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[edit] Family resemblance

There appears to be a bit of a dispute developing on this page. Grateful if someone could have a look and comment of the various versions.A 44 will get you 99 (talk) 14:29, 26 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Animals and ethics

Posted to WT:WikiProject Philosophy, WT:WikiProject Animals and WT:WikiProject Animal rights, discussion preferred at WT:WikiProject Philosophy

I don't think we have a broad article on the place of non-human animals in ethics. There are a few specific articles like animal rights, ethics of eating meat, animal cognition etc, but nothing on the broader issue. Going in the opposite direction, there are articles broader than animals that cover more 'holistic' views, e.g. environmental ethics and deep ecology, though given that most animals are probably not conscious beings that would also overlap with the subject. I guess such an article could be called animals in ethics or something like that. It might also mention the prehuman precursors to morality seen in other animals (which relates to the origin of morality, another needed article), although this is broadening the scope a little more. Richard001 (talk) 04:41, 1 June 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Possible joint task force?

There is currently a proposal at Wikipedia:WikiProject Council/Proposals#Christian theology for a group to focus on content related to Christian theology. Considering that that field also falls within the scope of this project, I was wondering whether you would possibly agree to it being set up as a joint task force of both projects. Opinions? John Carter (talk) 17:52, 3 June 2008 (UTC)

I'd be willing to join such a task force. Rick Norwood (talk) 20:59, 3 June 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Natural Theology and "Astrotheology"

The expertise of those knowledgeable in the subject of Natural theology would be very helpful both in that entry and on the possibly soon deleted Astrotheology entry. There is a content dispute that broke out on the second of the two entries, which has now spilled over to the first. Exactly what natural theology includes and how best to define it are at the heart of this dispute. Thanks for any help. (Note: I am cross posting this on WikiProject(s):Religion and Christianity).PelleSmith (talk) 21:40, 4 June 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Emanuel Lasker

I've been editing the article on Emanuel Lasker, who is generally best known as a chess player and writer. However he also wrote a few philosophical works. I'd be grateful if you could review Emanuel Lasker and correct an yerros or omissions. In particlular, have his philosophical works had any influence? Philcha (talk) 17:28, 6 June 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Philosophy articles flagged for cleanup

Hello,

currently, about 2.500 philosophy articles (or 30%) are flagged for cleanup of some sort. Are you interested which articles are affected? I offer to generate lists of these articles; see User:B. Wolterding/Cleanup listings for details. These lists can either be generated for the project as a whole, or for individual task forces.

If you're interested, please sign up at User talk:B. Wolterding/Cleanup listings. --B. Wolterding (talk) 08:30, 9 June 2008 (UTC)