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== Perhaps a nit... == | |||
But I cringe whenever I see "so-called" or similar prefixes, or usages where putting a term in quotes can suggest it is being deprecated at best. While I have absolutely no idea of the candidates for father, mother, aunt, uncle, etc., of philosophy, if the "father of philosophy" term is in reasonably common use, I'd tend to look for a sourced quote where I can attribute it and avoid "so-called". | |||
"Comte was called the father of philosophy by some-noted-philosopher [ source ]" should work. [[User:Howard C. Berkowitz|Howard C. Berkowitz]] 16:26, 17 November 2008 (UTC) | |||
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Perhaps a nit...
But I cringe whenever I see "so-called" or similar prefixes, or usages where putting a term in quotes can suggest it is being deprecated at best. While I have absolutely no idea of the candidates for father, mother, aunt, uncle, etc., of philosophy, if the "father of philosophy" term is in reasonably common use, I'd tend to look for a sourced quote where I can attribute it and avoid "so-called".
"Comte was called the father of philosophy by some-noted-philosopher [ source ]" should work. Howard C. Berkowitz 16:26, 17 November 2008 (UTC)