Had professor Anderson for both Leibniz and advanced topics in philosophy of religion. I enjoyed both classes and learned a lot. Phil classes are very tough to teach because few if any have a background in it. The goal of the professor is to challenge how people think and provide a framework for new perspectives. Anderson did that well.

Solid professor and teaches the material well but the final still found a way to come out of nowhere. I got 100% on the midterm, attendance and homework all done and still got a B+ from the final

I took this class Winter 2015. He had a sign in sheet for lecture. I found his lectures on logic to be insufficient. The material itself is very simple, and my TA Juliana Lima was incredible at breaking it down in section. If you are not blessed with her, just go to office hours for the TA or the professor for help. Tests are easy.

This was an easy class if you showed up and did the readings. I got A's on the midterm and final but got a B because attendance is mandatory. Lectures were fine, he just went over the readings, could be boringrepetitive. Midterm and final were very straightforward multiple choice. Overall I enjoyed it and would take a class with him again.

Lecture was a little hard to get by. 1 MT & Final, both were quite easy. Exercises from section helped a lot. Juliana Lima was my TA and she was awesome! She tries to make sure that everyone in section understandshas no other questions before moving on to the next topicexercises.

This professor is literally the worst professor I've ever had in my entire life. I had never met a professor who seriously had no clue whatsoever how to teach until now. I was actually interested in philosophy but I hated listening to this guy.

He went back and forth on agreeing or disagreeing with Sobel's positions. Came unprepared to lecture, and assigned un-necessary, and unclear math material which was weighted heavily. Reading assignments were not only dense and long, also un-interesting. The man is brilliant with a sense of humor, but much to be desired in his ability to teach.

The guy is a jackass; he doesn't clarify any of the material he attempts to teach. More often than not he makes the content of the course more difficult to understand. His grading isn't justified by any kind of scale. His tests require a seemingly secret source of information that only he knows about. Worst Phil teacher I've had at UCSB by far.

Hard for me to pay attention in his class. Really laid back and sometimes funny, however its too slow for my taste in philosophy classes. he will just go off on a tangent regarding some random example and speak about it for 10 minutes straight when it could be illustrated in one or two sentences before moving on with the rest of the lecture.

EASY class! you are required to go to lecture and section, which is annoying, but you don't need to pay attention in either. I studied for other classes. HW is annoying to do and it's assigned for every class. i studied for the midterm the day before hung over and got a 49/50. If you don't understand the material get help!

Makes logic funny, which is hard to do. He also looks identical (qualitatively, not numerically) to Gene Hackman.

These ratings are way to harsh. I will get the negatives out of the way first. he is unclear in his lectures, and goes on a tangent at times. Yet his requirements for getting an A are straight forward, you have plenty of time to prepare for the midterm, paper, and tests.If you read you will get a good grade,just don't worry about taking notes.

A little odd at first, but once you get used to him, he's really helpful, not to mention amusing if you understand most of his jokes. I ended up enjoying his class a lot; he gives you study guides for the midterm and final, and we did not have to write a term paper. Cool and intelligent guy.

Very muddled delivery of material. Seems to be ready for retirement. I would recommend any instructor OTHER than him in the Philosophy dept (one of my majors was Philosophy and I was a 4.0 student).

Great teacher, very funny. Those who do not like him are probably the idiots who couldn't understand a philosophical idea if they bit them in the ass. One of the smartest and best profs in the phil department.

Lectures were long, boring and kind of muddled. Tests were not too hard if you are good at memorizing. Make sure you write down all of the proofs he puts up in lecture because you have to regurgitate them on tests. Tests weren't too bad, study guides were pretty close to what was on it.

Profesor likes to hear himself talk. Incredibly boring material, not to mention it has absolutely zero relevance. Material gives philosophy a bad name, you will be counting the seconds left in every class. TA's are horrible, perticulary Benedicte Hagland. She grades completely on ability to regurgitate orginal stupid readings.

The TAs suck. If you can regurgitate the notes he puts up in lecture then you will get A's on the tests. It's up to which crappy TA you get as far as your grades on your papers go though. Very boring lectures...you're pretty much awlways counting down the minutes. The class wasn't as interesting as I thought it was going to be.

Not interesting, boring, and not stimulating at all. I expected more from this course and it really let me down.

He is a very good professor! If you study for the exams you'll be fine!

this is the worst class ever. its boring. the professor is not helpful at all. i hate this class. the TAs are ridiculous as well. they dont teach in class, they just stare and say "hummmmmm" the prof just read off his notes from his word document, and he thinks hes funny.....

Lectures are uninspired and occassionally repetitive. He will also twist someone else's argument until it suits his own opinions, which makes notes from class unreliable in some cases.

this class sucks. you don't really have to do the readings but go to lecture and take the notes. the prof is extremely boring and he thinks he's funny. i thought this would be a chill class but i actually had to change it to pass/not pass.

The subject matter of the class was boring and the teacher did not make it any better. As a philosophy major, I recieved my worst grade from this prof.