User:Banno

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WikiProject Philosophy task list

German Idealism and almost all the articles related to it need to be either rewritten or expanded, because a wikipedia user called Lestrade has, among other things, taken it upon himself to imbue each page with bias in favour of Schopenhauer, who he attempts to present as having the last say in everything. This is a terrible thing to do, because German Idealism is such an important period in philosophy, whose influence is still strongly felt today.
Protected Values first section confuses right action and values and needs a copy edit, moving and wikifying
Ludwig Wittgenstein is having its FA status reviewed due to a couple of concerns. Help save Ludwig! See Wikipedia:Featured article review/Ludwig Wittgenstein for requirements for retaining FA status.
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.
Star of Sophia Vote for or nominate someone you think is deserving!
Analytic_philosophy This is a very major topic, but still has several sections which are stubs, and several topics which are not covered.
Inverse (logic) This article makes me wish that there were a fail grade on the quality scale. Someone should rewrite it.

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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

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1 Tools
2 A much deserved award
- 2.1 Who's a naughty boy...
3 An aid to criticism
4 Things to remember

[edit] Tools

WikiProject Philosophy of Language task list

Paul Boghossian
Implicature
principle of charity (expansion)
"The Meaning of "Meaning"" - different book, separate article. (Putnam)
"A Plea For Excuses" (Austin)
Attributive use of descriptions and Referential use of descriptions (probably one article should suffice)
Frege's puzzle
Guise theory
"How to Do Things With Words" (Austin)
Linguistic community
"Logic and Conversation" (Grice)
"Naming and Necessity" (Kripke)
Saturated and unsaturated expressions (Frege)
"Truth and Meaning" (Davidson)
Contrastivism (Schaffer)
Hinge proposition
Anaphora (linguistics) - Definitely needs more philosophy (e.g., the Geach Hob-Nob sentence.)

The current date and time is: 03:52, 10 June 2008 (UTC)

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WikiProject Logic task list

Maintain Wikipedia:Pages needing attention/Logic and help the pages needing attention
Formal interpretation, and Logical interpretation
Proposition is in need of attention
Logical connective is in need of attention
Join the newly formed Boolean algebra task force.
Descriptivist theory of names needs edit particularly in first section after TOC
Logical connectives: (subproject page) integration, and consistent format
Develop Standards for notation

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

Write an article on Stove's worst argument in the world[2]

[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

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

[edit] Who's a naughty boy...

An RfC against me...

[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. [3]
Why I Am Not a Christian is a "Non-notable essay, no assertion of notability" and although Russell "is apparently notable himself" - it should be deleted.
Wittgenstein couldn't spell[4]
Nor could Hume [5]

[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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:I also suggest, even if you only want to edit occasionally, that you [[Special:Userlogin|Create an account]], so you can access some more editing tools. See [[Wikipedia:Why create an account]]