User:Jabot the Scrob
Hello. I am an entity named Jabot the Scrob. I like a variety of stuff. I am more specifically interested in philosophical theories of culture, particularly those that will allow us a very broad spectrum view of epistemology, and ultimately ethics. Mostly I am a lurker because sometimes it seems that when I bother to edit this page it can soak up alot of time I would otherwise spend reading the articles, which is usually more interesting. I will try to spruce up this page alittle more though to make it more meaningful by trying to explain why items are listed here (at least a little bit). I am a big fan of the random article button!
Pages Of Interest
Languages
- philosophy of language-I'm interested in a general sort of way. I have written papers on the importance of philosophy of language in the Chuang Tzu, and in the development of chemistry from alchemy.
- synthetic language-I'm interested in linguistic properties like this, partly from the philosophy of language perspective but also from a poetic perspective. I am trying to think alittle about whether knowledge of the abstract properties of language would help a poet to write more sophisticated poetry, or whether it comes down more to simple practice and familiarity which might include a kind of intuitive grasp of such properties.
- Ancient Greek-especially for philosopher's, ancient greek is just cool, also Homer! I can read the letters and know some words, (mostly philosophy terms or that have a clear English derivative)
- Latin-ditto, both philosophy and poetry, not much actual knowledge though.
- French language-I've studied this for some time, though you wouldn't know it to speak to me! I will look into getting one of those linguistic signs some people have on their pages.
- German language-I am currently studying this language.
- Chinese language-I am studying this in my spare time which is pretty rarely.
Mathematical Physics
Conquerors
- Napoleon
- Alexander the Great
- Sargon of Akkad-I'm currently reading up on Ancient Mesopotamian history and literature
Poets
Wikiproject: Philosophy
I would like to say I am more involved. At this point, my only involvement is to have this sign on my page.
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.