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The result was delete. The Bushranger _{One ping only} 23:52, 30 July 2012 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Nihilism and developmental psychology[edit]

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Appears to be entirely original research. Wikipedia is not for the publishing of original research. Writ Keeper ⚇♔ 05:19, 23 July 2012 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Delete Essay synthesis discussion; not appropriate for Wikipedia. AllyD (talk) 06:51, 23 July 2012 (UTC)Reply[reply]
Delete as obvious Essay, WP:OR. There's a much better article already on Nihilism which covers the Philosophy of Friedrich Nietzsche et al. No cause for merging, straight deletion is the answer here. Chiswick Chap (talk) 09:01, 23 July 2012 (UTC)Reply[reply]

I agree with the criticism above,however there was a previous version of my article in which the verifiable fact of a meeting/interview between myself and Marmysz (2012), discussing the the possibility of an innate capacity for nihilistic thought, was posted for about half an hour. I am not sure if that was rejected or not, but I dropped those first two paragraphs in line with what I thought would fulfill Wikipedia criteria. As support for that documented and original concept of an innate capacity for nihilistic thought, the essay was written, of which I thought an excerpt could be included as they are in many other Wikipedia articles. Does anyone think that is a promising path to pursue in this case? This is not meant to be an article on nihilism or Nietzsche, but rather about several thinkers who have a new conception of the role that nihilistic thought plays in human development, with a specific focus on psychological tendencies/capacity. --Christopher Anderson (talk) 17:30, 23 July 2012 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Philosophy-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 02:43, 24 July 2012 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Behavioural science-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 02:44, 24 July 2012 (UTC)Reply[reply]

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