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Tag for Linguistic Relativity
This question prompted this (meta) question.
I added the tag "linguistic-relativity"
But it could be called a number of other things
Sapir-Whorf
Whorfianism
Linguistic Determinism
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The ‘logic’ tag is problematically overused
Really excellent question from 12 years ago on this topic: More specific tags needed to cover questions in logic
I have been regularly going through the highest scoring questions of all time under the ...
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A deep justification for or against different meta-categories of tags
I'm looking for perspectives coming from deep within Stack Exchange moderation theory, and information science and categorization systems with a focus on human factors, usability, and user experience.
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Is there anything wrong with just using Wikipedia or another encyclopedia for a tag definition?
Here's the current info blurb for the logic tag on Philosophy SE:
For questions about logic, whether it concerns syllogistic logic, mathematical logic or the nature of logic itself.
This definition ...
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What is the [natural] tag for?
There is a [natural] tag with one question (so far).
Not sure what the tag is or could be for. Maybe worth deleting?
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Is it possible to introduce a Gandhi tag?
I recently asked a question and realized there is a Foucault tag but no Gandhi tag. Is it possible to introduce a Gandhi tag?
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Defference of a Biology/Taxonomy question to Philosophy
What are the sufficient criteria that make an entity a living homo sapiens? [on hold]
It is sadly common to see OPs not really understanding that terms definition is a question of philosophy. Unless ...
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Theology tag equivalence
About this question
around the statement God is good.
I am no theologian, and question seemed about theology so I let it be.
I noticed that a subsequent edit removed the theology tag. So assuming ...
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What should one do about misspelled tags?
There is a new tag, "etthics". It is a misspelling of "ethics".
I suggested that "etthics" be a synonym for "ethics", but, now that I think about it, that is not what I would like to see happen ...
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Scope of the tag "logic"
In the last 24 hours, several have had the tag "logic" removed from them.
There seems to be a "logic" about this, but I'm not sure I follow it in every case.
First, several where I agree:
Is this a ...
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In tag excerpts how to treat philosophical views fairly?
500 characters are not much to describe a philosophical view without “lack of demarcation” and still treat it fairly.
The current libertarianism tag excerpt (written by me):
A political philosophy ...
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General Philosophy StackExchange Questions
I study computer science and intend to work in that, so I'm more frequently on anything closely related to StackOverflow, which might be more core to StackExchange than this particular area of the ...
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Can we remove "theology" from the scope of philosophy.SE?
The SE communities already include Buddhism, Hinduism, Christianity, Islam and there is even a Biblical Hermeneutics community. Anyone posting theological questions can consult those communities.
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Tags like libertarianism
So we have here certain very confusing tags, like rationalism or even worse libertarianism.
Tags become confusing if they lack a description (usage guidance). So what should the well-meaning person ...
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Do we need the conditionals tag?
Lately there have been many suggested edits to add a new conditionals tag. I've been accepting these because strictly speaking they're correct.
However, do we need that tag? It seems that logic is ...
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