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Discussion on the future of the Marxist taskforce

There is a discussion going on at the talk page to WikiProject Philosophy on merging the Marxist taskforce into the Socialist project. Seeing that you are a member, are you against such a merger, if so why? --TIAYN (talk) 11:39, 11 April 2010 (UTC)

No, I am in favor. I will probably be the one using AWB to switch project banners(?) I just need to be sure everyone would be okay with it, and how. I am thinking that Marxism just merges into WikiProject Socialism.Greg Bard 16:51, 11 April 2010 (UTC)

Regarding the ongoing noticeboard thread on WFF.

Look, you really ought to take your grievance to the appropriate place, and the Philosophy noticeboard is not it.

For the record, I have a PhD in Logic granted by a philosophy department, and I agree with Rubin, et al., on your contribution to Well-formed formula. You wrote that a well-formed formula is "an idea, abstraction or concept which is expressed using the symbols and formation rules (also called the formal grammar) of a particular formal language." One may well call this claim nonsense without bearing a grudge against philosophy.

In any case, the noticeboard is not intended for the sort of discussion you evidently wish to have. Phiwum (talk) 22:27, 12 April 2010 (UTC)

I'm always open to discussing actual content matters. However, if a person is a jerk, I don't have to suffer it. Conspicuously identifying jerks (in a civil manner, without calling them jerks) is my right and duty.
The Hunter source, which I chose to purchase for myself for its subject matter is a reliable source. It contains the statement refered to by CBM: "A formula is an abstract thing..." The response from them is to call into question the source as "idiosyncratic" etcetera. So even reliable sources are not good enough when faced with them for this group. If it is your claim that formulas should be classified ontologically with concrete, physical, or empirical entities, then your PhD isn't helping on this issue. I can understand that the whole "well-formed" descriptor probably crosses the line into linguistic entities which can be considered concrete, physical, or empirical. However, logicians are always dealing most primarily with the idea when they reason things out, not the marks on paper. (I wish I could find the quote on that issue, which seemed pretty definitive at the time.) This is an important and notable distinction which should be covered appropriately. If there is no article for "formula" and "formula" is redirected to "well-formed formula" which is widely considered to be synonymous, then the article should cover this aspect. Period.
My goal is to create articles with intellectual depth. That will require covering the metalogical issues. They are quite hostile to this project. Rather than get to the bottom of the issues, they delete and forget about it. It has lead to the removal of some high quality, and valid material.
I appreciate your attention to the issue. I would be interested on your further elucidations on the issue, since you are so decent about it. Be well, Greg Bard 23:17, 12 April 2010 (UTC)

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