Talk:List of Canadian philosophers

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Clarification: "from Montreal"[edit]

Is this a list of philosophers born or raised in Montreal? Or also philosophers who currently live or work in Montreal? (Sometimesthinking 16:29, 17 April 2007 (UTC))[reply]

I dont understand the purpose of the heading "List of Montréal Philosophers and Psychologists" Like "sometimesthinking" said, what is the criteria? I propose a removal of this heading and categorizing the Canadian scholars alphabetically; Will Kymlicka under K and so on. Any opinions?Pprkl007 (talk) 14:01, 3 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

I too am puzzled by this list. It's titled "List of Canadian Philosophers" but the subhead calls it "Montréal Philosophers and Psychologists", and there are representatives from both lists, as well as people like Jane Jacobs and BW Powe, who have no clear connection to Philosophy, Psychology or Montreal. A real dog's breakfast. Needs retitling, clearer criteria or simply deletion.Hairhorn (talk) 15:43, 3 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]

This list does not appear necessary to me since a list of Canadian philosophers can already be found here [[1]]

Pollinosisss (talk) 18:54, 19 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Marshal McLuhan[edit]

Dear contributors,

Could we consider Marshall McLuhan as a philosopher ?

According to the Canadian Encyclopedia, he is a communication theorist ; for some philosophers, he can be considered as a philosopher of technology, like Yoni Van Den Eede in his book Amor Technologiae: Marshall McLuhan as Philosopher of Technology.

Here is the summary of Eede's book obtained from Goodreads :

"Fusing the fairly new traditions of philosophy of technology and media ecology in a systematic manner, this discussion interprets and rephrases the work of media theorist Marshall McLuhan in the context of a comprehensive philosophy of media. Seen from this perspective, it argues that media are not merely channels, forces, or things, as more traditional accounts would have it; they are partially elusive and inherently ambivalent entities to which humans need to meaningfully relate, through the existential project of engaging into, building, and savoring relationships with them."

Tell me what you think and if nobody object his entry, I will do it. Xavharel (talk) 19:13, 18 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]