User:JSlater2119/Choose an Article

Article Selection
Please list articles that you're considering for your Wikipedia assignment below. Begin to critique these articles and find relevant sources.

Option 1

 * Article title
 * Political Philosophy


 * Article Evaluation
 * The lead of this article starts off strong but the further it is read it can be seen that the lead is not really a perfect description of the article since it is missing many of the major points of the article. The article itself also has decent amount of basic information already however lacks many specific ideas related to the concept of political philosophy. The article also lacks citations in many areas of the article. there are also numerous figures within the article who's political philosophy was not touched on as much as should've been or their most important ideas when dealing with political philosophy were not covered.


 * Sources
 * Political Philosophy. Yale University Press; 2012. Accessed September 9, 2021. https://search-ebscohost-com.libproxy.albany.edu/login.aspx?direct=true&db=e000xna&AN=497690&site=ehost-live

Option 2

 * Article title
 * Contemporary Philosophy


 * Article Evaluation
 * The article is generally well written all over with good formatting however lots of the information within the article seems to be lacking complete citations. The lead although well written has information within it which is not covered in the general article. Although there is decent amount of information within the article still feel as if it is missing important points about contemporary philosophy.


 * Sources
 * Encyclopædia Britannica, inc. (n.d.). Contemporary philosophy. Encyclopædia Britannica. Retrieved September 10, 2021, from https://www.britannica.com/topic/Western-philosophy/Contemporary-philosophy.

Option 3

 * Article title
 * Philosophy of Life


 * Article Evaluation
 * The article although covering the very general idea of philosophies of life does not delve much into the actual philosophies while also lacking in text citations for large amounts of the article. overall this article definitely could use improvement in information, formatting and other aspects.


 * Sources
 * Metz, T. (2021, February 9). The meaning of life. Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy. Retrieved September 10, 2021, from https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/life-meaning/.

Option 4

 * Article title
 * Cartesian Self


 * Article Evaluation
 * The whole lead of this article is not very strong and doesn't relate to the substance or cartesian dualism, the concept which the cartesian self is a part of, also the lead fails to make the strong connection to the fact that this is Descartes idea while also failing to provide a fair layout for the wikipedia article. The background and interpretations are the only subheadings yet there could definitely be more such as possibly a criticisms section and an implications section having to do with what the concept of the cartesian self implies for ones identity. The interpretations section is lacking and could definitely use more information as well as the whole article in general in ways such as connecting the concept to the philosophical idea which it stems from in Cartesian Dualism. I generally just feel like this article is in need of more fleshing out in numerous aspects of portraying the idea of what the cartesian self is in relation to the actual philosophical concept of the self.
 * Ratings: Stub-article low importance


 * Sources
 * Mehta, Neeta. "Mind-body dualism: A critique from a health perspective." Mens Sana Monographs, vol. 9, no. 1, Jan.-Dec. 2011, p. 202. Gale Academic OneFile, link.gale.com/apps/doc/A253994751/AONE?u=albanyu&sid=bookmark-AONE&xid=799d9f1e. Accessed 17 Sept. 2021.

Option 5

 * Article title
 * Meontology


 * Article Evaluation
 * The lead for this article is extremely weak only has one sentence which conveys nothing about what the article is going to entail instead just giving barebones definition of the concept. There are only two sections after the lead paragraph and they cover very little about the extensive history of meontology within Jewish and Chinese traditions. The article more specifically covers very little on the great connection meontology shares in buddhist tradition. I also feel as if there should be more comment on how meontology relates to the philosophical concept of nothingness

Kavka M. Jewish Messianism and the History of Philosophy. Cambridge University Press; 2004. Accessed September 18, 2021. https://search-ebscohost-com.libproxy.albany.edu/login.aspx?direct=true&db=e000xna&AN=161174&site=ehost-live
 * Sources