Jaymay is a user on Wikipedia with a PhD in philosophy. As such, he occasionally edits philosophy entries here on Wikipedia.

Main interests: moral psychology, philosophy of mind, ethics (esp. meta-ethics), epistemology, and philosophy of psychology.

This user participates in WikiProject Philosophy.

This user is a participant in the Philosophy of mind task force.

This user is a participant in the Ethics task force.

I'm currently working on providing information on philosophy journals. This includes providing:

• INFOBOXES (see Journal of Philosophy e.g.),
• NOTABLE ARTICLES published in them, based on number of citations according to Google Scholar and my own best judgment (see Mind (journal) e.g.), and
• NEW ENTRIES for the top journals that don't have entries yet, such as:

1. Philosophers' Imprint
2. Mind & Language
3. Philosophical Studies
4. Canadian Journal of Philosophy
5. Pacific Philosophical Quarterly
6. European Journal of Philosophy
7. Review of Philosophy and Psychology (formerly European Review of Philosophy)
8. Philosophy and Public Affairs
9. Hume Studies
10. Philosophical Perspectives
11. Philosophical Issues
12. Erkenntnis
13. Philosophical Psychology

Primarily working on the following:

• A priori and a posteriori (philosophy)
• Philosophical analysis
• Analytic-synthetic distinction
• Epistemology
• Philosophical Investigations
• Internalism and externalism
• Experimental philosophy
• Various philosophers

Primarily working on the following:

• Moral psychology
• Psychological egoism
• Ethical egoism
• Rational egoism
• Motivation
  • Will (philosophy)
  • Volition (psychology)
  • Akrasia / Weakness of Will
• Meta-ethics
• Moral rationalism (created)
• Moral sense theory (created)
• Ethical intuitionism
• Moral skepticism
• Moral nihilism
• Argument from queerness
• Internalism and Externalism in Ethics
• An Enquiry Concerning the Principles of Morals
• Various philosophers, such as:
  • J. L. Mackie
  • Michael A. Smith (philosopher)
  • Peter Railton
  • John Broome (philosopher)
  • Joseph Raz
  • David Velleman (created)
  • R. Jay Wallace (created)
  • Mark Platts (created)

Primarily working on the following:

• Zombie Argument
• Knowledge argument
• Epiphenomenalism
• Qualia
• Type physicalism
• Various philosophers, such as:
  • John Perry (philosopher)
  • Ludwig Wittgenstein
  • Gareth Evans (philosopher)
  • Jaegwon Kim
  • Frank Cameron Jackson
  • Thomas Nagel
  • Jennifer Hornsby

		The Original Barnstar
		Awarded to Jaymay in recognition of his excellent work expanding and improving moral philosophy articles. Anarchia 10:55, 12 September 2007 (UTC)

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