# PHIL MACK — Courses & Reviews | UW–Madison

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## Dataset

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### built at

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## instructor

### instructor uid

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### source

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### source instructor id

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### identity basis

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### identity status

source\_identified

### name

PHIL MACK

### first observed at

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### last observed at

2026-09-07 15:55:43.033547+00:00

### ratings

#### review count

2

#### quality

4.5

#### difficulty

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#### quality count

2

#### difficulty count

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#### profile id

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#### source url

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#### observed at

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#### courses

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#### gpa

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#### graded

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#### counts

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#### sections

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### current

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### courses

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### revision

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### instructor url

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## history

| term | course\_uid                      | course\_id | title                                                         |
| ---- | -------------------------------- | ---------- | ------------------------------------------------------------- |
| 1254 | course\_432c74beba85cb7bdc1287f7 | PHILOS 101 | INTRODUCTION TO PHILOSOPHY                                    |
| 1252 | course\_badd2b5c09509247a930e344 | PHILOS 241 | INTRODUCTORY ETHICS                                           |
| 1252 | course\_acf44b15c6fb21e813ff6feb | PHILOS 243 | ETHICS IN BUSINESS                                            |
| 1244 | course\_0d11313c2b905d66f760421c | CHICLA 328 | CULTURES AND HISTORIES TOPICS IN CHICANX/E & LATINX/E STUDIES |
| 1244 | course\_6c3c2955da531cc1de01ceaa | CHICLA 330 | TOPICS IN CHICANO/A STUDIES                                   |
| 1242 | course\_6c3c2955da531cc1de01ceaa | CHICLA 330 | TOPICS IN CHICANO/A STUDIES                                   |
| 1234 | course\_432c74beba85cb7bdc1287f7 | PHILOS 101 | INTRODUCTION TO PHILOSOPHY                                    |
| 1232 | course\_c1aeabd1a79ddbbc49e0e21e | PHILOS 210 | REASON IN COMMUNICATION                                       |
| 1224 | course\_432c74beba85cb7bdc1287f7 | PHILOS 101 | INTRODUCTION TO PHILOSOPHY                                    |
| 1224 | course\_eea85533574086c8566255b9 | PHILOS 341 | CONTEMPORARY MORAL ISSUES                                     |

## timeline

| term | courses |
| ---- | ------- |
| 1224 | 2       |
| 1232 | 1       |
| 1234 | 1       |
| 1242 | 1       |
| 1244 | 2       |
| 1252 | 2       |
| 1254 | 1       |

## term

1272

## courses

None recorded.

## reviews

### items

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    "review_date": "2025-04-25 00:52:43 +0000 UTC",
    "comment": "Professor Mack is a very good professor. He explains incredibly difficult philisophical concepts in a clear and concise way. He is also very good at engaging with student questions and answering them through the lens of the philosopher at hand. As far as homework goes, you really only get raded on discussion questions and three papers. Overall easy",
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    "review_date": "2024-12-09 17:55:48 +0000 UTC",
    "comment": "Phil very clearly cares about what he talks about. He is always cracking jokes during lecture, but this doesn't work against the serious nature of the subject matter. I highly recommend taking a class with Phil, as he is clearly a very intelligent person who does his best to make lectures exciting.",
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```

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### page

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### courses

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