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

{{{honorific_prefix}}} {{{name}}} {{{honorific_suffix}}}
[[File:{{{image}}}|{{{image_size}}} |alt={{{alt}}}|{{{alt}}}]] {{{caption}}}
Born	{{{birth_name}}} {{{birth_date}}} {{{birth_place}}}
Died	{{{death_date}}} {{{death_place}}}
Cause of death	{{{death_cause}}}
Nationality	{{{nationality}}}
Other names	{{{other_names}}}
Education	{{{education}}}
Alma mater	{{{alma_mater}}}
Notable work	{{{notable_works}}}
Spouse(s)	{{{spouse}}}
Partner(s)	{{{partner}}}
Awards	{{{awards}}}
Era	{{{era}}}
Region	{{{region}}}
School	{{{school_tradition}}}
Institutions	{{{institutions}}}
Thesis	{{{thesis_title}}}
Doctoral advisor	{{{doctoral_advisor}}}
Other academic advisors	{{{academic_advisors}}}
Doctoral students	{{{doctoral_students}}}
Other notable students	{{{notable_students}}}
Language	{{{language}}}
Main interests	{{{main_interests}}}
Notable ideas	{{{notable_ideas}}}
Influences {{{influences}}}
Influenced {{{influenced}}}
Website	{{{website}}}
Signature
[[File:{{{signature}}} |{{{signature_size}}} |alt={{{signature_alt}}}|{{{signature_alt}}}]]

{{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 [[Wikipedia:brackets|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_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     = 
| influences        = <!-- only add entries which are explained and cited in the body of the article (or cited here)-->
| influenced        = <!-- only add entries which are explained and cited in the body of the article (or cited here)-->
| 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.

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 traditions or List of schools of philosophy
• Entries in influences, influenced, and notable ideas should be explained in the main text of one of the articles. 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.

Embedding

Jane Doe
Born	today
Philosophy career
Era	Contemporary philosophy
Region	Western philosophy
School	Continental philosophy
Doctoral advisor	Karl Jaspers
Main interests	Political theory
Notable ideas	Homo faber
Influences Socrates
Influenced Seyla Benhabib

End of Infobox person

Alternatively {{infobox philosopher}} may be embedded within {{infobox person}}, using |module in the latter, as shown here. This allows the use of more fields by drawing on both infoboxes. For an example, see Hannah Arendt.

Tracking categories

• Category:No local image but image on Wikidata (0) – 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.
• Category:Pages using infobox philosopher with unknown parameters (0)

See also

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