ThomistGuy

Hello there! This is my new userpage. I hope you will not find me too much of a bore.

WikiProject Philosophy task list

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

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

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

Meletus; Theory of forms; [Categories http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Categories_%28Aristotle%29 ]

ARTICLES I HAVE DONE MAJOR EDITING ON

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.