Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Peter Lewis (philosopher)

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The result of the debate was No Consensus default to Keep. Essjay ·  Talk 07:15, August 11, 2005 (UTC)

Peter Lewis (philosopher)
Being a philosopher of science and seeking to show inconsistencies in an interpretation of quantum mechanics is not notable in itself. The article is about a real person and does not assert his notability: it has been deleted in the past, but not by vfd, and has recently re-emerged. --Mysidia 05:11, 1 August 2005 (UTC)


 * Every philospher and physicist in the last 50+ years (including Einstein himself) has been "seeking to show inconsistencies" in quantum theory. Delete. - Che Nuevara, the Democratic Revolutionary 02:28, 2 August 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete - see no reason to claim noteability, give him a few years and maybe a Nobel or two, then write an article :-) Vsmith 23:24, 3 August 2005 (UTC)


 * Save - A google search for: "Peter Lewis", quantum, returns 776 hits. While a few are unrelated to Peter Lewis most refer to him. The number of hits for his name only increase if other combinations were searched for, e.g. "Lewis, Peter" quantum, or "Peter J. Lewis" quantum, etc. Not that I put a lot of stock into google searches when it comes to rating academics studying the intricacies of an incredibly complex and mathematical discipline. Peter Lewis is an active player in group of living philosophers attempting to achieve some understanding in regards to quantum mechanics. He is well published in highly respected philosophic journals. And while you might not find him notable enough for the Wikipedia encyclopedia, he does appear in the Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy's entry on "The Many-Worlds Interpretation of Quantum Mechanics". I submit to Wikipedia that any philosopher who is notable enough to have their arguments/philosophy appear in such a prominent encyclopedia as the Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy, is notable enough to have an entry on Wikipedia. --atfyfe 19:50, 5 August 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep, per above, and that it passes the college professor test. arj 00:38, 7 August 2005 (UTC)
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