Talk:Cosmology (metaphysics)

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I'm just starting to expand this page, explaining presocratic cosmology. It will start off with a lot of cut & paste from the articles of different individual philosophers, but should grow from there. Any help is always welcome. WhiteC 01:47, 24 August 2005 (UTC)

This article should be merged with Ionian School, which is a stub. I'm not sure what the eventual title will be yet, but I have copied some things across from there. WhiteC 20:15, 24 August 2005 (UTC)

OK, I have moved it all except for the lead paragraph across to Ionian School. If there are any other noteworthy (Eastern?) philosophers who dealt with cosmology, they should be referenced here. WhiteC 18:26, 26 August 2005 (UTC)

Hi, I'm glad someone is finally paying attention to this page. This is the comment Larry Sanger made on the original cosmology article -- now moved to physical cosmology -- which inspired me to create this page:

Any notion that cosmology is limited to the branch of physics called 'cosmology' belies an ignorance of the millennia-long traditions of cosmology in religion and philosophy which in turn belies a lack of grounding in the liberal arts.

Please see these web pages: cosmology cosmogony

Probably, we will want separate articles, "cosmology (physics)" (if 'cosmology' is indeed the usual, most technical, hip, and up-to-date term for the study of the origins of the universe) and "cosmology (religion and philosophy)."

—Larry

Bellicosity aside, I'm one of those buffoons with no grounding in the liberal arts, so I haven't been able to add much. My mediocre contribution can be found at (the new) cosmology article, which was largely gleaned from the links Larry provided. If someone could expand this, I for one would appreciate it, and probably learn something. –Joke137 18:39, 26 August 2005 (UTC)

Hey folks, I thought I'd add an "expert needed" tag - no disrespect meant to the work already done, but I'd love to see some of the great work out there find its way into this page. Unfortunately I'm not the one to summarize it. --Spetey 16:04, 13 July 2006 (UTC)