Template:Infobox philosopher/doc

This template is used to provide biographical information on anyone who might be considered a philosopher. If the philosopher held or holds a political or other public office (e.g. Alan Greenspan), {{Infobox officeholder}} is probably more suitable.

Usage

{{Infobox philosopher
| honorific_prefix  = 
| name              = <!-- include middle initial, if not specified in birth_name -->
| native_name       = <!-- add name in the philosopher's language or script if different from the English name -->
| honorific_suffix  = 
| image             = <!-- filename only, i.e. without the File: (or Image:) prefix or enclosing [[brackets]] --> 
| image_size        = 
| alt               = 
| caption           = 
| other_names       = 
| birth_name        = <!-- only use if different from name -->
| birth_date        = <!-- {{birth date and age|YYYY|MM|DD}} for living persons, {{birth date|YYYY|MM|DD}} for deceased. For living people supply only the year unless the exact date is already WIDELY published, as per [[WP:DOB]]. -->
| birth_place       = 
| death_date        = <!-- {{death date and age|YYYY|MM|DD|YYYY|MM|DD}} (death date then birth date) -->
| death_place       = 
| death_cause       = 
| nationality       = <!-- use only when necessary per [[WP:INFONAT]] -->
| spouse            =
| partner           =
| children          =
| family            =
| relatives         = 
| education         = 
| alma_mater        = 
| occupation        = 
| notable_works     = <!-- use "notable_works" in place of "books" parameter (deprecated) -->
| awards            = 
| signature         = 
| signature_type    =
| signature_size    = 
| signature_alt     = 
| era               = 
| region            = 
| school_tradition  = 
| institutions      = 
| thesis_title      = <!--(or  | thesis1_title =  and  | thesis2_title = )-->
| thesis_url        = <!--(or  | thesis1_url  =   and  | thesis2_url  =  )-->
| thesis_year       = <!--(or  | thesis1_year =   and  | thesis2_year =  )-->
| doctoral_advisor  = <!--(or  | doctoral_advisors = )-->
| academic_advisors = 
| doctoral_students = 
| notable_students  = 
| language          = 
| main_interests    = 
| notable_ideas     = 
| website           = <!-- {{URL|example.com}} -->
}}

To use this template, copy the text above to the top of a biography article. Note that parameter names are lowercase.

Example

{{Infobox philosopher
| era              = [[Ancient Greek philosophy]]
| image            = Plato Silanion Musei Capitolini MC1377.jpg
| caption          = Roman copy of a portrait [[Bust (sculpture)|bust]] {{circa|370 BC}}
| name             = Plato
| birth_date       = 428/427 or 424/423 BC
| birth_place      = [[Classical Athens|Athens]], Greece
| death_date       = 348 BC (aged {{circa|75-76 or 79-80}})
| death_place      = Athens, Greece
| school_tradition = [[Platonic Academy]]
| notable_students = [[Aristotle]]
| main_interests   ={{hlist|[[Platonic epistemology|Epistemology]]| [[Metaphysics]]|[[Plato's political philosophy|Political philosophy]]}}
| notable_works    =
{{Flatlist}}
* ''[[Euthyphro]]''
* ''[[Apology (Plato)|Apology]]''
* ''[[Crito]]''
* ''[[Phaedo]]''
* ''[[Meno]]''
* ''[[Protagoras (dialogue)|Protagoras]]''
* ''[[Gorgias (dialogue)|Gorgias]]''
* ''[[Symposium (Plato)|Symposium]]''
* ''[[Phaedrus (dialogue)|Phaedrus]]''
* ''[[Parmenides (dialogue)|Parmenides]]''
* ''[[Theaetetus (dialogue)|Theaetetus]]''
* ''[[Republic (Plato)|Republic]]''
* ''[[Timaeus (dialogue)|Timaeus]]''
* ''[[Laws (dialogue)|Laws]]''
{{Endflatlist}}
| notable_ideas    =

{{Flatlist}}

*[[Allegory of the cave]]
*[[Cardinal virtues]]
*[[Form of the Good]]
*[[Theory of forms]]
*[[Plato's theory of soul|Divisions of the soul]]
*[[Platonic love]]
*[[Platonic solids]]

{{Endflatlist}}}}

Parameters

All parameters are optional, and if left blank will not appear in the infobox:

• era should be selected from Category:Philosophy by period
• region should be selected from Category:Philosophy by region
• school_tradition should be selected from Category:Philosophical schools and traditions or List of schools of philosophy
• Entries in notable ideas should be explained in the main text of the article. Those that are not mentioned in the main text may be deleted.
• For living people supply only the year for birth date unless the exact date is already WIDELY published, as per WP:DOB. Treat such cases as if only the year is known, so use {{birth year and age}} or a similar option.

For usage of other parameters, see Template:Infobox person/doc.

Microformat

The HTML markup produced by this template includes an hCard microformat, which makes the person's details parsable by computers, either acting automatically to catalogue articles across Wikipedia or via a browser tool operated by a reader, to (for example) add the subject to an address book or database. For more information about the use of microformats on Wikipedia, please see the microformat project.

Sub-templates

Date-of-birth ("bday") information will only be included in the microformat if {{birth date}}, or {{birth date and age}} are used in the infobox. (Do not use these if the date is before 1583). Be cautious about using these if the person is still living, per WP:DOB.

To include a URL, use {{URL}}.

Please do not remove instances of these sub-templates.

Classes

hCard uses HTML classes including:

• adr
• agent
• bday
• birthplace
• category
• country-name
• deathdate
• deathplace
• extended-address
• family-name
• fn (required)
• given-name
• honorific-prefix
• honorific-suffix
• label
• locality
• n
• nickname
• note
• org
• role
• url
• vcard

Please do not rename or remove these classes nor collapse nested elements which use them.

Tracking categories

• Category:Pages using infobox philosopher with unknown parameters (0)
• Category:Pages using infobox philosopher with conflicting parameters (0)
• Category:No local image but image on Wikidata (4) – Used by Template:Wikidata image to track articles where an infobox has no image but Wikidata has an image name. To exclude articles from this category, add an image or |nocat_wdimage=yes to the infobox.

See also

• {{Infobox scientist}}
• {{Infobox theologian}}