User:D.E. Wittkower

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Currently a Visiting Assistant Professor at Virginia Tech. I work primarily in philosophy of technology, applied ethics, and social/political philosophy. My doctoral work concentrated on an ethical assessment of copyright over digital objects, an ontological inquiry into the nature of digital objects, and an articulation of the political implications of the structures of technological change which have brought about the current digital crisis in copyright. It's available for free-as-in-speech-and-beer hereCurrent research involves (1) an attempt to use lessons learned from terrorism, blogs, and the open-source community in order to produce a viable and gradualist anarchist theory, (2) the formulation and popularization of the media-vegan movement, and (3) developing a heterophenomenologically-based evolutionary metaepistemology. Primary figures in my work include Kant, Hegel, Freud, Dewey, Mumford, Heidegger, Camus, Adorno, Marcuse, and Baudrillard. I also raise and hybridize orchids, specializing in Paphiopedilum, Bulbophyllum, Sarcanthinae Allies, and Bletiinae.

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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