User:Jaymay
Jaymay is a user on Wikipedia with a PhD in philosophy. As such, he occasionally edits philosophy entries here on Wikipedia.
Main interests: moral psychology, philosophy of mind, ethics (esp. meta-ethics), epistemology, and philosophy of psychology.
User boxes
[edit] | This user is a participant in WikiProject Philosophy. |
 | This user is a participant in the Philosophy of mind task force. |
 | This user is a participant in the Ethics task force. |
Projects
[edit]Philosophy journals
[edit]I'm currently working on providing information on philosophy journals. This includes providing:
- INFOBOXES (see Journal of Philosophy e.g.),
- NOTABLE ARTICLES published in them, based on number of citations according to Google Scholar and my own best judgment (see Mind (journal) e.g.), and
- NEW ENTRIES for the top journals that don't have entries yet, such as:
- Philosophers' Imprint
- Mind & Language
- Philosophical Studies
- Canadian Journal of Philosophy
- Pacific Philosophical Quarterly
- European Journal of Philosophy
- Review of Philosophy and Psychology (formerly European Review of Philosophy)
- Philosophy and Public Affairs
- Hume Studies
- Philosophical Perspectives
- Philosophical Issues
- Erkenntnis
- Philosophical Psychology
Philosophy (in general)
[edit]Primarily working on the following:
- A priori and a posteriori (philosophy)
- Philosophical analysis
- Analytic-synthetic distinction
- Epistemology
- Philosophical Investigations
- Internalism and externalism
- Experimental philosophy
- Various philosophers
Ethics & Moral Psychology
[edit]Primarily working on the following:
- Moral psychology
- Psychological egoism
- Ethical egoism
- Rational egoism
- Motivation
- Meta-ethics
- Moral rationalism (created)
- Moral sense theory (created)
- Ethical intuitionism
- Moral skepticism
- Moral nihilism
- Argument from queerness
- Internalism and Externalism in Ethics
- An Enquiry Concerning the Principles of Morals
- Various philosophers, such as:
- J. L. Mackie
- Michael A. Smith (philosopher)
- Peter Railton
- John Broome (philosopher)
- Joseph Raz
- David Velleman (created)
- R. Jay Wallace (created)
- Mark Platts (created)
Philosophy of Mind
[edit]Primarily working on the following:
- Zombie Argument
- Knowledge argument
- Epiphenomenalism
- Qualia
- Type physicalism
- Various philosophers, such as:
Barnstar
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The Original Barnstar | |
| Awarded to Jaymay in recognition of his excellent work expanding and improving moral philosophy articles. Anarchia 10:55, 12 September 2007 (UTC) |
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[edit]Key policies & guidelines
[edit]- List of policies - from behavior, to content, to legal and copyright.
- Manual of Style - Wikipedia style and format standards.
- Editing Policy - Wikipedia editing policy.
- Neutral Point of View (NPOV) - something for which Wikipedia entries strive.
- No original research - the only way to demonstrate that you are not doing original research is to cite reliable sources.
- Verifiability - any reader must be able to check that material added to Wikipedia has already been published by a reliable source.
- Citing sources - any material that is challenged and has no source may be removed by any editor.
- Image use policy - info on copyrights, fair use, public domain, and more!
- Image copyright tags - which tags to use for images.
Misc
[edit]- Wikipedia Help - getting started, editing, browsing, policies, standards, and more!
- Be bold! - don't be afraid to edit, but don't be reckless either!