Talk:Chance (philosophy)

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Merge with indeterminism?[edit]

AFIACS, the content of this article is identical with the philosophical content of indeterminism. The only difference seems to be that the word "chance" is not much used in philosophy, "indeterminism" being preferred.1Z (talk) 14:29, 26 July 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Support. Yep, this article is redundant. The content overlaps that of Indeterminism, especially the subsections “Ancient Greece” and “Modernity,” which appear in the other article almost verbatim. Indeterminism is longer and more comprehensive than Chance; this article does not present any new information. Sure, the word “chance” has a different definition than the word “indeterminism,” but only because it's more vague; many of it's meanings don't warrant an entire encyclopedia entry and Wikipedia is not a dictionary. This article is a great candidate for a merge, so I am going to be bold and turn this page into a redirect to Indeterminism. Braincricket (talk) 07:48, 26 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]

It is, essentially, one person's recent work William M. Connolley (talk) 08:17, 26 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Should not merge[edit]

Chance traditionally refers to broader meanings than indeterminism, therefore should keep it a separate article. 118.70.255.133 (talk) 11:38, 7 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]

If that is the case, why is the article "chance" shorter than "indeterminism" ? 1Z (talk) 14:40, 7 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]