Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Hanneke Canters


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The result of the debate was no consensus, keep. References provided. Johnleemk | Talk 07:11, 22 January 2006 (UTC)

Hanneke Canters
un-notability: her only published work is her thesis Melaen 18:06, 16 January 2006 (UTC)
 * Delete Sad, but she died too young to have yet become notable.   Dl yo ns 493   Ta lk  19:50, 16 January 2006 (UTC)
 * Come again?! At what age must one die to become notable? Buddy Holly died at 22. I'm sure you didn't mean it the way it sounds, but it does sound a little suspect! --kingboyk 22:44, 16 January 2006 (UTC)


 * What I meant was she might have become notable if she'd had more time - but a single thesis would have had to be exceptional to qualify her, and I don't think anyone is claiming that for it. Dl yo ns 493   Ta lk   20:55, 17 January 2006 (UTC)


 * Delete There is no demonstration that Canters' thesis is influential amongst Feminist academic circles. Might be a justifiable keep if citations and references to critical appraisals can be provided.   (aeropagitica)   21:39, 16 January 2006 (UTC)

Comment: I have added more citations with more to come. I do think Canters made a significant contribution to philosophy - I intend to give a summary of her thinking. Her work has just been published so it will take some time for there to be critical reviews of her ideas - so perhaps give the entry some time. It is an interesting question as to how many books make a person notable - and surely there is a very subjective element in the judgement of who is notable and who is not - and how this is measured. Certainly, Canters made a verifable contribution to human knowledge whatever on thinks of the subject matter itself. Also the book was co written with Grace Jantzen who herself has clearly made advances in the feminist philosophy of religion and contributions to developing the work of French feminist thought in the English speaking world. Thanks stuartg238


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