User:ThomistGuy
Hello there! This is my new userpage. I hope you will not find me too much of a bore.
A list of articles needing cleanup associated with this project is available. See also the tool's wiki page and the index of WikiProjects.
- Optimism should have a separate page that focuses on the philosophical idea of optimism and distinguishes the philosophical view from "positive thinking" and other everyday uses of the word.
- Philosophy of social science, has some okay points but requires elaboration on Wittgenstein and Winch, perhaps other linguistic critiques, whether logical positivist or postmodernist.
- Exchange value needs to be redone, it shouldn't be under 'Marxist theory'- although it's an important component of Marxist theory it's also vital for all economics. That said the article's weight on Marx is also absurd.
- German Idealism and the articles related to it may need to be rewritten or expanded to avoid undue weight on Arthur Schopenhauer.
- Protected values first section confuses right action and values and needs a copy edit, moving and wikifying
- Quality (philosophy) needs a more clear explanation.
- Socratic dialogues could do with some tidying and clarification. See the talk page for one suggested change.
- Problem of universals: The introductory definition is (perhaps) fixed. But, the article is poor. Check out the German version.
- Teleology: the article is shallow and inconsistent.
- Existentialism: the quality of this article varies wildly and is in desperate need of expert attention.
- Analytic philosophy This is a very major topic, but still has several sections which are stubs, and several topics which are not covered.
- Lifeworld A philosophical concept that seems to have fallen exclusively into the hands of the sociologists. Could use some attention; it's a major and complex issue in phenomenology.
- Perception Needs the attention of philosophically minded Wikipedians. This is only the start of an overhaul of perception and related articles.
Intention
[edit]This is my second wikipedia name. The other one I share with my room mate. The difference between the two is that I will use this one solely for improving wikipedia's articles about philosophy.
Articles I intend to work on
[edit]I intend to first review all articles pertaining to the dialogues of Plato. There should be at least some information, in my opinion, on each of Plato's dialogues. After this, I will do the same on each work of Aristotle. The article on Aquinas is already pretty good, so I do not know what I will do to it. As time progresses, I hope to work on most of wikipedia's philosophy articles.
ARTICLES I'VE CREATED
[edit]Meletus; Theory of forms; [Categories http://wiki.riteme.site/wiki/Categories_%28Aristotle%29 ]
ARTICLES I HAVE DONE MAJOR EDITING ON
[edit]Apology (Plato) This is an ongoing project. Philosophy Began and Wrote the Section On History. On Generation and Corruption I did not create this article, but on 08/02/05 I did change it from a one line stub that provided no information into something slightly informative. I am hoping to do more with this article in the future.