User:Velho

Hi! I'm Velho (Portuguese for old man and, I am told, Finnish for wizard)

If you want to say my name, read the e as in bed, the lh as Spanish ll or Italian gli, and the o as in to or do; put the stress on the first syllable. You'll end up with something like that: ['vɛʎu].

I am not really that old. I'm younger than Uma Thurman, even if older than Michael Adams. But I feel I should be younger, and I'm getting older. I can't keep my duties. That's akrasia.

I've been writing mostly on philosophy of law, ethics, normativity, philosophy of language, linguistics, chess and on subjects related to Portugal. Now and then, I edit some articles on insects.

This user believes truth is adaequatio intellectus et rei, or something like that.

This user is a jurist.

This user is Portuguese and is mostly happy with it.

This user enjoys philosophy.

This user believes that death is an acceptable part of life.

This user is an omnivore.

This user is not far from being a moral realist.

This user opposes both legal positivism and natural law theory.

This user firmly believes that Utilitarianism sucks.

This user thinks that abstractions cannot hurt anybody.

This user is a physicalist, and believes that everything that exists is made of matter or energy.

This user is a committed advocate of democracy.

This user is nocturnal.

This user believes that the universe began with a bang.

This user believes insects are the best arthropods!

This user enjoys playing chess.

This user acknowledges Fernando Pessoa were geniuses.

This user is an atheist and is probably going to Hell.

Some of my favourite (which doesn't necessarily mean good) contributions:

• Analogy
• Norm (philosophy)
• Interpretivism
• António Castanheira Neves
• Robert Alexy
• Ronald Dworkin
• Laws without ethical content
• Brute fact
• Convention (norm)
• Finite verb
• Interjection
• Portuguese grammar
• Pro-sentence
• Translating "law" to other European languages (even if it was a candidate for deletion...)
• Social construction

You can check my latest contributions here.

This user has already left every hemisphere.

...This user would like to know all existing languages.

ptEste usuário/utilizador tem como língua materna o português.

en-3This user can contribute with an advanced level of English.

gl-2Este usuario pode contribuír cun nivel intermedio de galego.

de-2Dieser Benutzer hat fortgeschrittene Deutschkenntnisse.

fr-2Cet utilisateur peut contribuer avec un niveau intermédiaire en français.

es-2Este usuario puede contribuir con un nivel intermedio de español.

la-1Hic usor simplici latinitate contribuere potest.

it-1Questo utente può contribuire con un livello semplice di italiano.

gk-1Es utilisadur ta papia kriol.