Rotem Dan wrote:
It isn't a tribute, AFAIK. Larry put a large quantity of what are, basically, lecture notes on Wikipedia to kick-start the philosophy area. It says *somewhere* that anyone should feel free to kick these into shape! If you feel you can rewrite them - do!
I am not a philosopher. I'm arguing that these texts are inappropriate for an encyclopedia that tries to be universal. Another example would be putting AxelBoldt's comparison of "US vs Germany", with a comment like "I know this is biased, and sucks overall and reflects the opinions of one person, so be bold and add your own opinion and rewrite this!" (I don't mean to say Axel's comparison sucks, it is actually quite interesting, I've read the whole thing..)
I gave Larry's text a cursory read a long time ago, so I could be wrong. But it seemed to me that it was a general overview, written in a fairly informal style, rather than Larry's *own* opinion. and it's the best we've got on Wikipedia so far - better than nothing.