User:DuncanCrowe

Hi,

I'm editing wikipedia under my real name (for now). I'm currently a Philosophy student at Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge. I'm pretty much a wikipedia novice, but I've been making the odd edit here and there and thought I might as well make myself an account to go with them. I have a fairly diverse range of interests both within and outwith philosophy, but my principle areas of concern are the Philosophy of Mind, particularly the work of Daniel Dennett, Metaethics particularly the work of Simon Blackburn, Political Philosophy, particularly Liberalism, certain areas in the Philosophy of Language and Metaphysics - mainly concerned with Reference - and the work of Ludwig Wittgenstein and David Hume.

Outside of philosophy I'm an activist for the Liberal Democrats and for my sins am chair of Cambridge Student Liberal Democrats and I've been known to row badly on occasion for my college's boat club. Before coming to Cambridge I lived in Rutherglen and attended Stonelaw High School.

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A list of articles needing cleanup associated with this project is available. See also the tool's wiki page and the index of WikiProjects.

• 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.