Talk:List of Muslim philosophers
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[edit] Cleanup
The atricle needs reasonable sectioning. I also moved another list fropm elsewhere; needs merging. Mukadderat 22:38, 6 June 2006 (UTC)
I changed the first entry for al-Kindi to a fuller form. This is the shape I would like to see the entire list take. Anybody disagree? Kleinecke 03:10, 2 September 2006 (UTC)
The two lists were almost identical. I merged them. Kleinecke 03:17, 2 September 2006 (UTC)
IMHO a list of Muslim philosophers should be just that - a list, arranged chronologically, of Muslim philosophers. In the list I would put the philosophers full name and dates. Maybe ONE word of description (such as Shi'i).
I would be generous about who is considered a philosoper (but I would exclude pure theologians). I would also exclude all collectives and schools from the list. If they must be mentioned I would append a second annotated list. That means merging the two parts of this article into a single list. If I find soem free time I'll try it. Meanwhile - anybody have any objections? Kleinecke 03:32, 2 September 2006 (UTC)
After investigation I conclude that the entire second half of the article is Persian-oriented which is not bad, but is one sided. I admit to a immense prejudice against Shi'ites (I am definitely a Sunnni infidel) and I do not trust myself to work impartially with Shi'ite material. So I will just ignore the second half. Kleinecke 04:18, 2 September 2006 (UTC)