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177Fair GradesTeaching Philosophy 32 (4): 361-398. 2009.Fair grading is modeled on two fundamental principles. The first principle is that grading should be impartial and consistent. The second principle is that a fair grade should be based on the student’s competence in the academic content of the course. I derive corollary principles of fair grading from these two basic principles and use them to evaluate common grading practices. I argue that exempting students from completing certain grade components is unfair, as is grading on attendance, class …Read more
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23Morality in Criminal Justice: An Introduction to EthicsWadsworth Publishing Company. 1995.A book combining theories and practice of ethics in the practice of criminal justice.
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442Teaching the PARC System of Natural DeductionAmerican Association of Philosophy Teachers Studies in Pedagogy 1 201-218. 2015.PARC is an "appended numeral" system of natural deduction that I learned as an undergraduate and have taught for many years. Despite its considerable pedagogical strengths, PARC appears to have never been published. The system features explicit "tracking" of premises and assumptions throughout a derivation, the collapsing of indirect proofs into conditional proofs, and a very simple set of quantificational rules without the long list of exceptions that bedevil students learning existential insta…Read more
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Heidelberg UniversityProfessor
Sycamore, OH, United States of America
Areas of Specialization
Epistemology |
Philosophy of Mind |
Applied Ethics |
Logic and Philosophy of Logic |