Crowdsourcing – online database in WordPress 28 Sep 201128 Sep 2011 Hi everyone. I have an idea: to set up a database of aphorisms by philosophers to which everyone can contribute, but which I will approve before it shows, and which everyone can search. Each record must include the bibliographical details and be by a recognised philosopher or historically important source for philosophers like Aquinas. It must also get tags that match the PhilPapers categories. How can I do this using WordPress? I can’t find a plugin that will enable me to do this without having to handle the database directly, which I don’t want to do. Surely somebody has made a plugin that does this? Suggestions? Administrative Philosophy
Cognition Notes on novelty 7: Surprise! 14 Jan 201221 Jun 2018 Notes on Novelty series: 1. Introduction 2. Historical considerations – before and after evolution 3: The meaning of evolutionary novelty 4: Examples – the beetle’s horns and the turtle’s shell 5: Evolutionary radiations and individuation 6: Levels of description 7: Surprise! 8: Conclusion – Post evo-devo It is now time to return to the basic argument… Read More
History Responsibility 23 Dec 201122 Jun 2018 Click to go to the original and make rude comments about the misuse of “begs the question”. Late note: The bastard fixed it. Find something else to complain about… Read More
Creationism and Intelligent Design Another ID knockdown, by Sarkar 8 Jun 200918 Sep 2017 Intelligent design (ID) is perhaps the most widely-discussed non-idea of all time. There seem to be three reasons why real scholars discuss it: 1. It is historically an idea that had influence on intellectual history, up to, say, 1860 2. It is an idea that needs to be discussed because… Read More
Aquinas was a theologian who did philosophy (like most theologians of his time). A philosopher is someone whose arguments lead where they lead. A theologian is someone who cannot end up at some heretical points. There are those, like Origen, who straddled the divide. They often ended up medium rare.
You’re describing the comments database. If this comment gets approved, then I must be a recognized philosopher.
You read ET – was there any doubt? The problem with that is twofold: searchability and the need for a different post for each author. Maybe I should set up a new blog, just for that purpose?
You read ET – was there any doubt? I read ET, so unless you want to terminally insult your philosophical colleagues, I sincerely hope so.
I agree with Gregg; this seems to be an ideal use-case for custom post types. Custom post types are available to plugin/theme authors to provide posts other than the standard ‘blog post’ or ‘page’ types WordPress uses. So that’s the bad news: it’s typically a job for someone who wants to get their hands dirty with PHP. The good news: adding the specific keywords ‘custom post types’ to your search of the WordPress plugins directory will probably help you find what you need much faster. For example, there’s this, which I found fairly quickly; I haven’t dug very deep.