Honest question: they don't teach philosophy in the U.S. in high school? Is that in the entire U.S. or does it vary by state or something? (Edit: I found that Wikipedia says "In the United States of America philosophy is not generally taught at pre-college level")
>Honest question: they don't teach philosophy in the U.S. in high school? Is that in the entire U.S. or does it vary by state or something?
Honest answer: As far as I am aware philosophy is not part of the standard HS curriculum in the US. There are probably exceptions, but I am not personally aware of any.
I think it is an embarrassment, but they didn't ask me.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philosophy_education
Philosophy IS taught in high school here in Uruguay (though it's very watered down, but it does include logic in the curriculum).
Apparently it's also taught in Europe, Asia, most of Arabia, South America and even Africa, so I guess the U.S. is the exception.