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FAC of Ethics
editThe article Ethics is currently a candidate for featured article status. I was hoping to get some more feedback from reviewers. The nomination page can be found at Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/Ethics/archive1. For a short FAQ of the FA reviewing process, see here. Phlsph7 (talk) 07:25, 7 July 2024 (UTC)
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Requested move at Talk:Calls for the destruction of Israel#Requested move 31 July 2024
editThere is a requested move discussion at Talk:Calls for the destruction of Israel#Requested move 31 July 2024 that may be of interest to members of this WikiProject. RodRabelo7 (talk) 10:12, 7 August 2024 (UTC)
Independent review of the discussion in Existential Risk Studies
editHello,
I would like to invite the participants of this project to review the current discussion around existential risk studies. The article was created by me, and since its publication in the mainspace it has been subject to the criticism of some editors. I am having a difficult time engaging with this discussion, as I have exhausted my energy to explain and quote sources while the contesting side hasnt provide a single source contradicting the current presentation or even indicated a single sentence that deserves reformulation, still, the NPOV mark has been added and have been feeling less and less capable to reach any consensus with the current quorum of the debate. JoaquimCebuano (talk) 16:21, 12 August 2024 (UTC)
Request for opinions regarding Dasein article
editThe dispute resolution process suggests that I post here to request opinions on a current dispute at Talk:Dasein#Removal of wording about earlier usage. The question is whether or not the Dasein article (which is listed as "high-importance" in this Project) should include a brief mention that the term "Dasein" had been used in philosophical contexts prior to Heidegger. -- HLachman (talk) 01:40, 16 August 2024 (UTC)
- I'm posting here again to renew my request for additional opinions, as we seem to be at an impasse. The discussion has become quite lengthy, however, a key sticking point can be identified by looking for the sentence in red ("it is prohibited to..."). If interested, please take a look and let us know your opinion, thanks. -- HLachman (talk) 10:34, 19 August 2024 (UTC)
Anything to do last-minute first? Hyperbolick (talk) 03:13, 16 August 2024 (UTC)
Good article reassessment for Batman: Anarky
editBatman: Anarky has been nominated for a good article reassessment. If you are interested in the discussion, please participate by adding your comments to the reassessment page. If concerns are not addressed during the review period, the good article status may be removed from the article. Z1720 (talk) 02:12, 19 August 2024 (UTC)
Good article reassessment for John Maynard Keynes
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Move discussion for The Void (philosophy)
editAn editor has requested that The Void (philosophy) be moved to The Void, which may be of interest to this WikiProject. You are invited to participate in the move discussion. Skyerise (talk) 11:37, 19 August 2024 (UTC)
Scope of the articles Value theory and Axiology
editI was thinking about overhauling the articles Value theory and Axiology. Before I get started, I wanted to hear what others think about the scope of these articles. Most sources seem to agree that "value theory" and "axiology" are synonyms for the same project: the study of values. For example:
- Oxford Handbook on Value theory, p. 1: Value theory, or axiology, concerns which things are good or bad, how good or bad they are, and, most fundamentally, what it is for a thing to be good or bad.
- Problems in Value Theory, p. 17: Axiology (or Value Theory) is the branch of philosophy that studies value.
- Value Theory: A Research into Subjectivity, pp.1, 3: the theory of value, or Axiology, ... the formation of axiology, or value theory...
If we follow this idea, there should be only one article, not two. Some sources distinguish different senses and say that the two terms are synonyms in one sense but not in another, for example:
- Value Theory, p. 6: In this sense, often synonymous with axiology (from the Greek ‘axía’, ‘value’), value theory is usually contrasted with at least two different kinds of inquiries.
- Standford Encyclopedia of Philosophy entry "Value Theory" (lead section): In this narrow sense, “value theory” is roughly synonymous with “axiology”.
If one tried to dig into these sources, it might be possible to justify two separate articles by focusing Value theory on the broad sense and Axiology on the narrow sense (limited to "classifying what things are good, and how good they are"). However, there would still be significant overlap and it wouldn't be clear what to do with the sources that simply treat the two terms as synonyms. An additional difficulty is that some sources reverse these characterizations and see axiology as the wider term ([1]). It would probably be better to have only one article and explain these difficulties in one paragraph in a definition section. For a short discussion on this some years ago without consensus, see Talk:Value_theory#Axiology and Talk:Axiology#Merge_Axiology_and_"value_theory"_entries.
If we decide to have only one article, the next question would be whether the title should be "Value theory" or "Axiology". I would slightly favor "Value theory" but both terms are common. Phlsph7 (talk) 11:46, 25 August 2024 (UTC)
- I support a merge into one article. Although I believe "value theory" is the more common term today, "axiology" might be the more common search term—just because it's harder to guess its meaning. As long as there's a redirect, however, and the lead directly mentions the equivalence, I would be entirely fine with either one. Patrick (talk) 20:20, 29 August 2024 (UTC)