"There is no such thing as deep knowledge, in the sense of insight so compelling that it needs no validation. There is only knowledge, period. It is recognizable not by its air of holiness or its emotional appeal but by its capacity to pass the most demanding scrutiny of well-informed people who have no prior investment in confirming it. And a politics of sorts, neither leftist nor rightist, follows from this understanding. If knowledge can be certified only by a social process of peer review, we ought to do what we can to foster communities of uncompromised experts. That means actively resisting guru-ism, intellectual cliquishness, guilt-assuaging double standards, and, needless to say, disdain for the very concept of objectivity."

Frederick Crews

"The more honest and intelligent we are thought to be, the less supporting argument we are apt to have to produce in order to convince someone of something. In an extreme, indeed, such a reputation can be harmful to oneself and others, lulling both parties into inattentiveness to evidence."

W.V. Quine and J.S. Ullian

"You know some who... have become philosophers in the middle of their lives. Their philosophy consists in a very simple formula, that of calling God to witness, as Plato did, whenever they deny anything or whenever they assert anything. A shadow would surpass these men in uttering anything to the point; but their pretensions are extraordinary."

Synesius, to Hypatia of Alexandria

Introduced or overhauled

• Power: A New Social Analysis. I think it's damn well perfect.
• Universal pragmatics. Created stub and copyedited additions. The article has now matured with the work of User:Zakademic.
• Philosophy of language. Contributed highly. Much of the content has been moved to Meaning (linguistic). Matured greatly with the help of Padre Pio.
• Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding. Both introduced and developed. Req'd: section expansions, historical and comparative details.
• Cognitive semantics. Pretty substantial. Req's style cleanup, a few more adds.
• Social psychology (sociology). Expansion needed, though currently in decent shape.
• Identity (social science). Expansion required, though currently in decent shape.
• Linguistic meaning. Fair shape, but cleanup and clarifications needed.
• Linguistic transparency. Needs expansion, claims made less OR.
• Identity Formation, Agency, and Culture. Needs de-stubbing.
• Meaning (non-linguistic). Either an expansion is required, or page should turn into a disambig.
• Timeline of Western philosophers (list). Introduced, then overhauled in 2006. Needs guidelines for inclusion.
• Concept.
• Saint Leibowitz and the Wild Horse Woman.

Significant edits

• Mediated reference theory. Req's expansion.
• Direct reference theory. Req's expansion.
• Relevance theory. Req's expansion.
• Philosophy. Req's sanity.
• Timeline of Eastern philosophers. Created page, currently leaving it in the hands of those more qualified.
• Good and evil. Brought back from the brink of disaster, but there's still a lot of work to do
• Value theory. In miserable shape. (Disambig req'd?)
• Philosophy of social science.
• Philosophical skepticism. Req'd additions re: contemporary forms of skepticism.

Minor but cumulative edits

• Horror film
• Liberalism
• Kohlberg's stages of moral development
• Critique of Pure Reason
• Cognitive linguistics