What is Philosophy?

The term is derived from a combination of the Greek words philos meaning love and sophia meaning wisdom. The question itself is a philosophical dilemma that will likely be explored as the journal grows.

Are You a Philosopher?

I suppose that in the sense that I love wisdom, I am a devoted philosopher, but who isn’t? Searching for truth is a prominent aspect in everyone’s life, and it is also described as the ultimate task of a philosopher by prominent ancient thinkers such as Plato and Aristotle. Through our evolution and advancement, all humans accepted the title of philosophers by adopting the power of our minds over sheer force.

Therefore, I am a philosopher in the capacity that I think. I accept the designation because it recognizes my efforts to actively pursue my ideas beyond the easily visible first layer.

Who Are You?

I am a nineteen year old student living in New York, and am attending the University at Buffalo as a sophomore. I will be majoring in Biomedical Sciences as I hope to become a doctor, but I have recently been exploring the possibility of a minor in philosophy.

Why Use a Website?

The ubiquity of the Internet makes an online journal the perfect publishing platform. Also, inclusion within powerful publishing networks such as 9rules has greatly boosted my readership.

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Host

This site is hosted at the wonderful Dreamhost. They have an excellent support staff that will ensure that your needs are taken care of…quickly.

Dreamhost’s plans are all huge, meaning that you won’t ever have to worry about bandwidth or space, and almost every feature is followed by an “unlimited” description.

Content Management

erraticwisdom is powered by Textpattern, the most powerful, and versatile CMS on the planet. Textpattern is fairly easy to learn and, once mastered, has unlimited power. Give it a try; you’ll never use anything else again.

Plugins

asy_sitemap 0.7 by Sencer Yurdaguel

Generates a gz-compressed Google-Sitemap. [inactive]

rss_suparchive 0.18 by Rob Sable

Article listings by date or by category/section. Archive menu by month or year with totals [active]

ob1_title 2.2 by Henrik Jönsson

An enhancement for txp:page_title with more features. [active]

rss_live_search 0.2.2 by Rob Sable

Live search. [inactive]

rsx_plugins_list 1.0 by Ramanan Sivaranjan

Display a list of plugins currently installed. [active]

rss_admin_db_manager 4.3 by Rob Sable

Database management system. [active]

ajw_if_comment_owner 0.3 by Andrew Waer

Allows checking one or multiple comment field values to "verify" an indentity [active]

ajw_notepad_public 0.1 by Andrew Waer

Adds public notepad to admin interface of textpattern. [active]

hak_textile_tags 0.1.1 by Patrick Woods

Generates a Quicktags like textile formatting bar [active]

kgr_safe_excerpt 1.0 by Kurt Raschke

Generates an excerpt based on the body text with tags removed, or the excerpt, if it exists. [active]

Beginning 0.6 by See Help

Automatic Excerpt Generation [active]

etz_striptags 0.1 by Nikolaos Genimakis

Strips (X)HTML and PHP tags from its input [active]

hak_article_image 0.3.3 by Patrick Woods

Extension of zem_article_image [active]

mrw_spamkeywords_urlcount 0.1 by Brian Warren

Mr. Warren's attempt to catch some spam. [active]

zem_contact_lang 4.0.3.03 by TXP Community

Language plug-in for Zem Contact Reborn [active]

zem_contact_reborn 4.0.3.17 by TXP Community

Form mailer for Textpattern [active]

zem_rewrite 0.6 by Threshold State

Configurable clean URLs [inactive]

Credits

Thanks to anyone and everyone that I pestered to finally get erraticwisdom on the web.

I’m always available to discuss everything from freelance design requests to Textpattern problems to just chatting. I usually answer all emails within 48 hours, but I have been receiving an increasing number recently so please be patient if it takes a little longer.