Extra credit for section attendance, and the concepts were easy to grasp. Highly recommend

Very interesting and fun GE. Prof. Barrett has great music taste, really cute baby pictures, and gives out kiwis for participation. Made what could easily be a difficult subject matter very easy to understand. Very reasonable homework load and thorough study guides for midterms and final. Would recommend!

The class itself was not what I expected, and it reminded me a lot of geometric proofs. There is a textbook that Thomas instructs the students to get, but I ultimately stopped using it around the first midterm. Everything on the exams is taken directly from the study guides. Lots of opportunities for extra credit, including attendance. Liked my TA.

What a great guy! I understand that this class can be hard if you're not doing the homework's and practicing outside of that. The 2 midterms and final all had study guides where he took problems directly onto the study guides to the tests. The best way I studied was doing the whole study guides and then making sure I knew how to do each problem!

He was such a great professor! The only thing I wish is if we could see our canvas grades earlier in the year, but it was an awesome class to be a part of.

Barrett was a great and caring professor! He was funny, made philosophy fun, and was always accessible outside of class. His office hours were always on the lawn outside the arbor and occasionally he brought his dog. As long as you attend lectures, you will def get a good grade :) will miss this class!

Barrett is an incredible lecturer, and has a very thoughtful and personal teaching style. His tests are short and easy, and all the questions come from resources he provides. The class is riddled with extra credit opportunities from attendance or homework. Great professor for an easy GE. Remember, this is my opinion. Your experience may differ.

LOVED THIS CLASS!!! His lectures were so entertaining and his teaching was clear. I've never learned so much or been so invested in a class. The content was difficult but I truly loved him. Go to his office hours!!!

Took this as a prerequisite for Film Bad Bad Idea Didn't realize this was also a pre for comp sci

My biggest mistake in this class was joining it. The reviews on here are capping hella. This class is like taking ochem.

DO NOT TAKE PHIL 3. his teaching is so confusing. I really do not like the homework site he uses for this class because it is also so confusing and if you don't get it right, there is no way to get help unless you take problems straight to him. If not, you will just have to move on and not get a pass for that problem. Study guides are GRADED.

Professor Barrett's PHIL 124 was honestly one of those classes I would go out of my way to make sure I wouldn't miss because I was so invested in Thomas' lectures. Not only does he make the material extremely fascinating and easily digestible for students, he is also HILARIOUS. The funny stories he'd tell us in class would genuinely make my day.

Best person ever

Good class if you are looking for an Easy GE or an A. Super willing to work with students and makes expectations very clear. Overall great class and great professor

Super interesting lecture. Gives a lot of extra credit, and attendance also counts as extra credit. Highly recommend Phil3, it's super fun and easy A.

Professor Barrett is one of the best professors I've had at UCSB. He is very engaging and genuinely invested in how his students do. Attendance is not mandatory and is extra credit. All problems on the midterm and final are taken directly from the study guide. One of the best GE classes at ucsb, I cannot recommend professor Barrett's class enough!

I LOVE PROFESSOR BARRETT. He has really made me consider double majoring in Phil 3. My TA Tiffani, was absolutely amazing! Professor Barrett was so thorough with lectures and provided much assistance outside of class. All tests are from study guide with much support while studying. PLEASE CONSIDER TAKING THIS CLASS

I took 100F this past fall '23 qtr and it was great! Thomas is my favorite professor at ucsb fs. Attendance wasn't mandatory but it was offered as extra credit at the end of the quarter. The grade was based on 3 "medium" papers, 2 "short" papers, and the extra credit attendance quizzes.

I took this class as a GE but really enjoyed the material due to how Barrett would conduct the class. The homework is very manageable, only taking around 30 minutes a week, and the grading is very generous. Barrett is an amazing professor who genuinely cares for his students. He is easily one of the best professors I've had at UCSB.

This class felt like a lie because it was such an easy chill class. As long as you go to lectures you don't really need the textbook. Attendance is mandatory and graded. Homework every week, but each only took me about 30 minutes to do. Thomas really cares about his students, as do the TAs! (and his dog is super cute on top of that).

Professor Barrett is an extremely kind and funny teacher. He is very accessible and helpful. These concepts are difficult to grasp, but he moves at a fair pace and holds office hours frequently. This course was really useful and teaches you how to think logically. 2 midterms, 1 final, weekly homework worksheets, attendance for lecture and section.

Professor Barrett Is a really nice guy. I took this class to fulfill a GE, however I didn't expect logic to be a discrete type of math, I heard someone also compare our homework to concepts found in a computer science class. So because I am terrible with math this class has been challenging for me, I do kind of wish I would've taken philosophy 4.

COMPUTER SCIENCE STUDENTS- TAKE THIS COURSE BEFORE CS40!!!! I took this course just to satisfy a GE but to my complete surprise SO much of the material in this course was used in computational theory, since Phil 3 is a lot of logic and symbol-ing. I never would've expected it. Barrett is really nice, reasonable, manageable workload, great for a GE.

His class was very straightfoward with homework due every week and two midterms and one final. All of them were pretty easy with a few challenging problems but he was always available during office hours to discuss it. Only study guides problems on midterms and finals.