Talk:Jan Broekman

Correct name
Jan M. Broekman is the correct and widely known name of the person about which this Wikipedia article informs. This should be mentioned, because the “M.” is sometimes left out and this leads to mixing-up with the name Jan Broekman, the Vice-President Global Engineering at CB&I. Jan M. Broekman has been lecturing and teaching in many countries, so that one cannot just fixate him to one or two countries, as was the case with the earlier, legally incorrect description “a Dutch-Belgian Philosopher”. Moreover, he is a Legal Scientist as well as a Social Scientist. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Meinolf Wewel (talk • contribs) 09:54, 23 September 2017 (UTC)

Jan M. Broekman
“Jan M. Broekman” is the globally recognized name of the philosopher about which this Wikipedia article informs. This name is connected to all his publications, and is also used in the German Wikipedia pages. This has to be highlighted because when the name’s “M.” is missing, a swap with Jan Broekman who is “Vice-President Global Engineering at CB&I” can easily cause problems.

The paragraph “Life and Work” offered originally the following notes:

Jan Maurits Broekman (*1931 The Netherlands) is philosopher, legal- and social scientist. He lives in Belgium since 1968 and worked three decades at the “Katholieke Universiteit Leuven” in Leuven (Louvain), Belgium. He is best known for his 1971 work on Structuralism and his 1979 Law and Anthropology, in which he unveiled the foundations of law being concealed in a specific image of man, which law maintains. That study of images inspired him in the 21st century to represent contemporary semiotics in legal science and in legal education.

Changes caused by Gidonb, who applied the rules of the English Wikipedia pages, caused the above differences, as they also disrespected the European differentiation between Legal Sciences and Social Sciences.

--Meinolf Wewel (talk) 13:40, 27 September 2017 (UTC)