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one of the best teachers i've had here, grades hard, but discussions are great

Hes hard but he is mad cool

knorpp is the man!! brillant people that dont do the work are the ones crying!

my favorite class and prof yet. challenging, but definitely worth it!

awesome teacher

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I enjoyed the class, but it was kind of stream of consciousness...which is difficult to follow considering it is Knorpp we are talking about. He loves to debate and discuss current issues and hot topics.

all around good guy. Scatterbrained but funny and understanding. Like people to think outside the box and come up with original ideas. Good guy.. stick with him and work hard

Knorp is an amazing proffesor & an all around great guy. He's interesting, smart, & funny and made me want to go to class & work hard. He is definetly unique- but really challenges you to think in different ways & expand yourself. Two thumbs up!

Knorpp is...interesting. He's pretty unorganized, but you do come out having learned something, even if you don't realize it, just work hard.

wonderful man and teacher-understands what it is like to be a student...classes out early alot!

Great Guy...very enthusiastic and creates a unique approach to philosophy seen in today's society with today's issues...really will make you think:)

Brilliant professor. Expects a lot, but gives much more back. Very humble, but incredibly knowledgable and grounded. Really cool to talk to outside of class as well. I worked really hard for him, but I gained so many life lessons beyond class materials.

He is very scatterbrained, but he is very willing to explain several times. He will never tell you you're idea or interpretation is wrong, but he will guide you towards his point without trying to persuade you. Very intellectually stimulating class.

not a bad professor at all, in fact, i liked him a lot most of the time. he is a bit scatterbrained, but he works hard to make sure everyone understands. i recommend this class.

Very good professor...I learned more from him than any other I've taken so far at JMU, a great course

Dr. Knorpp is one of the most helpful and smartest professors I've ever come across. He always makes his points very clear, and always welcomes his students' opinions. I will miss his teaching style after this semester is over.

Can be a bit of an ass...loves to hear himself talk, which got on my nerves. However, he'll occasionally renue your faith in him by saying something randomly funny. His tests aren't impossible, just study.

Knorpp is a great guy. Makes funny comments every once in a while. Go to class and do homework (most of the time at least) and you will get an A. Will be an easier class if you took gphil 101 first.

GREAT teacher. He writes up his own readings and posts them online before classes. They are extremely clear and teach you VERY efficiently and easily. Just do the exercises and definitely go to class. He is really good I promise

knorpp is a funny guy, scatterbrained but pretty straight foward with material. its a fair class, and if you do the work you can easily get at least a B.

A very good professor. My class was mainly discussion, which was very enjoyable. He seemed to care a lot about his class. He is a very reasonable person.

Excellent class, definitely learned a lot about logic and philosophy. Knorpp will teach you a lot if you put in some work and the discussions are interesting. There is no attendance policy and you can get away with missing a bit. Highly reccomend.

Knorpp is a great teacher, and he tells you what the essays are going to be on, so you know what to study. An easy class if you are willing to put in alittle effort.

Likes to talk about the gf sometimes. Good teacher, respectfully argues with ya. Go to class and you should be good. It took him 2 wks before classes were over to learn my name. Don't be like me.

Amazing Prof.!

awesome, knorpp is great, a little strange at first, but he gets better as the semester goes on.

This guy is like the coolest professor at JMU. Very laidback, approachable, and smart! The material is confusing and he gets really passionate about it, but if you re-read the material a couple times (because there isn't much) you'll be fine. Just two tests and a midterm. I highly recommend him!!

bill is a really funny guy, at least his jokes always make me laugh. the material can be pretty confusing, but philosophy usually is. if study with other students before tests and study hard you will be fine. the people that do badly dont go to class and honestly you CAN't miss it

Prof Knorpp is a great teacher. The readings can be alittle confusing, but reading them more than once does help. He is very nice and always willing to clarify and questions you have. if you have the chance, definately take him! he's awesome!

