Stephen White - Tufts University, Medford, MA

Professor: Stephen White

Department: Philosophy

College: Tufts University, Medford, MA

Rating # 1

Overview:

• Course: PHI192
• Grade Received: A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

• For Credit: Yes
• Textbook Used: No
• Would Take Again: Yes
• Attendance: Mandatory

Comment:

Stephen White is literally the best professor I have ever had ever. I just randomly took Intro to Philosophy with him to fill in a time slot and ended up doing Philosophy as my minor because of how inspiring and interesting his lectures were. He is extremely educated and has like 5 undergrad degrees. Will talk a lot about the human mind and AI.

Rating # 2

Overview:

• Course: PHIL0001
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 1.0

• For Credit: Yes
• Textbook Used: No
• Would Take Again: Yes
• Attendance: Mandatory

Comment:

Professor White cares about making sure you learn, and will give you a good grade if you try. I'm pretty sure his Intro to Philosophy class is very different from most - instead of doing a survey of specific philosophers, we discussed major areas of thought. His lectures were very engaging and definitely helped me better understand the material.

Rating # 3

Overview:

• Course: PHIL001
• Grade Received: A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

• For Credit: Yes
• Textbook Used: No
• Would Take Again: Yes
• Attendance: Not Mandatory

Comment:

Suuuuuch a G. All the reading was "suggested" and really easy to do. Class discussions were super intriguing. He is clearly so passionate about what he teaches and loves challenging students to think about things different or more in depth. We had zero mandatory homework and only 5 papers due (2 ungraded and 3 graded). Gives super good feedback

Rating # 4

Overview:

• Course: PHIL131
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 3.5
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

• For Credit: N/A
• Textbook Used: No
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: N/A

Comment:

Professor White is my favorite professor at Tufts hands down. He is clearly so passionate about what he teaches and he is so excited to hear what his students have to say and what suggestions they have for class material. Every philosophy major should take a class with him. His class discussions are wonderful!

Rating # 5

Overview:

• Course: PHIL117
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.5
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

• For Credit: N/A
• Textbook Used: No
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: N/A

Comment:

i got an a....and its on my frige.....thanks mr. w!!!

Rating # 6

Overview:

• Course: PHIL117
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 3.5
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

• For Credit: N/A
• Textbook Used: No
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: N/A

Comment:

If you are not a philosophy major, or even if you are, you MUST ask tons of questions to follow all the arguments. There are plenty of allusions to things you haven't read, so make sure he knows you haven't read those arguments. Force White to go through them in some acceptable level of detail before he loses you. Otherwise, great class

Rating # 7

Overview:

• Course: PHIL195
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

• For Credit: N/A
• Textbook Used: No
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: N/A

Comment:

A very good professor who excels at proposing many alternative viewpoints and getting his students to chime in. If you are fairly flexible as regards your devotions within analytic philosophy you should enjoy yourself during his lectures.

Rating # 8

Overview:

• Course: PHL195
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

• For Credit: N/A
• Textbook Used: No
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: N/A

Comment:

White is able to explain the most complex concepts clearly to students with no experience in the subject, but also encourages students to deeply pursue their own interests, and always has a wealth of resources available. Best professor at Tufts, hands down.

Rating # 9

Overview:

• Course: PHIL117
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

• For Credit: N/A
• Textbook Used: No
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: N/A

Comment:

Philosophy of Mind - I was in way over my head in this course. I had only taken Intro to Philosophy before this course and I was completely unprepared. Dr. White was great, entertaining, and liked to take things slow and let us all absorb the material. Be warned that you will have to pretty much make your own path in the class.

Rating # 10

Overview:

• Course: PHIL131
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

• For Credit: N/A
• Textbook Used: No
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: N/A

Comment:

White's lectures - philosophy as therapy. Instead of cramming as much reading into a course as possible, he encouraged us to think and write.

Rating # 11

Overview:

• Course: PHI192
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

• For Credit: N/A
• Textbook Used: N/A
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: N/A

Comment:

If you take this course, or any other upper level Philosophy without a firm background in Aristotle, Descartes and Semantics than you are screwed. I was screwed. So what? White is the man. By far one of the best lectureres at Tufts. Incredible! His grasped of the material is unparelled, loves his work and hist students. All around great philosher

Rating # 12

Overview:

• Course: PHIL195
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

• For Credit: N/A
• Textbook Used: N/A
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: N/A

Comment:

ah, the enigmatic stephen. if only we knew where he meant to direct us in his thought-experiments. his classes get high marks for soothingness and thought-provocation--higher than any i've experienced in a long time.