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A Metaphilosophy Forum

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Well I learnt something just then … always "Save draft" before leaving the page one has just commenced a new post on!

Further, finding one's saved drafts is tricky. Having saved a draft, to avoid losing an incomplete post, there did not appear to be any immediately obvious way to return to that draft - I eventually noticed the "Load draft" button when, thinking I would have start again (for the third time), I clicked on the "New topic" button. Would it be possible to add instructions to the page that appears to inform the user that their draft has been successfully saved, or even a link in the user-drop-down (upper r/h side of page)?

To the subject of this post: Would you, Scott(?), consider a separate Metaphilosophy Forum? Or, is it considered that the "General" Forum is sufficient? I for one - and hopefully not the only one, would like to discuss - and thereby clarify (in my own mind at least), the nature of philosophising … just what is it we do when we philosophise. A Metaphilosophy Forum might serve to collect, in a more readily accessible form, posts which hitherto have been dispersed in some other category.
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It's not a big deal, but in the future if you have two separate issues/suggestions, please make two different topics, each with a subject line that matches the content. There's over 400 topics in this Feedback forum, some with hundreds of posts within them, so it gets very confusing if they aren't each (1) narrowly categorized and (2) only containing on-topic replies.

I will add a link to the saved drafts section in the main navigation "quick links".

Can you give me a few examples of specific meta-philosophy questions/topics you think you would otherwise need to be put in the general philosophy section but might benefit from having their own meta-philosophy forum?
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Point taken … with regard to categorisation of subject matter in posts.

As for examples of questions/topics that might be deemed specific to meta-philosophy: i) What is it we do when we philosophise; ii) What do we understand the term "Philosophy" to mean; iii) How appropriate is the term "Philosophy" to what it is we are doing … indeed, how do we decide 'appropriateness'?

I am not well-versed in the formalities of Philosophical discourse, nor am I familiar with what might be termed 'correct' grammatical expression insofar as there may be conventions that are pertinent to Philosophy. I ask your indulgence in my efforts.
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I'm not opposed to the idea of opening a metaphilosphy subforum. However, we could leave it as is and each of those questions can be created as topics within the General Philosophy Forum.
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"The mind is a wonderful servant but a terrible master."

I believe spiritual freedom (a.k.a. self-discipline) manifests as bravery, confidence, grace, honesty, love, and inner peace.
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Thanks for considering the suggestion.
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