User:Banno

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WikiProject Philosophy task list

Xenophanes: expansion
For Self-Examination: expansion
Zeno of Elea: expansion
Johann Gottlieb Fichte: a little more info needed, barely more than a stub
The Sickness Unto Death: Kierkegaard's great work on despair, stub-like.
Desert: At least narrow it down to being in philosophy, ethics, or morality. An actual article at any of these three would be nice, too.
Fatalism: Stub-like. Needs to be cleaned up and expanded
Aristotelianism: Needs to be expanded
Sign / Symbol: Introductions contain too much technical jargon
Catholic Probabilism: Pretty nearly straight from the old Catholic Encyclopedia
Counterfactuals: Needs fuller and more accurate summary of main theories, as well as indication of philosophical importance in other topics, notably causation and inference.
Human agency: Expand, correct, and reference. Any support for altering the name?
African philosophy: needs a lot of work!

How Wikipedia works...

We make maximum sense of the words and thoughts of others when we interpret in a way that optimises agreement

Donald Davidson, On the very idea of a conceptual schema, in Inquiries into truth an interpretation, Ch. 13

Admin star, from an Aztec Stone of the Sun - beware the power!

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1 Tools
2 A much deserved award
3 An aid to criticism
4 NPOV
5 Things to remember

[edit] Tools

The current date and time is: 17:51, 9 April 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Admin:

[edit] Policies

[edit] Editing:

[edit] Help

[edit] Other tools:

[edit] Things to do, some time...

Fix the Foucault section of truth

[edit] A much deserved award

Banno - For your persistence and effort in the recent affair, I award you the RickK Anti-Vandalism Barnstar. Your hard work does not go unnoticed or unappreciated. --best, kevin ···Kzollman | Talk··· 02:52, September 13, 2005 (UTC)

I award the Star of Sophia Barnstar to Banno for taking on the impossible task of trying to administer a Web encyclopedia which is defined by almost-complete-anarchy, constant quarreling, edit wars, and other irresponsible madness
Lacatosias 00:43, 13 March 2006

[edit] An aid to criticism

You are welcome to add your own to this list...

Some people think…; Some say that…; means I think this next bit is wrong.

Most people think…; Experts agree that…; means I think this next bit is right.

Essentially, (followed by a trite explanation) means I couldn’t be bothered doing a decent job on this bit

In fact, (followed by some statement) means that the statement is certainly wrong.

Anyone who has read the topic (or book or author) will know that… Means I havn’t read it, so I’ll just make this next bit up….

Controversial means I don't like it, but cannot figure out quite why.

Arguably means I'm afraid you'll argue this point, so I'll say arguably in hopes I can slip it by.

Surely... means I think that...

[edit] Key conceptual tools

Hanlon's razor: Never attribute to malice that which can be adequately explained by stupidity.

[edit] People of note

Josiah S. Carberry, who first systematised psycoceramics.

[edit] The wisdom of the editors

Certainly there is such a thing as false knowledge. [1]

[edit] NPOV

A discussion of the merits of NPOV - and an interesting little bit of analytic philosophy: m:NPOV is an ideal

[edit] Things to remember

Things I only use once in a blue moon, but need to look for when I do...

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