User:Nootiebeans/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
 * -Brain In Vat
 * Article Evaluation
 * -The article does a good job of staying relevant to the topic, and it is written from a neutral standpoint that is impartial without any opinions included. The article also does a substantial job with bringing different perspectives on the topic into the article, which adds a nice touch. Most of the claims seem to include a citation, but I believe that the article is not extensive enough for the editors to be able to include a citation for each claim that is being made. Perhaps it is due to a lack of existing scholarly information on the topic. The citations seem to be from reliable sources. The articles does not seem to address or tackle Wikipedia's equity gaps, because most of the references and views seem to be from a white male perspective. This however is an issue with philosophy altogether, and may be a difficult thing to tackle on any philosophical article that is more niche.
 * Article Rating: Start Class
 * Why I chose this article
 * -The reason I chose this article is because it was an interesting topic to learn about during my mind and world class that I took last semester. In addition I thought it would be interesting if I continued to work on an article that a previous student who took this course has worked on. Lastly, I want to see if I am able to tackle the issue of content gaps for this article, and see if I can find any perspectives of women, or POC.
 * Sources
 * Madden, Rory. “Could a Brain in a Vat Self-Refer?” European journal of philosophy 21.1 (2013) 74–93. Web.
 * Madden, Rory. “Could a Brain in a Vat Self-Refer?” European journal of philosophy 21.1 (2013) 74–93. Web.

Option 2

 * Article title
 * -Women in Philosophy
 * Article Rating: Start Class
 * Article Evaluation
 * -The article's content is very thorough and seems relevant to the topic. It is written neutrally in my opinion, however I feel like there may be people who disagree that men have generally dominated the discourse of philosophy and do not believe that the statement is a fact. Besides the introductory sentence that may cause controversy, the rest of the article seems to be impartial and in a neutral tone. The first sentence just depends on if the person who is reading the article will take the statement as a fact or not. Most of the claims do seem to have a citation attached to it, and the citations all seem to be from scholarly sources. The article definitely tackles one of the equity gaps within wikipedia. However, one thing I would like to point out is that although it tackles the lack of female representation as a whole within philosophy, I believe that it would be more worthwhile to see if the different female philosophers mentioned within the article can also be added to existing wikipedia articles. For their contribution on their expertise in philosophy.
 * Why I chose this article
 * -The reason I chose this article is because this is a topic that is in relation to my major and it is definitely a topic that I think about on a daily as I attend my philosophy classes. Since the start of my freshman year, I have noticed that many of the philosophers we learned from were predominately male and of white ethnicity. This has gotten me to think about how the way we perceive philosophy is from a very western point of view and how there may be perspectives that we are failing to look at. I believe that upon working on this article, I will be able to expand on my knowledge of female philosophers and be able to sit in a philosophy class with more knowledge to share.
 * Sources
 * -  Kings, A. E. “Philosophy’s Diversity Problem Understanding the Underrepresentation of Women and Minorities in Philosophy.” Metaphilosophy 50.3 (2019): 212–230. Web.

Option 3

 * Article title
 * -Ethical Subjectivism
 * Article Evaluation
 * -The article's content is relevant to the topic, however the amount of content definitely seems like it can be expanded upon. The article seems to be written from a neutral standpoint since it only provides facts about the topic, and describes its relation to moral relativism. Each claim does have a citation attached, and the citations all seem to be from reputable scholarly sources. I do not believe that the article tackles one of Wikipedia's equity gaps, because the views that were mentioned were mostly from philosophers that are predominately white. In addition the sources used do not seem to tackle equity gaps either. However, like the first article I chose, this might be because it is difficult to find the voices of marginalized philosophers due to how dominant white male presence is within the field.
 * Article Evaluation: Start Class
 * Why I chose this article
 * -The reason I chose this article is because it is in relation to a course that I am currently taking, which is ethical theory, and it is also in relation to my major. In addition I believe that this article can definitely be further expanded upon due to the lack in length, and I want to see if I am able to find more sources as well as perspectives on the topic to make the article more well rounded.
 * Sources
 * Tan, Mark M.H. “AN ARGUMENT AGAINST ETHICAL SUBJECTIVISM.” Think  philosophy for everyone 14.41 (2015): 69–72. Web.
 * Note on source: Although this source argues against ethical subjectivism, the wikipedia article does lack an area of dissent which I believe is helpful to include, since wikipedia articles look to cover all views on the topic.