015年8月16日
It is a very entertaining broad introduction to the topic of philosophy in general. The lecturers are very knowledgeable and are very good teachers. However, I wish there would be a more detailed treatment of the topics in question. I look forward to their future course on Philosophy of Science, as I believe that by focusing on a more narrow topic, they will be able to go a bit more in depth.
by Regina P Z
•2015年8月27日
I found the course a little hard to follow mainly because the video lectures would not load. I found I spent more time trying to get the course material working than actually absorbing it.
I really liked the lectures once they were working though. Its a very nice introduction to a way of thinking and the examples used to argument the theories were very entertaining.
by gcitroen
•2015年8月23日
The way of presenting topics of philosophy is refreshing and inviting for further reflection. The tests however are focusing on nitty gritty differences or features in the presented videos. Less motivating to submit the tests and invites me to focus only on the preseed video and excellent links to other extra sources.
by Monique S
•2017年5月13日
i don't really care for different people doing this module but, i understand that there is a lot of information so it has to be broken up. Its kinda hard to keep up due to everyone's different styles. i had to actually print out the transcripts in order to understand certain topics or revise videos more than 3 times.
by Madara u
•2016年12月3日
This course teach you how important is to have philosophical mind.The overview of what philosophy is in the first lecture is awesome. In further lectures they go into tools of philosophy and major questions and arguments for them.But you have to read the hand outs and have to work yourself through the course.
by Tiara L
•2018年3月5日
A good overall (modular) introduction to Philosophy and worth completing, but it lacks a more complete development of any of the presented topics. Definitely worth watching the lectures, but in-depth independent work and thorough readings are a must if you want to get more out of this course.
by July C S P
•2020年3月9日
Los aportes de cada uno de los profesores es muy diferente, algunos de ellos tienen sesiones realmente interesantes y muy bien elaboradas, mientras que en otros las ideas son muy básicas y poco profundas, además de que no se hacen entender bien. Hacen falta las transcripciones en inglés.
by Raúl B
•2016年1月2日
The classes were pretty good, but the bibliography was not. The bibliography consists of encyclopedia's articles which are not necessarily written to a beginner. It is quite discouraging for someone starting with philosophy to read articles which lacks a pedagogic approach.
by Phil D
•2020年11月18日
Many of the test questions have multiple answers to be checked. Philosophically, many of the answers are very similar and there is no partial credit. I understand this is a philosophy class but the material was organized nebulously and the tests were even more nebulous.
by Alix R D
•2015年11月20日
Interesante pero tal vez demasiado amplio para ser una introducción y por lo tanto demasiado general.
No capté el criterio de selección de los temas, y los temas presentados no eran los que esperaba.
Muy buenos los profesores, muy entusiastas de su materia.
by ISHAN S
•2020年7月7日
The ideas behind certain theories were explained but the basics of how to formulate an argument and checking its validity and soundness were not given. This is what I was expecting from and introductory course.
by Syed N H
•2016年12月5日
Too complicated for those who are new to philosophy. The basic concepts not very clearly explained. It seems that teachers had the assumption that students already had some previous knowledge of philosophy.
by Vincent G
•2020年4月29日
Contenido interesante y instructivo, bien presentado, con un pelín de humor y un buen orden. ¡Que pena que sea sólo con voces en inglés! Me cuesta mucho leerlo en español y luego tener preguntas en inglés.
by Luisa B
•2020年7月7日
Overall, I found the topics to be interesting, but many times the videos seemed boring as there is no coherence between the modules nor much depth as I expected into the philosophycal questions.
by Priyadarsi H
•2021年7月13日
The course was good but the certificate should have the total amount of time I spend in the topic. And also its written non-credit certificate which is causing problem in my college
by İlker G
•2015年9月7日
The course does not have much videos and some of the lecturers (especailly week 5) talk TOO FAST. The subject is abstract and hard enough and talking too fast makes it harder.
by Renan C C
•2017年10月24日
Great topics and teachers! The tests could be a little more exigent, I guess, nevertheless, it's a well built and interesting course open to anyone!
by Julia Z
•2018年2月24日
The first couple of tutors sounded interested in what they were doing and like they knew what they were saying. The rest didn't.
by DJ
•2018年5月13日
As an introductory course this was sufficient and provided an excellent insight into the numerous areas of philosophy.
by Manoj J
•2016年1月24日
I have a mixed feeling about it. Sometimes I felt, this course was trying to deliver more content in short time.
by James D
•2016年3月30日
Some brilliant videos, but some leave much to be desired. Nice introduction but don't get too hung up on it.
by Tsering S
•2017年1月19日
There were a number of different instructors and it was great to have a taste of varying topics from them.
by Jasmine F
•2020年9月17日
Interesting topics. By the way, the university’s logo on the certificate is not printed correctly.