He failed me for not turning in homework assignment despite earning B otherwise, including final that covered HW. I had medical issue and he refused to take my HW late despite explaining. He didn't think my understanding of the material mattered, or my med condition &Suggested Withdrawal instead of contesting the grade. doesn't do website/e-files.

I had such a wonderful time in Advanced Epistemology! Entire class got a B or better which is wonderful for an advanced philosophy course. Readings were excruciating but the discussions we had in class made them crystal clear. He's really funny and sort of awkward, like I am, so I liked that. ;)

An awesome prof and class, as long as you don't stress about what grade you will get. Grading depends on your TA. but it is worth taking for the interesting lectures.

honestly he spends most of his time repeating himself, and the TA's aren't easy graders but in the end he doesn't expect you to know more than he's taught and with no surprise questions he is actually a refreshing test-giver compared to the dozens of pointlessly convoluted finals i've taken here at ucsb

Michael is awesome! He's smart, clear, concise, and if you go to lectures there's no way you can do well in his classes. I love how he is willing to help anyone, and he really is. He integrates movies into what we learn, and really does whatever he can in order for a student to succeed. The dude is a boss, and anyone who says otherwise is crazy.

He is kinda adorable with his awkward performane of subject matter, playin with blinds. Explained concpts various ways till u got them, if u asked. It was very difficult, but he also said it was meant to be reasonably difficult n that helped in how to approach it. Shocked to hav such a yng prof teachin, wldnt hapn in OZ. Figured must b sum prodegy

Very difficult class.I'm not sure how I got a B, so he must have had to curve everyone's grade.I'd say the majority of people were afraid of getting a bad grade.Its not that he's a bad teacher.I think its just that the subject matter is difficult to condense into one single 10 week quarter with only two day a week classes.He's also kind of stern.

Rescorla is a very smart guy, I will definitely give him that. However, he makes his lectures a lot more confusing than they actually should be. The material is not that hard but he makes it more complicated, probably because his brain moves faster than his mouth can. He is kind of awkward and the ta's are really hard graders.

Love, love, love him! He's so nerdy cute! Also, he really takes the time to answer questions and clarify things when needed.

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Rescorla is an AMAZING prof. Yea, he went to Harvard. SO? You should be happy to have him in your department. He cares that students learn the material. If you listen, you?ll find that he even tries to entertain. Kuhn and Casablanca, anyone? If anything, he?s a geek with taste. I am not a philosophy major and I still did well in his class.

Don't take phil of mind w/resorla. You wont understand a thing he says and he doesn't do powerpoint or give handouts. If your really really love philosophy you can do ok in this class but its all up to you to learn the material by going to rescorlas and the ta's office hours.