Not the class to take if you're looking for an easy A. Two papers and final. Dr. Burge knows his stuff and does a fantastic job making the dense material clear. I got an A but you have to be willing to put in the effort and time. Take him if you're up for a challenge and dislike easy classes!

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Take Burge if you are a Phil major and you are serious about learning valuable analytic philosophy before graduating from UCLA.
Burge is a funny, witty, and charismatic professor who really knows his stuff he is talking about. The entire second half of Phi mind is based on his works. He truly cares about his students, and he is very helpful in office hour.
However, do realize that the material is very dense and abstract. His work is at the forefront of 20th century analytic philosophy. If you are interested in language and mind and all the rest of the jargons, please enjoy your privilege of the education of a world class philosopher. And when I say world leading I really mean it. One time a Chinese scholar sat in our lecture to discuss Chinese translation about his work.

Take Burge if you are a Phil major and you are serious about learning valuable analytic philosophy before graduating from UCLA.
Burge is a funny, witty, and charismatic professor who really knows his stuff he is talking about. The entire second half of Phi mind is based on his works. He truly cares about his students, and he is very helpful in office hour.
However, do realize that the material is very dense and abstract. His work is at the forefront of 20th century analytic philosophy. If you are interested in language and mind and all the rest of the jargons, please enjoy your privilege of the education of a world class philosopher. And when I say world leading I really mean it. One time a Chinese scholar sat in our lecture to discuss Chinese translation about his work.

Burge is an absolute legend. His material is literally taught at other universities around the country. Take him, although be cautioned that you should really only be taking Kant if you're quite invested in philosophy. Throughout the quarter I felt engaged, interested in what was going on and always felt like coming to class was worth my while.

Do not take this class if you are not invested in Philosophy. Kant is incredibly difficult to learn and a lot of the material taught requires hours of studying to fully understand. Although Burge is a good professor the class IS hard, plus his writing can be fairly illegible considering how he writes his lecture notes in any open space he finds on the board even if it overlaps other ideas. No papers assigned but there is an in class midterm and final (study guide was provided). Not an easy A

This is my second class with professor Burge, and I loved it. Granted, I took Kant with Burge the quarter before and it did take me a little time to get used to his teaching style. Taking him before definitely gave me some generally useful philosophical knowledge that gave me a bit of an advantage in understanding the material, mostly knowing the concept of representation beforehand helped.

I also knew that in order to do well in his class, you should attend lectures which are super interesting for this class, listen and maybe even record the lectures, write down everything on the board but also write down some key points he discusses when lecturing that he might not put on the black board. The material may seem intimidating, but if you just pay attention and keep track of it, it all pieces together. I did the papers in only 1-3 days and got a B+/A- . I personally just found it interesting so it was easy for me to pay attention and when it came time to write papers, I remember going over everything in lecture. There were two (roughly short, 4-5 page) papers and a final in-person exam.

The material is interesting/exciting stuff, the terminology is a bit meticulous but not hard to grasp after a while.
He also assigns/uploads a lot of his own work online which helps immensely. I really like that there is never any ambiguity about where to find more clarification on a topic if I need it, he always gives the resources and is willing to answer all questions with patience. Yes, the material is not fed to you on a spoon and there aren't middle school power points but you're learning pertinent, advanced theories in philosophy of science so it does take some effort. Just read some of his material/relevant chapters in his book, it is worth it because all of your answers are in there.

Professor Burge is very knowledgeable and interested in this material. He's an intelligent, accomplished professor with a wikipedia page that still manages to be so relatable, funny and insightful! If you ever need clarification, he is very helpful after class and during office hours. I did not find the class to be as difficult as the reviews are saying and I definitely procrastinated on some of the assignments - but I eventually found time to just read over lecture notes, read some of his work and ask him a couple questions after class, and I got an A.

I truly enjoyed being taught by professor Burge and will definitely try and take one more class with him before I graduate. You should too, he's insightful as hell. I definitely recommend taking this course!

Professor Burge is brilliant, and it was an honor to have him as a professor. He is very knowledgable about the material. That being said, the material is HARD. The Critique of Pure Reason is no joke! So, it's important to pay attention during lectures, because although his Zoom lecture style is just looking at the camera and talking for 2 hours, you can miss a lot in 10 minutes.

The class was 50% midterm and 50% final, with participation as something that could help your grade if you end up at the edge. We were given a study guide for each. The format was: We were given 8 questions, and 4 of those questions were going to be on the exam. When it comes time to take the exam, only 3 need to be answered.

Go to Burge's office hours, as well as the TAs! It's extremely helpful.

The worst class I have ever taken at UCLA. I can't believe I paid thousands of dollars to take this course. With all due respect to Burge, he is a legend in his field and is very knowledgeable but both he and the TA are horrible at teaching this content in a structured and comprehensive manner. There are two essays and a final test so the workload is not that bad, but they are incredibly difficult. This branch of philosophy is extremely complex, but Burge is not good at structuring his lectures at all and almost everything he writes on the board is extremely hard to understand. There are a bunch of readings listed on the syllabus, but he has never specified when to read what. Even though there is a BruinCast set up in the classroom, he and the TA don't bother to adjust the microphone to normal levels and therefore ditched recording the lectures halfway through the quarter. The TA is a mess and constantly interrupts Burge in class, asking questions that only pertain to her and her comprehension. She constantly speaks out and does not offer anything except erratic headshaking and comments from the front of the class which is honestly so distracting. It does not help that she is trying to teach us something that she does not understand completely. Her sections are all over the place and hard to follow, and her own stress is palpable. Burge's ego about his own intellectualism is unbearable. His assertion that this is the most exciting field of philosophy is depressing, especially when the first half of the course felt as though it was largely focused on semantics. This course has not taught me anything of value whatsoever. I severely regret taking this class.

Tyler Burge is legendary, and although this class was pretty heavy 'analytic philosophy,' I'm glad to say I could draw a small bucket from his deep well of knowledge.