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Hi, @Phlsph7! You have done an immense favor to the philosophy community by working on various philosophical articles and making them truly brilliant.
If you are accepting suggestions for the future, would you consider turning the free will article into Good Article? It is a Level 3 Vital Article, it has a large number of monthly visits, and it is one of the most misrepresented (relative to the academic discourse) topics in the popular (non-academic) philosophy. Additionally, it is one of the last Level 3 Vital Articles about philosophy specifically that isn't yet a GA. Turning it into a high-quality article would do an immense service to a whole lot of people. ~2026-12422-09 (talk) 19:36, 24 February 2026 (UTC)
- Hi and thanks for the feedback! I agree, the article free will would be an interesting candidate. I put it on my todo list but I don't know when I'll get to it. Phlsph7 (talk) 13:55, 25 February 2026 (UTC)
- Thanks! Appreciate you putting it on your to-do list ~2026-19678-72 (talk) 22:03, 29 March 2026 (UTC)
Heraclitus
[edit]Got over the hump of contributing to a GA philosophy article with Heraclitus. I would greatly appreciate if you had any comments or improvements. Cake (talk) 19:18, 5 March 2026 (UTC)
- Hi MisterCake, congratulations on getting the article to GA status! The review dragged on for quite a while, so it's good to see that it has reached a conclusion. A few observations:
- One question already raised in the GA review concerns the length of the legacy section regarding WP:PROPORTION. It could probably be shortened by removing remarks that philosopher X wrote a sentence that mentions Heraclitus or resembles something Heraclitus said, such as the remarks about Diogenes the Cynic, Descartes, and Husserl. If the legacy section really is that important that it should fill half of the article, then this should probably be reflected in the lead as well, which currently only has a single sentence on the legacy and primarily discusses Heraclitus's philosophy.
- You could also try to focus the life section more on Heraclitus rather than presenting contextual information (like the first paragraph on the history of Ephesus) and evaluative anecdotes (like the third paragraph).
- Given that all the information in the section "Foreign influence" is highly speculative, I'm not sure that it deserves a full section with several subsections. Maybe the main points could be condensed into a paragraph and moved to another section. Phlsph7 (talk) 18:57, 6 March 2026 (UTC)
- All good points but ones I will go back and forth on how to address. More about his life would always be welcome. I do think it is required to mention Miletus fell hence philosophy moves on from there. On Legacy, I wish I had something better to say about Descartes, since he would link Montaigne with Spinoza. Diogenes the same, as the Cynics were majorly influenced by Heraclitus. The original homeless philosopher. Husserl's quote I find already significant, for he talks a lot about the mind. The foreign influence is indeed speculative, but a major part of especially earlier Heraclitus studies. It was part of my attempt to cover all the interpretations. I tried to provide that. One could absorb it into the article, like in the fire section mention the potential Persian influence. But since that is more speculative, I like its own section. The Persia and Egypt parallels seem necessary to reference. The India parallels seem a bit more vague to me, but seem justified by the other two. PS It might be original research, so I did not include it, but Frege references "morning star and evening star" which comes from the entry on Pythagoras in Diogenes Laertius, and he says "The discovery that the rising sun is not new every morning, but always the same, was one of the most fertile astronomical discoveries." Surely a Heraclitus reference. Cake (talk) 15:23, 7 March 2026 (UTC)
- For more on his life, you could try the life sections of the Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy entry and the Routledge Encyclopedia of Philosophy entry (in case you have access). It might be good to mention somewhere in this section that Heraclitus wrote a book. One way to assess WP:PROPORTION is to look at how much weight other overview sources give to a specific topic, like legacy and foreign influences. The two sources just mentioned give significantly less weight to these topics than our article. If you decide to keep the references to Husserl and the other two, you could try to present them in such a way that they do not sound like trivia. Phlsph7 (talk) 17:47, 8 March 2026 (UTC)
- Graham's Stanford article and Graham's work was used throughout. In fact I emailed him to make sure I cite his preferred journal article on Heraclitus (the one about him being a process philosopher). I also have a paper copy of Laertius. Long's Routledge entry looks really interesting, but I do not have access. Are there any known biographical details I am missing? The one supposed fact about his life, that he renounced some aristocratic life, is likely based on him saying "the Kingdom is a child's", as the article notes. Other depictions of his life like as a lonely wanderer eating shrubs seems again inferred from the fragments. The article notes how he gets confused for a Pythagorean vegetarian since he condemned blood sacrifice. Cake (talk) 16:24, 9 March 2026 (UTC)
- The following are the first two paragraphs of the Routledge entry, have a look if that has something useful.
