Questions tagged [closed-questions]
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Why arent the users that vote to reopen displayed in the same manner as users who vote to close
When a question is closed, users at a certain reputation level can see which users voted to close and the reason for closure. These statistics have been used as evidence
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Reopening: How do we determine our actual degree of belief?
I'm going to preface this that I'll be downvoting any answers or comments that go after specific community members. I know question closure is a contentious topic but I think both the asker and close-...
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Reopening "How do idealists explain our lack of consciousness when we sleep?"
How do idealists explain our lack of consciousness when we sleep?
Nothing at all wrong with this question. It's a straightforward inquiry into what beliefs are held by a certain philosophical school ...
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Reopening "is the hard problem of consciousness a bad question"
If the hard problem of consciousness is unanswerable, is it a hard problem or just a bad question?
This is a perfectly legitimate philosophical question. It is not some fringe position; as mentioned ...
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How is this question lacking details or clarity?
The question: Is it reasonable to view religions as theories, and, if so, to examine their theoretical predictions in order to test them empirically?
Two comments supporting the question:
@tkruse It'...
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How can I improve this question about the justification of logic?
It's unclear to me how my question What justification do we have for using and trusting logic in domains that lack empirical (scientific) verification? merely pushes a personal philosophy. At least I ...
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What is the practical purpose of closing the question? Google search still shows closed Stackexchange questions
Letting the public vote about closing the question is a very unusual and (in my opinion) unfortunate feature of Stackexchange. Yes, the public love it and overuse it sometimes. But on 99% of open ...
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Charge of duplicate seems unjustified. Shouldn't my question be reopened?
My question: Can the strength of evidence for a proposition P be assessed objectively?
The question my question is allegedly a duplicate of: Can we assign probabilities to God and is the argument from ...
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What's wrong with this question
The question. I've added some details to it after the closure. I'd like to have it reopened, maybe you can point me in the right direction.
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Why was this question about logic deleted?
This question was deleted by a moderator (which prevents voting to undelete, hence we have to talk about it here instead). The question is all about logic, which is listed in the help center as a ...
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Why was my question closed?
Is there a perfect duty against gatekeeping?
Why was my question closed? In general, can we not rush to close question without reasons?
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Which philosophers contended that astronomical lottery jackpots (> $2M USD) are unfair?
How can I improve Which philosophers contend that astronomical lottery jackpots (> $2M USD) are unfair? ? How can I recast it, to render in on topic ? Thank you for your assistance!
My question is ...
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Are moral dilemmas within the scope of philosophy stackexchange?
Are moral dilemmas within the scope of philosophy stackexchange?
Which philosophers would allow the rape of their lover, in order to lower the possibility of some global political evil?
If it's ...
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Is this really just a sociological question?
What does it mean to "fetishise" someone else's race?
My question was closed because someone felt that racial fetishisation was just a "social skills" question, nothing to do ...
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Re-opening a question which appears to be inappropriately closed
Here is a question which has been closed based on being "off topic": What would reality be like without causality?
I at least consider this question to be entirely central to philosophy. I ...
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Why is the question about structuralism and categorization unclear?
Question in question: What is the relationship between categorization and structuralism?
It is closed for being unclear without further guidance. Can you explain more?
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Should there be a "reopen/undelete suggestions" thread on meta?
There's a thread - actually, series of threads - on math.stackexchange for people to nominate questions/answers for reponening/undeletion as appropriate. I think the same type of thread would be ...
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Friends, Are We Philosophers and What is the Purpose of This Site?
Is this site for philosophical questions or questions about philosophy?
I asked a philosophical question (what is an author) and it got closed, since it was “off topic”.
I thought the site was for ...
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How to get clarity on the reason for question closure so that question can be improved?
How can I find out why a question was closed so as to improve the question?
I just had a question closed here. The reason given is that it "needs more focus." At the bottom I reproduce what ...
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https://philosophy.stackexchange.com/questions/70435/what-is-a-both-sufficient-and-necessary-condition-for-not-treating-people-merely
I am trying to understand why the now editted question is still off-topic.
I am looking for a necessary and sufficient condition to classify some/any arbitrary treatment as a treatment merely as a ...
