• Optimismshould 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 valueneeds 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 Idealismand the articles related to it may need to be rewritten or expanded to avoidundue weightonArthur Schopenhauer.
  • Protected valuesfirst section confuses right action and values and needs a copy edit, moving and wikifying
  • Quality (philosophy)needs a more clear explanation.
  • Socratic dialoguescould 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 philosophyThis is a very major topic, but still has several sections which are stubs, and several topics which are not covered.
  • LifeworldA 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.
  • PerceptionNeeds the attention of philosophically minded Wikipedians. This is only the start of an overhaul of perception and related articles.


About me

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I am currently a student at Durham University studying Single Honours Philosophy. I'm getting more comfortable with the Wikipedia editing system and shall hopefully be making some more major contributions soon, but until then I shall be participating in discussion and minor edits of various articles (usually Philosophy ones) to hopefully offer a bit of help that way.