User:Jabot the Scrob
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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!
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[edit] Pages Of Interest
[edit] 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.
[edit] Mathematical Physics
[edit] Conquerors
- Napoleon
- Alexander the Great
- Sargon of Akkad-I'm currently reading up on Ancient Mesopotamian history and literature
[edit] Poets
[edit] 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.
- Charles Peirce: This article needs a lot of help. The POV is way too idiosyncratic and the style is offputting for a general audience, to say the least. You will have to be willing to go to the mat, however, with the primary author, who has been banned but has reappeared under different names.
- 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.
- Cesare Cremonini: created "start-level", would need new eyes and hands.
- Fatalism: Stub-like. Needs to be cleaned up and expanded
- Aristotelianism: Needs to be expanded
- Logical argument: Needs work to be of use
- 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?
- Being and Nothingness: An Essay on Phenomenological Ontology Sartre's magnum opus, barely more than a stub
- Übermensch: desperately needs knowledgable attention
- Kant's Groundwork: re-write, expand
- Existentialism: in dire need of a cleanup and reworking of information
- African philosophy: needs a lot of work!
