tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24504461.post8406238655728940149..comments2024-02-19T22:24:48.553-06:00Comments on Ite ad Thomam Institute: Wikipedia's "Scholasticism" - A Piece of RubbishUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24504461.post-62357970777169594362011-09-21T07:50:54.906-05:002011-09-21T07:50:54.906-05:00Anyone of you ever DID try to edit wikipedia?
As ...Anyone of you ever DID try to edit wikipedia?<br /><br />As for changing terminology accepted by experts of history of learning (who need not be scholastics), such as second scholasticism, neo-scholasticism, if you try to take that away, your edit will be treated as vandalism, but add or correct facts about each item, and you will of course leave traces there.<br /><br />Did you try it or not?Hans Georg Lundahlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01055583255516264955noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24504461.post-72510244376445627012011-09-20T11:52:41.283-05:002011-09-20T11:52:41.283-05:00It looks like the author is one who is sympathetic...It looks like the author is one who is sympathetic towards Scholasticism, from what he states in the preface. It is a short book too, so I might just jump into it. Thanks!Evokennoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24504461.post-61502437646794688942011-09-20T11:28:41.876-05:002011-09-20T11:28:41.876-05:00Evoken, I've only read some parts of it, so I ...Evoken, I've only read some parts of it, so I cannot really give an assessment. But it looks good so far.Don Pacohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13921692353515274589noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24504461.post-9496074844718442382011-09-20T07:46:01.350-05:002011-09-20T07:46:01.350-05:00When it comes to the history of Scholasticism woul...When it comes to the history of Scholasticism would this book (which you link to in our Links Library) be a good source?<br /><br />http://maritain.nd.edu/jmc/etext/scholas1.htmEvokennoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24504461.post-72187065126749267392011-03-03T09:14:39.659-06:002011-03-03T09:14:39.659-06:00I sense an edit war coming up on wiki ... there wa...I sense an edit war coming up on wiki ... there was a time when I was edit-warring myself, articles geocentrism and parallax. French editions.<br /><br />Of course, the parallax actually observed 1838 was not the kind that St Robert Bellarmine would have accepted as proof, and I said so much. Guess if my edit eventually got deleted?Hans Georg Lundahlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01055583255516264955noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24504461.post-20432789593784946522011-03-02T10:35:57.973-06:002011-03-02T10:35:57.973-06:00Doodler, I think your conclusion is a serious mist...Doodler, I think your conclusion is a serious mistake given that your premise is right. As you say, "many people resort to Wikipedia as the fount of all knowledge." Students quote uncritically from it and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_in_judicial_opinions" rel="nofollow">even judges are cautiously making use of it</a>. We can lament these things all we like Simonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10065798213115341398noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24504461.post-84169202229580592682011-03-02T09:29:55.295-06:002011-03-02T09:29:55.295-06:00Don Paco I can't help you but please do it. Al...Don Paco I can't help you but please do it. Also you can ask them to include an external link to the definition of Ite Ad Thomam.uhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01358759974324103499noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24504461.post-13303455276251497952011-03-01T16:01:17.759-06:002011-03-01T16:01:17.759-06:00I am always being amazed by how many people resort...I am always being amazed by how many people resort to Wikipedia as the fount of all knowledge. It is a symptom of the serious decline in rigorous academic scholarship. Best left well alone!!Doodlerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10476313122409864359noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24504461.post-58454371031326013142011-03-01T14:29:27.141-06:002011-03-01T14:29:27.141-06:00Not for nothing, after all, is there a motto attri...Not for nothing, after all, is there a motto <a href="http://www.wired.com/software/webservices/commentary/alttext/2006/04/70670" rel="nofollow">attributed to Wikipedia</a>: "Experts are scum."Simonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10065798213115341398noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24504461.post-60646124835873209462011-03-01T14:28:48.994-06:002011-03-01T14:28:48.994-06:00No Wikipedia article is better than the sum of the...No Wikipedia article is better than the sum of the knowledge and skills of the editors who have worked on it; often it is worse. While Wikipedia does encourage a species of bold editing, I suggest that the fastest route to getting the article fixed is likely to start with a talk page post identifying particular problems with content and structure and proposing the solutions. Simply editing the Simonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10065798213115341398noreply@blogger.com