Bill is a good guy who means well, but he can ramble sometimes.The readings are boring as hell, but he clarifies in class, for the most part, and he lets you re-read them so you really understand it. It's beyond me why he's so passionate about this stuff, but it's kinda funny.Take him, he's not bad.

This guy is great, extremely relaxed and smart. He's passionate about the material and loves it if you get involved. Attending class really is a must and you really need to reread the materal (though they're always short). Take good notes and read the stuff a few times and it's no problem.

This class is pretty hard, and the readings are somewhat boring and hard to understand. However, Professor Knorpp is such a friendly, funny guy, and he truly cares about students and philosophy. Go to class, ask questions, read the material 3 times as he says or more...and you should be fine.

Bottom line he's a good teacher. Intelligent,REALLY knows his stuff, and if you dont understand something he will go over it different ways until you do. Reading can be difficult but its usually not long and he explains everything in class. He likes to joke around and you really will learn something

awesome awesome awesome!! but def do the readings.

One of the best teachers (and THE funniest) I have ever had. he is charming and super smart. Love this guy. I vote Knorpp for president.

He really makes my day sometimes. He's easy to get along with, funny, and understanding. But you have to do the reading. The material is kind of hard and he expects you to do well.

By far my favorite professor since i got to JMU. Hilarious, very clear, and very helpful. He keeps you interested with random jokes but actually stays on topic quite well considering the random questions people ask. I loved this class. The tests are not tricky and are fairly easy to study for. As long as you come to class and study, you can get B+

Great

Very cool guy and very helpful. Material can be hard to grasp at first but he explains it very well in class. If you go to class and read the material multiple times you have a chance to get an A. Material though is extremely interesting and was one of my favorite classes this year. He's really funny too and passionate about what he teaches.

sexy in glasses. passionate about material. 4 exams. great teacher. enthusiastic, not boring. really really helpful. expects you to be prepared to class and do readings...so do them! great at explaining readings.

Good professor.willing to help.4 exams (willing to drop one if everyone does poorly)Lots of difficult reading, but he explains it well in class.It helps that he is entertaining and uses cartoons to explain things.Hated phil. going into it, but it turned out okay! highly recommended

Very thorough in explanations, good use of cartoons for examples, engages class in worthwhile discussion, does not push his opinions too much, great sense of humor and passionate about the subject....great prof-highly recommended!

Such a great professor! Incredibly intelligent and very good at getting the material across. You can tell he's passionate about what he does. It is somewhat hard to concentrate in class when he looks so good and you just want to do naughty things to him...

Great Philosophy teacher. My first Philosophy class and he made the material really easy to understand. Breaks it down and gives hilarious examples to make sure everyone understands. Not heavy reading. Optional papers. Awesome guy, so funny. Take him, definitely.

uhh I went to class everyday, got a smooth D...sweet

great guy. really loves the material and as long as you go to class you'll do fine. doesnt give quizzes or take attendance but go to class to do well on the exams. four exams, none are cummulative. made a B+ for the year. fun when he shouts and bangs on things, makes the class laugh. tries really hard to make sure u get the material.really nice guy

Best teacher I've ever had.

I wish all professors had his kind of passion. From banging on desks when he gets really excited to stepping back from the board and saying, "So...say something smart about that." Fanastic. Sometimes takes him awhile to find a way to explain the material, but loves discussion and will attempt to answer all questions. Gets you really into it. Take

Best teacher I've had at Madison... inspired me to take up a philosophy major.

Amazing, amazing. His main goal is to enable the material to resonate with the students. He allows the students to direct discussion, while providing insight along the way. Passionate, fair, sarcastic at times, and too humble to realize how awesome he really is. If you value knowledge at all, learn from this man.

AWESOME teacher, AWESOME guy. You can tell that he really loves philosophy and teaching which automatically captures your interest. If you're not willing to do the readings (short) and actually think about what they're proposing, this is NOT the class for you. Knorpp is AWESOME and I would TOTALLY recommend him. PS- SO MUCH YOUNGER than you think!

