If you are entering this class imagining a philosophical way of going about the material, you must understand that this class focuses on sentential logic, which consists of truth tables, derivations, symbolizations, and invalidities. If you don't know what these are, it's okay... Levy's lectures were always engaging (even as a Friday 8 AM) and he offers plenty of opportunities to get help; for example, there are multiple of tutors with office hours on top of Levy and his TA's own hours and Levy also offers a "Gala" where all of the tutors, the TA, and himself host a 3 hour review of the PreTest
The grade is broken down into Homework (20%), Midterm #1 (20%), Midterm #2 (20%), and the Final (40%). All tests are curved and students can often receive partial credit. Some believed this class was extremely challenging while some felt this was a basic class. As long as you enter it knowing it may be different from what you are expecting and you are willing to work hard, Levy is a great professor and there is lots of help available!

Not sure why this class is so highly rated. Professor Levy is one of the most boring lecturers I've ever seen. He lectures extremely slowly, and slows class down by at least 50% by answering every student question anyone can possibly dream up. The class is quite easy, the assignments straightforward, and the exams pretty much the same as exam concepts. I don't recommend going to lecture (since he posts the slides online)--save yourself the effort of waking up early and wasting 4 hours per week on that. Other than that, the class is extremely easy and a bit of a joke.

Just to be totally clear about it, this class is SYMBOLIC LOGIC. Some people have signed up for it mistakenly, me included. Anyway, this class is pretty tough, depending on how enthusiastic you are, Levy gives really great lectures, but it is SUPER important that you show up to them. Missing one day can seriously put you back a few pegs. All homework and exams were done online, with a free program called Logic2010. Homework due every other lecture, 2 midterms, and a final. TA sessions were not mandatory for me, but were intended for extra help if needed. Levy is super helpful if you talk to him, he's the sweetest guy ever. I loved the class, just be prepared to show up every day, that's the biggest thing.

This is a symbolic logic class - which is philosophical in some way but if you are expecting a traditional philosophy class with essays, this is not the class. The class is mathematical, but not extraordinarily difficult, it's honestly reasonably easy to solve most of the problems as long as you know notation, and have a reasonable understanding of mathematics or logical studies. Professor Levy is unfortunately not the most engaging lecturer, and it doesn't help that the lecture is at 8am. Overall, simple class, but expect an annoying amount of assignments to do over time.

I know a lot of people who don't show up in class. Always go to the TA's office hour. They are so helpful. Professor Levy is funny and his lectures very engaging. As long as you do your homework, you'll be fine. Really regret that I missed some class. Just can't always make it at 8 am.

This class was honestly a great class and you'll find yourself saying "this class is so fun", whether you like philosophy or not! I came into this class because I had to fulfill a philosophy prereq (for CogSci) that was not really philosophy based, so I took logic. It's really annoying sometimes and the homework gets tedious and long, but if you put in the work you will do well. I would definitely recommend making a friend to help eachother out with homework, because it's a lot at times. I struggled a lot at first, but noticed that prof Levy really cares about improvement, so I ended with an A-.

The breakdown is as follows:
20% HW - 100%
20% Midterm 1 - 74%
20% Midterm 2 - 89 %
40% Final - 92 %

Def recommend!

Funny, engaging professor who makes it abundantly clear that he's more than willing to offer help to those who come to office hours, ask questions, etc.

The 8-10am lectures were brutal, but I went to most of them. I've heard from classmates that skipping lecture and going to office hours to learn the material is way more efficient, and I'd probably agree with them because lectures stopped being helpful after the first few weeks; he does a way better job at explaining sentential logic than predicate logic.

Overall fun and easy class if you put effort into the homework.

Very easy As. If you are a familiar with STEM stuff then you are probably gonna get an A because his exams are pretty much like very solving math-like logic problems. As acknowledged by others, his lectures are extremely slow, and if you are good at self studying you can do most stuff by simply reading the textbook. But don't miss his lecture on invalidity because it's the hardest part overall in this course.

He is a good teacher for an intro level class. He is funny.

To clear up, this class is "Logic, Second Class," not phil of bio.
For those who didn't take Prof. Levy's PHILOS 31, he is a very funny professor (and a super agreeable person! He agreed to give me PTE even though he didn't know who I was, but I eventually got in without a PTE), and use slides that's useful enough for self-review. The homework is much harder than 31, so going to discussion sessions and TA's office hours would be very helpful. My TA was Ian Boon, and he really knows his stuff, perhaps better than Prof. Levy. If you aced your homework, then you don't have to worry about the exams, which are definitely easier than homework, so be sure to really understand how to do your homework and you'll get an easy A.