I don't really think any DT album should be self-titled. Ideally, I&W should be their S/T album since it was their first major album and also has all the 'classic' DT elements. Just like ADTOE. And IMO albums that are not S/T and rightfully so are ones like Awake, 8VM, ToT, because even though they contain classic DT elements, there is also a lot of experimentation like shorter songs with big hooks, and in the case of 8VM there are many "homages" that are waay to obvious.
But anyways, since MP was such a HUGE part of DT, they should not have done a self-titled without him. I'm not one of those who dislikes that band now that he's gone, in fact im still a big fan, but MP was one of the core ingredients of DT for around 20 years, since it's inception. I don't want to say it was disrespectful of them to do this S/T, but it can easily be looked at that way. Could'nt they just call it something else?
Although i feel like DT is currently having a second life, like they're bigger then ever before, which feels like it began around when 8VM was released. I think they may just be going off that energy the band currently has so they have the charisma to do a s/t album.