Ok, so this stuff is pretty interesting. And Dr. Knorpp is ridiculously brilliant (and perhaps even more ridiculously modest). However, the tests can really throw you for a loop, even if you do all the reading. Office hours are a necessity.

Bill is the man, it doesn't take much work to do well in his class, you just have to use your brain which some of you are clearly incapable of as I have found this of many students in his classes (although not most), the higher up the class the more interested and committed the students. I take his classes for fun

This class wasn't as bad as I thought it would be. Knorpp tries really hard to get you to understand. If you go to class everyday (and you should), you can just regurgitate your notes onto the test and get an A. Overall, a cool guy.

yells things while teaching because he gets very passionate about it. nice&funny guy. wants students to understand the material & willing to help. I admit I HATED this class at first, thought it was the worst gphil isn't easy u really hav to know your stuff. make sure you READ the material. if you HAVE to take gphil, take him

That previous commenter is full of crap! Like ten times he told us to go to him with ANY grading questions. He changed my friend's grade right away when he found an error. But made it clear he wouldn't tolerate whiny student just trying to pump up grades. Even has a "no whining" policy in syllabus ha ha!

Extremely clear, goes out of his way to be fair, can relate to students. Challenging--not an easy course! But you will learn a lot and learn to be a better thinker.

only grades for the class are 4 tests. pretty cool guy, gets lost in his thoughts though but pretty interesting, passionate about material and wants to make sure you understand it.. he urges you to come see him during office hours and VERY fair

This course makes you think.

Readings are challenging and interesting. Course forces you to think. No busy work, homework or mandatory attendance, but you have to keep up with the work or the exams will kill you. If you want an easy class, this one probably isn't for you.

Material is interesting, but philosophy is just pretty hard. Prof will admit he's wrong...but some students won't, unfortunately. You know the type. Prof does need to be better at making those students shut up.

Tough but fair. If you work and go to class, you'll learn a lot.

Best prof I've ever had here at JMU. He can be a bit tough, but what do you expect? It's philosophy! If you don't want to think or put forth any effort, then please don't take him so that others who DO want to think can have the chance to take him.

The class was interesting, and it really changed how I look at things. Prof very fair and approachable.

The class really teaches you how to reason clearly. Professor really knows how to relate to students.

Very interesting class.

Philosophy really makes you think. It takes some getting used to--it's not like most other classes you've had before. But it's really interesting.

Good class. Very interesting.

I think this class really helped me learn to think more logically.

Very nice guy... very helpful and clear about what he wants us to know. He is so passionate about philosophy that he will often beat on the table during lecture! Don't be afraid... this class will make you think but it will also teach you to analyze in a way that will be useful in every class at JMU. Take him!!!

He is a very smart man and tries his best to make something that could have been fundamentally boring interesting.

Knorppie is such a great and funny guy. I would recommend this class to anyone; he really looks out and cares for his students. Very quirky but extremely insightful. =]

Not your average GenEd class. Kind of hard, but interesting and worth the effort.

Knorpp is a funny guy. He talks in circles, and sometimes it gets confusing, but by the time the test comes you know your stuff. Some people thought this class was hard, but I didn't think so. I would recommend him.

Professor Knorpp is easily the best teacher I've had at JMU and other universities I've attended. He's passionate about philosophy, and that comes across in his teaching. Challenging courses, but they are all what you make of them.

attendance is not mandatory but you definitely should go if you want to understand the material. hardest class at jmu. expects you to teach yourself and then come to class with questions. totally irrelevant to life. he rudely snapped at a girl in the middle of a lecture and she dropped the course because of it. HATED THIS CLASS

His class has difficult, somewhat abstract material. Knorpp does a great job guiding us through the content. Knorpp is arguably the smartest person I've met in my life, but he's so humble and doesn't even acknowledge his intelligence. He gives fantastic criticism on essays, and grades them very fairly. cares a lot about the students and philosophy.

I took a few classes with Knorpp. He covers difficult but very interesting topics. Mostly papers; in the two classes I took there was one test, and his study guide outlined exactly what was on it. As long as your papers are clear and you let him proofread them before you turn them in, you'll get an A. Must do the readings.

