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About me

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I wrote [http://capricorn.bc.edu/siepm/DOCUMENTS/DAMIAN/Damian_1.pdf this book] a long time ago. I joined Wikipedia in 2003. There is a list of my articles below. The articles in bold are those to which I was the main contributor, and whose subject is important or notable (e.g. History of logic, which had not been covered properly until 2008). My main area of expertise is in Anglo-American analytic philosophy (I graduated from a well-known British university in the 1970's, did my PhD there, and taught there until the late 1980's. I have work in a number of excellent journals, and continue to work and [http://www.amazon.co.uk/Duns-Scotus-Time-Existence-Interpretation-22/dp/0813226031 publish], although I no longer teach). I also have an interest in medieval philosophy, and set theory and mathematics. My contributions to the project mostly reflect these specialisms.

For the entire time I have edited at Wikipedia I have been concerned about the way that experts are treated on the project (often with disdain, often with complete misunderstanding of the principles underlying true expert editing). I was a founder member of the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Expert_retention Expert retention project].

Notes

Emily Gould on photographers

:I know Wikipedia basically has to use some stock photo that some random person took of you because they can’t use anything that anyone wants to claim the rights to. They can’t use for example my author photo or any photo of me that has ever been in a magazine or a newspaper. They can’t use a photo that was taken by a photographer. That’s why everyone’s Wikipedia photo is so terrible. [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Signpost/2015-07-22/In_the_media]

(My emphasis)

Places

Resources

  • /investigation
  • /WW podcast 119
  • User:The Land Surveyor/sandbox
  • [http://toolserver.org/~interiot/cgi-bin/Tool1/wannabe_kate Kate's tool]
  • [http://stats.grok.se/en/200806/User_Talk:Peter_Damian Page viewer] and [http://tools.wikimedia.de/~interiot/cgi-bin/Tool1/wannabe_kate?username=Peter%20Damian&site=en.wikipedia.org profile].
  • [http://www.iep.utm.edu/r/rand.htm IEP article on Rand]
  • [http://www.aynrandlexicon.com/lexicon/logic.html Ayn Rand lexicon]
  • [http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=MTYQuQ2g36MC&pg=PA181&lpg=PA181&dq=speer+cathedral+of+light+1934&source=bl&ots=AU5uFBtS9e&sig=MAnlYn5qYs5qTDpzhyPU6ur0RCs&hl=en&ei=i5FsSvP6AqHbjQeNrYSLDQ&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=8 The cathedral of light], [http://archiv.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/volltextserver/volltexte/2004/4903/pdf/Teil_4.pdf].
  • {{Multiple issues}}, {{Over-quotation|many=y|date=November 2013}}
  • [http://www.planetmellotron.com/toptens2.htm Mellotron]
  • {{reflist-talk}}

Other accounts

  • [http://en.wikisource.org/wiki/User:Peter_Damian Wikisource]
  • [http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Peter_Damian Commons]
  • [https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Peter_Damian Meta]

Articles

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  • [https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?limit=50&title=Special%3AContributions&contribs=user&target=Peter+Damian&namespace=0&tagfilter=&newOnly=1&year=2017&month=-1 New articles] (including some redirects)

= Mathematics, logic and set theory =

  • [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zermelo_set_theory Zermelo set theory] Viewed [http://stats.grok.se/en/200809/Zermelo_set_theory 731] times in September 2008.
  • [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skolem%27s_paradox Skolem's paradox]
  • [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hume%27s_principle Hume's_principle] Viewed [http://stats.grok.se/en/200809/Hume%27s_principle 765] times in September 2008.
  • [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Definitions_of_Logic Definitions of Logic]
  • [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Logical_form Logical form]
  • [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Principle_of_contradiction Principle of contradiction] Viewed [http://stats.grok.se/en/200809/Principle_of_contradiction 1765] times in September 2008.
  • [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_logic History of logic] Viewed [http://stats.grok.se/en/200809/History_of_logic 2927] times in September 2008.