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Is defining scientific concepts a part of philosophy?
I'm new to philosophy stackexchange. So I'm confused as to what is acceptable. May I know how to improve this question? (It's getting downvoted)
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Admitting opinion-based questions with answers supported by arguments?
I follow this forum on philosophy since several years. Sometimes I am a bit tired of reading again and again questions and answers from the history of philosophy: What did philosopher A claim ...
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Why is the question about maladaptive thought deleted without migrated?
Is there any study about how half-baked philosophies encourage maladaptive thoughts? (deleted)
At first I flagged the question to migrate it to Psychology, and it was closed without being migrated. ...
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What can be done to help users improve their questions?
I had a look at the question closure statistics (link for 2k+ users) and the following strikes me as potentially bad:
We close about 1/4th of our questions.
Of those, for roughly 40% it should be ...
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Does there exist the possibility of a search for closed questions, collectively comprising all users?
Since I am here, I always liked those questions (mine and those of other users) most, which have eventually been closed. They always were the most interesting ones.
While it is possible to look up ...
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What is wrong with my question about needing help understanding Deleuzian realism?
Check out this post. Why is this still on hold after I have modified it to bring it in line with the editors' expectations?
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Why was the question about set-theoretic polytheism closed?
I'm having trouble understanding why this question was closed:
https://philosophy.stackexchange.com/questions/41307/what-might-be-traditional-monotheisms-responses-to-set-theoretic-polytheism
To me, ...
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Is once a "too broad" question remains always a "too broad" question (even after edits)?
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I had posted a question: How can free will really exist if universe repeats itself in perfect pattern? which orginally looked exactly like this question.
Despite of great trimming down, it's ...
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I'm just commenting on an unfair instance in the Philosophy s.e. about a question about lyrics in a rock song
I wrote a question about the A.C.D.C. lyrics 'who made who ' and many comments where made between other users. I commented on some challenges to my position then one user started debating points ,I ...
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Must every answer contain a source? Which kind of sources are accepted and why? [duplicate]
On this answer, I received a comment from virmaior that it should be "sourced in philosophy (roughly as defined in academic philosophy)".
Other answers involving the subjectivity of morality were ...
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Should this question be reopened?
I have made several edits and have completely reworded my question. It is presently closed. Should it be reopened?
Here is the link:
Could the universe have a self-originated source?
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Why was my question on IIT closed?
This question is on hold. I don't understand why. Rather than have a long comment thread, I'd rather discuss it here.
It seems like there are two objections:
The question is unclear. I don't ...
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The Koan: What should have been asked?
This is the question I want you to be thinking about, when examining and reviewing questions on your deep-dives through the database.
If a question is problematic, figure out what's conditioning the ...
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Closing questions deemed "Polling"
This question was closed for alleged "polling":
What are the reasons for human conflict?
Yet the questions listed below, and numerous others along similar lines, are allowed to stand. I sense some ...
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How often have closed questions been reopened?
Does anyone have any stats on how many closed questions have been reopened?
From my time here it seems that this rarely, if ever, happens. I'm just curious if this impression is accurate. Wouldn't be ...
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Concerning *the closure* of the question "Is it possible to scientifically determine good and evil?" [closed]
Update. The question has apparently been reverted to its previous state by Lennart Regebro, apparently because he felt that I substantially expanded the question. I feel that my points below apply to ...
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Is it regular practice to both close and remove questions?
I have to say I was shocked to find my closed question was removed. The FAQ states,
Questions that are extremely off topic, or of very low quality, may be removed at the discretion of the community ...
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Why was my question on alternatives to Wittgenstein closed?
Which if any philosophers might be considered affiliated with Wittgenstein's school of thought or have expressed similar views?
In my view, some of the moderators here on Philosophy SE seems to ...
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Why closing questions which could be answered differently but still correct
I saw this question an wondered why it was closed as the reason:
closed as not a real question by Michael Dorfman, stoicfury♦ yesterday
It's difficult to tell what is being asked here. This ...
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Why are some questions closed by only one or two users?
On most other SE sites, particularly Stack Overflow, at least 5 people are required in order to close a question.
How come I see so many questions on Philosophy.SE that have been closed by only one ...
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