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.