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  1. Justin Fisher's avatar

    To be worth using, a detector needs not only (A) not get very many false positives, but also (B) get…

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    Everything you say is true, but what is the alternative? I don’t think people are advocating a return to in-class…

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    Cyber security professional here -reliably determining when a computational artifact (file, etc.) was created is *hard*. This is sorta why…

  5. sahpa's avatar

    Agreed with the other commentator. It is extremely unlikely that Pangram’s success is due to its cheating by reading metadata.

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An impressive high school philosophy course

Brian Leiter

Chad Raisch, who teachers AP European History and Honors Philosophy at Centerville High School in Ohio, very kindly shared with me this terrific syllabus he uses with his students:  
Download Honors Philosophy Course Overview Detailed Syllabus.

He writes:  "I'm proud to report there is incredible interest in philosophical reflection among my high school students. Several follow your blog. 190 have signed up for an introductory class next year at our high school."  That's really impressive!

Mr. Raisch (whose e-mail is on the syllabus, above) welcomes correspondece with others interested in teaching high school philosophy courses.

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