Dr. Knorpp is a great guy and will be more lenient towards you if he sees that you're working hard (i.e. go to office hours and participate in class). The content is kind of boring and you'll either get it or won't. If you don't get it, don't drop the class. His grading policy is pretty easy. Beware of pop quizzes. Rarely has Friday classes.

Okay. I started out the year really not liking this guy; seemed all over the place. But by about a month in I really liked Knorpp. His random pop quizzes can be difficult and you've really gotta study for the tests. But if you're struggling, GO TO OFFICE HOURS!! He is very friendly and helpful, if a little spacey sometimes

The subject itself is difficult, but he is a really good teacher. He is really helpful during office hours if you ask the right questions. If you don't understand the reading don't sweat it. His lectures really clarify any reading assignments. He is a pretty funny guy. Not many tests or quizzes. You get class off every other Friday!!

The class can be challenging because it is one of those topics that you either understand or you don't. But, Knorpp will help you the entire way. There are 3 exams all semester and he gives you study guides that say exactly what will be on the test. Very interesting class, my favorite one of the semester.

He once sent out a class email starting with "Yo, so..." He says whatevs in his lectures. He allows you to prove him wrong. You will have to try. HARD. But he encourages open thought and deep thinking, hes fun and interesting, and his topics are really intriguing!. Class is optional, but the readings make/break your grade. Use study guides!

Very interesting topics and discussions, but you get long readings and have to read about three times to understand them. Pop quizzes, but if you read you'll do fine. He gave us every other Friday off, he is chill and smart. Tests are not bad if you study and understand it, and he is helpful during office hours. discussion based, some notes

Knorrp was a great professor. The class was really interesting, but it's definitely difficult; if you don't do the reading, you're not gonna understand a word of what goes on in class, and the tests are based off of the discussion. He's very clear about what he wants from you, but actually giving it to him takes quite a bit of effort.

Please visit him during office hours, he'll make it work, it's worth the time, and he'll definitely will appreciate it! Don't skip because grades are almost all based off lectures. It's the type of class where participation is vital and conversation really creates the atmosphere. Very interesting course and professor, would highly recommend.

Some of the readings are long, but he makes it worthwhile. I was dreading taking a philosophy class and it ended up being my favorite of the semester. He is so passionate about what he teaches, and that helps keep you interested. Only three tests, all based off lecture. Gives you a study guide telling you exactly what to study. Definitely take him.

Looking back on this class, I can honestly say that this man helped shape me into a better college student. Because of him, my way of approaching other classes has improved so much since my first semester of college. He is absolutely brilliant, and you will get so much out of this class if you put in the effort. I hope I can take him again.

Knorpp ended up being a cool guy. Some of the readings were boring and some of the topics could be difficult to understand. He doesn't care if you come to class, but it is hard to understand the material without going to his lectures. The tests were semi-hard, but if you took good notes and study they're doable.

I really enjoyed this class and would definitely take Knorpp for another PHIL class. Although attendance is not mandatory, coming to class is very beneficial because the notes you take in class very helpful for the exams. Knorpp can be kinda crazy sometimes, but it made class interesting. Cool dude!

He is a great teacher, but his lectures can be confusing at times. Would recommend going to class and you won't have a problem! Everything that is on the test is clearly gone over in class. Practice LSAT questions and worksheets he hands out and it should be an easy A.

I thought this class was dumb and I hated Knorpp when it first started, but it ended up being my favorite class and favorite professor. You'll gain a lot out of this class if you let it and you can get an A if you do the work (which there really wasn't that much). Just go to class! He's a pretty funny guy and you'll have a good time.

I took a survey of Wittgenstein with Dr. Knorpp, and the class was great. Knorpp is the master of leading students to logical conclusions on their own on difficult topics. Knorpp's comments on my papers caused me to become a better, more concise writer. Hilarious and probably insane, Dr. Knorpp will make your collegiate classroom experience fun.

