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User:Akiva Quinn

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Areas of Interest

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I am interested in several major areas of Philosophy and Social Theory including:

 * Political Philosophy
 * Ethics
 * Social Justice
 * Gender and Justice

Wikipedia Projects

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I am interested in the Wikipedia:WikiProject Philosophy.

I am also interested in the Wikipedia:WikiProject Judaism.

Wikipedia Philosophy Project

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I am reviewing the open tasks in this project to find areas in which I could make a contribution. My main interests are ethics, existentialism, social and political philosophy so these are the topics that I will look at first to see what is there and what needs work.


  • 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.

Languages

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enThis user is a native speaker of the English language.
he-1
משתמש זה יכול לתרום ברמה בסיסית של עברית.‏
af-1Hierdie gebruiker het 'n basiese begrip van Afrikaans.

See Wikipedia:Babel for details on multilingual communication.