User:Cogitarus



Thanks for visiting. My name is Cogitarus. IRL, I teach philosophy, metaphysics and logic, among other things.

My primary Wikipedia editing policy is yet to be determined, but as of now it is an emphasis on rigor and constant checking of the manual.

In producing content, or condensing articles, I prefer an emphasis on clarity.

In general, I prefer to add detailed content to an article until it is ready for splitting, then split early and split often. Knowledge expands fractally, and Wikipedia browsing should mirror this expansion. Simple terms people search should reveal a short-ish article with further hyperlinks to more specific articles. I dislike articles with long, complicated lede paragraphs that turn off the casual reader Primary Wikipedia interests include philosophy, science, religion, and history -- because knowledge is one big messy whole. A more or less complete list is here:

1 Philosophy, the History of Philosophy, and Science 1.1 Ethics 1.2 Logic 1.2.1 Reason 1.3 Philosophy of science 1.4 Plato and Platonism 1.5 Socrates and Socratic dialogue 1.6 Aristotle and Neo-Aristotelianism 1.7 Stoicism 1.8 Ancient philosophy

2 Religion and other worldviews because these are intimately related to philosophy 2.1 Theism 2.2 Atheism 2.3 Christianity 2.3.1 Eastern Orthodoxy 2.4 Islam 2.5 Hinduism 2.6 Scientism 2.7 Human nature

3 History and other Humanities because I majored in the humanities and studied classics 3.1 Classicism

4 Art, Literature, and Movies because I am an amateur novelist and screenwriter