Professor Knorpp is an A+ professor. While some aspects of his teaching may seem like a waste of time it all comes together to ultimately help you. He doesn't so much focus on teaching new material, but rather helps you learn to reason about things you already know which can help you do the same for the unknown. Again A+ professor!

Dr. Knorpp is a good professor. He is passionate about philosophy. However, the way his teaching might make you feel confused at first. Still, be respectful to him, because he tries really hard to make his class hilarious. Even the attendance is not mandatory, you should still go to his class because the tests are basically about what he is saying.

Really weird & funny guy! Keeps you awake / attention by speaking louder. He's very passionate about the theories and will explain until you get it. Provides good study guides and it helps to go to class to get the notes

Dr. Knorpp is an amazing professor and person. His classes always get me to think in ways I never thought before, and I always feel like a smarter person after his classes. The philosophy classes I have taken have helped me become a better reader, writer, and thinker, and I attribute a lot of that to Dr. Knorpp being the instructor.

The man is an absolute genius, I took every class with him that I could! He makes subjects more interesting than other professors teaching the same classes straight from the textbook. He's a little crazy but teaches you to read/think/speak for yourself - valuable in the long run! This is the type of prof & class that is worth your tuition money!

I enjoyed Prof. Knorpp's class very much. He assigns homework almost every night consisting of readings, LSAT problems, and other practice problems. The class is lecture-oriented and he is fairly disorganized, but you still get everything you need by listening and taking basic notes. The tests are the same as the activities with no surprises.

If a review says 120 on it, don't trust it. If you are serious about wanting to learn Philosophy, Dr. Knorpp is the professor for you. His class is hard, but its the best way to engage the material. You must be prepared each day by having read the assigned material, if you're not prepared he will not be happy. His class was well worth the time.

Professor Knorpp is a great guy. He struggled with Zoom a lot which made class slow, but he is genuinely approachable, and he cares for his students. Many of my friends also say his classes are better and better the more advanced you get in his department. He appreciates interaction, so speak up! It's an easy A and can be interesting if you engage!

Go to class and you will do well. The things he teaches is really hard to learn from a book or a youtube video, and he makes things way easier to interpret in person. The more you go to class the better you will do.

Knorpp's class could feel a little slow or boring at times, but he is a nice guy and is clearly very into philosophy himself. From my experience in the class, some people felt that it was extremely difficult and other blew through with ease. The material just comes naturally to some people.

It took some time to understand the best way to learn from his lectures but if you show up and take notes you'll be fine. He gets very sensitive about doing the homework or being on your phone so definitely never look at your phone during class or he'll call you out in front of everybody.

Professor Knorpp encouraged me to think for myself and as a result I got so much more out of his class than just a letter grade. He explains concepts clearly in lecture and provides valuable feedback on assignments that will help you improve your writing and thinking abilities. I would recommend his classes to anyone.

I've taken a number of his classes and the organization of the class is always the same. There's readings (do them, they make going to class fun), go to class, fight about the reading, take *maybe* two exams and write *maybe* two papers. Visit his office hours, even if just to hang out. He's funny, kind, respectful, and relatable.

Professor Knorpp is a freaking genius but man this class was just boring. Every class it's do a reading and then go analyze its basic themes for an hour. We had two papers to write that had intentionally confusing themes, but he is a big help in understanding them. GO TO HIS OFFICE HOURS. Maybe philosophy is just not for me I guess.

Great teacher. Very chaotic classes but in the best way possible. Really seems to care and wants the best for everyone.

Knorpp's class was pretty interesting, easy, and clear as well. He basically told you the exam questions, practiced in lectures, and gave solo practice for hw. I think he isn't rated higher because it gets boring and his pop quizzes are annoying because it's like spiratic attendance taking. Overall, not bad at all though, I didn't study at all.

He is the man. Lectures are a little funky but he REALLY knows what he's talking about and cares a lot about his students and the content. Won't baby you and hold your hand along the way, but if you show effort and that you care, he will be in your corner. Maybe my favorite professor I've had in college and it was a GenEd. Overall an amazing guy.