Scott Pratt
Professor and Department Head, Philosophy
College of Arts and Sciences

“As I was redesigning our introductory philosophy course, I wanted to respond to concerns about the role of AI for students writing essays. I decided to use oral exams to replace essays. The exams not only provide a different way for students to work with philosophical materials, but it also gives each student in a 300-student class a chance to talk about philosophy one-on-one with a GE who knows the discipline to answer questions and to ask them. This is, after all, what philosophy is all about.”