User:Jaymay

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Jaymay is a user on Wikipedia. He is a graduate student in philosophy. As such, he likes to edit philosophy entries here on Wikipedia. He has a B.A. in philosophy and is currently pursuing a Ph.D. in philosophy as well.

Main interests: philosophy of mind, moral psychology, metaphysics, philosophy of psychology, philosophy of religion, and epistemology.

Contents 1 Projects 1.1 Philosophy (in general) 1.2 Philosophy of Mind 1.3 Ethics & Moral Psychology 2 Barnstar 3 Links 3.1 Portals 3.2 Key policies & guidelines 3.3 Misc

[edit] Projects

Jaymay is part of the following projects: Wikiproject Philosophy & Wikiproject Philosophy of Mind.

WikiProject Philosophy task list Protected Values first section confuses right action and values and needs a copy edit, moving and wikifying Ludwig Wittgenstein is having its FA status reviewed due to a couple of concerns. Help save Ludwig! See Wikipedia:Featured article review/Ludwig Wittgenstein for requirements for retaining FA status. 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. Star of Sophia Vote for or nominate someone you think is deserving! Analytic_philosophy This is a very major topic, but still has several sections which are stubs, and several topics which are not covered. Inverse (logic) This article makes me wish that there were a fail grade on the quality scale. Someone should rewrite it. Vote | Larry's Text | stubs | edit this list | discuss these tasks | Category:Philosophy | Portal:Philosophy | RFC | Deletion | Requested articles | Noticeboard | Discussion

[edit] Philosophy (in general)

Primarily working on the following:

• A priori and a posteriori (philosophy)
• Philosophical analysis
• Analytic-synthetic distinction
• Epistemology
• Philosophical Investigations
• Internalism and externalism
• List of philosophy journals
• Various philosophers

[edit] Philosophy of Mind

Primarily working on the following:

• Zombie Argument
• Knowledge argument
• Epiphenomenalism
• Qualia
• Type physicalism
• Various philosophers, such as:
  • John Perry (philosopher)
  • Ludwig Wittgenstein
  • Gareth Evans (philosopher)
  • Jaegwon Kim
  • Frank Cameron Jackson
  • Thomas Nagel
  • Jennifer Hornsby

[edit] Ethics & Moral Psychology

Primarily working on the following:

• Psychological egoism
• Ethical egoism
• 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)

[edit] Barnstar

		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)

[edit] Links

[edit] Portals

• Portal directory
• Philosophy portal
• Mind and Brain portal
• Psychology portal
• Information technology

[edit] Key policies & guidelines

• 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.

[edit] Misc

• Wikipedia Help - getting started, editing, browsing, policies, standards, and more!
• Be bold! - don't be afraid to edit, but don't be reckless either!