= Philosophy and Logic =

  • Sense and reference complete rewrite, March 2016.
  • [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philosophy Philosophy] (viewed [http://stats.grok.se/en/200809/Philosophy 181916] times in September 2008)
  • [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Epistemic_theory_of_miracles Epistemic theory of miracles] (viewed [http://stats.grok.se/en/200809/Epistemic_theory_of_miracles 688] times in September 2008)
  • [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Concept_and_object Concept and object]
  • [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unity_of_the_proposition Unity of the proposition] (viewed [http://stats.grok.se/en/200809/Unity_of_the_proposition 165] times in September 2008)
  • [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Proper_name Proper name]
  • [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Existence Existence] (since rather spoilt - viewed [http://stats.grok.se/en/200809/Existence 19490] times in September 2008)
  • [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russell%27s_paradox Russell's_paradox] (since rather spoilt)
  • [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Connotation_and_denotation Connotation and denotation] (now considerably spoilt)
  • [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sense_and_reference Sense and reference]
  • [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Empty_name Empty name]
  • [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philosophical_logic Philosophical logic]
  • [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plural_quantification Plural quantification] (viewed [http://stats.grok.se/en/200809/Plural_quantification 226] times in September 2008.
  • [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ontological_commitment Ontological commitment]
  • [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Definition Definition] (viewed [http://stats.grok.se/en/200809/Definition 182828] times in September 2008)
  • [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Singular_term Singular term]
  • [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ontological_argument Ontological argument]
  • Laurence R. Horn
  • scalar implicature
  • Philosophia Mathematica
  • Philosophical Quarterly
  • Philosophical Review
  • Auctoritates Aristotelis

= Medieval philosophy and logic =

  • [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Square_of_opposition Square of opposition] (Viewed [http://stats.grok.se/en/200809/Square_of_opposition 1516] times in September 2008)
  • [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Medieval_philosophy Medieval philosophy] (Viewed [http://stats.grok.se/en/200809/Medieval_philosophy 6642] times in September 2008)
  • [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Term_logic Term logic] (since much tampered with)
  • [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Continuity_thesis Continuity thesis] (Viewed [http://stats.grok.se/en/200809/Continuity_thesis 952] times in September 2008)
  • [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sum_of_Logic Ockham's Summa Logicae] (Viewed [http://stats.grok.se/en/200809/Sum_of_Logic 296] times in September 2008)
  • [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scholasticism Scholasticism] (Viewed [http://stats.grok.se/en/200809/Scholasticism 15352] times in September 2008)
  • [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isagoge Isagoge] (Viewed [http://stats.grok.se/en/200809/Isagoge 379] times in September 2008)
  • [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Formal_distinction Formal distinction] new article.
  • [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_scholasticism Second scholasticism] new article.

= Aristotle =

  • [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metaphysics_%28Aristotle%29 Aristotle's Metaphysics] (Viewed [http://stats.grok.se/en/200809/Metaphysics_%28Aristotle%29 6563] times in September 2008)
  • [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Posterior_Analytics Aristotle's Posterior Analytics]
  • [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Categories_%28Aristotle%29 Aristotle's Categories]
  • [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/De_Interpretatione Aristotle's On Interpretation] (Viewed [http://stats.grok.se/en/200809/De_Interpretatione 631] times in September 2008)

= Biographies =

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Why actual Philosophers don't write in Wikipedia

Philosophy I'm a philosopher; why don't I edit the article on my subject? Because it's hopeless. I've tried at various times, and each time have given up in depressed disgust. Philosophy seems to attract aggressive zealots who know a little (often a very little), who lack understanding of key concepts, terms, etc., and who attempt to take over the article (and its Talk page) with rambling, ground-shifting, often barely comprehensible rants against those who disagree with them. Life's too short. I just tell my students and anyone else I know not to read the Wikipedia article except for a laugh. It's one of those areas where the ochlocratic nature of Wikipedia really comes a cropper.

The Bristol Stool Scale

Thanks for alerting me. To be honest, and I might as well be, I find [him] ludicrous, self-contradictory, often deeply uncivil (and equally often deeply obscure), baselessly arrogant, and lacking in self-control, self-awareness, and understanding of philosophy. He and a few other editors have taken over Philosophy, which is a laughing stock; it and one or two other similar articles have often been cited in my hearing as evidence that Wikipedia shouldn't be taken seriously or used as a reliable resource. Although I find that depressing, I don't feel that there's anything that anyone can do; editors like [him] are tirelessly logodiarrhoeic (somewhere between types 6 and 7 on the Bristol Stool Chart), and have no sense of or respect for Wikipedia policies or guidelines. Even if I had the time and energy to commit myself full time to improving the article, they would frustrate that attempt. Just look at the article's history as soon as the protection was removed: rocket-powered hysterical editing, with edit-warring thrown in, all with the net result of... the usual mess.

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