User:Anarchia

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.

Who am I?[edit]

I have a number of different roles:

Lecturer - Over the last 12 years I have taught epistemology, metaphysics, philosophy of mind, informal logic, ethics, and philosophy of science, and carried out research on practical reason, ethics and philosophy of personal relationships.
Ethicist on a national ethics committee
Senior officer in the crew Iliad on the Puzzle Pirates Viridian ocean, under this user name

I live in New Zealand with my husband and daughters.

Star of Sophia[edit]

The **Star of Sophia** Barnstar has been awarded to Anarchia for her outstanding diligence in systematizing philosophy articles through categories and ratings.
Greg Bard 12:11, 11 September 2007 (UTC)

Shortcuts[edit]

Wikipedia:WikiProject Philosophy/New articles
WP:ATA Useful rules
WP:TT Anti-vandalism templates

Templates[edit]

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Some things I have been or am working on[edit]

User:Anarchia/Sandbox

Philosophy[edit]

Ethics[edit]

Deontological ethics - needs more work and references.
Edited and expanded Descriptive ethics
Ethics of care
Moral psychology is ridiculous
Moral responsibility rewrote page - still needs work
Teleological ethics complete rewrite - could do with more work
Universal values rewriting and adding references

Other philosophy[edit]

Meaning of life
Edited Practical reason - needs a lot more work
Edited Reasoning - needs a lot of work
Transcendental arguments needs work

Philosophers[edit]

Started Nel Noddings article (first contribution!)
Added to the page on Alasdair MacIntyre
Improved the entry for Peter Wenz
Started Harvey Brown (philosopher)
Rose Rand copy edit done, but needs more work
Started William Cleghorn article
Expanded Charlie Dunbar Broad
Started Frances Kamm article
W. D. Ross improved - needs more work.

Philosophical literature[edit]

Began American Journal of Bioethics and Bioethics (journal) entries
Expanded Philosophical Explorations
Expanding Naming and Necessity
Began Midwest Studies in Philosophy article
Edited Cogito

Other...[edit]

Tidied up some of the links for entries in the New Zealand Dictionary of Biography
Added to the page on Janet Frame.
Developed the Miss Rumphius page
Begun an entry for Mabel Howard
Started Sunnyside Hospital article
Started Dictionary of New Zealand Biography article
Started New Zealand Journal of Forestry article
Attitude polarization rewritten and expanded

Possible future work areas[edit]

Action (philosophy) needs work
Agency (philosophy) - needs expanding and referencing
Allegory of the cave needs reworking
Annette Baier's article needs work - suspect false statements based on media misreadings of her work
Bernard Williams contains false statements
Burden of proof (rhetoric) needs work and perhaps renaming
Cartesian skepticism needs work that would not take too long
Dictionary of New Zealand Biography - Create new pages for people mentioned here, but who do not yet appear in Wikipedia [1]
Elizabeth McCombs page needs work
Epistemology needs some tidying and references
Ethical relationship is a mess
Ethical solipsism needs rewriting and references
Eudaimonia needs tidying and references
fatalism needs work
Feminist epistemology needs starting
Habit (psychology) new page which needs work
Internalism and externalism contains false statements
Intrinsic value diabolical stub
Moderate Objectivism is this material also covered somewhere else under another name? Needs renaming and rewriting.
Moral agencyneeds expanding, tidying up and corrections
Moral reasoning contains falsehoods and few references
Normative ethics Stub with some dubious material and needs references
Philosophical method desperately needs editing
Population ethics needs an article
Primary qualities - stub
Preference utilitarianism needs rewriting
Rationality desperately needs work
Reason - section on 'Reason and emotion or passion' needs rewriting and referencing
Susan Hurley is sufficiently notable for Wikipedia
Theoretical reason - Is a stub
Tomonobu Imamichi - needs copyedit
Value system - atrocious
Value theory - atrocious