Heraclitus appears to have spent his life in Ephesus, which had been founded as a Greek colony some 200 years before his birth. According to ancient biography he was an arrogant and surly aristocrat, given to eccentric behaviour, but these anecdotes are largely a fictional construction built out of his own words, in which the tone he adopts in relation to other people is contemptuous. Rather than viewing this as a psychological trait, it is better to treat it as an extreme instance of the way early Greek poets and sages claimed authority for their work. Heraclitus, however, is exceptional in the explicit contempt he expresses for such hallowed authorities as Homer and Hesiod, and also for the contemporary intellectuals Xenophanes, Hecataeus and Pythagoras. He may have been on bad terms with his fellow citizens for political reasons, including perhaps support he received from King Darius of Persia, and it is likely that he was opposed to the democratic constitutions some Greek communities were beginning to adopt.
Although Heraclitus presents himself as uniquely enlightened, he was clearly familiar with the leading thinkers of his time. He draws attention to the relativity of judgments and the difference between humans and animals in ways that recall Xenophanes’ critique of religious beliefs (see Xenophanes §3). He almost certainly knew and rejected Pythagoras’ doctrine of the transmigration of souls (see Pythagoras §2). His cosmology is both indebted to and a criticism of Milesian science: the criticism appears particularly in his denial of the world’s beginning, but his focus on the law-like processes of nature has clear affinities with Anaximander’s celebrated doctrine of cosmic justice (see Anaximander §4).
- Phlsph7 (talk) 10:16, 10 March 2026 (UTC)
- I am jealous of Long's ability to write. I think I covered everything in that first paragraph. He was arrogant. He was un-democratic if not aristocratic. He dislikes everyone. In fact I would say "including perhaps support he received from King Darius of Persia" is chalked up to the "foreign influence" section, proving its worth.
- The second paragraph is really interesting for its talk of Heraclitus's influences. It would be neat to draw a parallel between Heraclitus and Xenophanes, as the two transitional figures between the Milesians and what comes after. I guess one can see it in that they both talk about animals being contrasted with God. That seems a possible addition to the God section. Opposing Pythagoras on transmigration seems a possible addition to the Soul section. The Anaximander influence on justice (though more in opposition) is mentioned in the strife section. I am struggling for what to add from this to the biography section. He basically has no biography, but a ton of influence, hence the article done that way.
- PS There are mereological interpretations of the philosophers after Heraclitus. One can say the Eleatics, the pluralists, and the atomists, believed respectively in nothing has parts, everything has parts, and something has no parts. I wonder if there are any interpretations of Heraclitus as the transitional figure, from Milesian material monism to mereology. Perhaps one could say Heraclitus said there were no wholes. Heraclitus says things are both "whole and not whole", and Laertius specifically uses "the whole flows" when summarizing his philosophy. Cake (talk) 16:53, 10 March 2026 (UTC)
- Graham's Stanford article and Graham's work was used throughout. In fact I emailed him to make sure I cite his preferred journal article on Heraclitus (the one about him being a process philosopher). I also have a paper copy of Laertius. Long's Routledge entry looks really interesting, but I do not have access. Are there any known biographical details I am missing? The one supposed fact about his life, that he renounced some aristocratic life, is likely based on him saying "the Kingdom is a child's", as the article notes. Other depictions of his life like as a lonely wanderer eating shrubs seems again inferred from the fragments. The article notes how he gets confused for a Pythagorean vegetarian since he condemned blood sacrifice. Cake (talk) 16:24, 9 March 2026 (UTC)
- For more on his life, you could try the life sections of the Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy entry and the Routledge Encyclopedia of Philosophy entry (in case you have access). It might be good to mention somewhere in this section that Heraclitus wrote a book. One way to assess WP:PROPORTION is to look at how much weight other overview sources give to a specific topic, like legacy and foreign influences. The two sources just mentioned give significantly less weight to these topics than our article. If you decide to keep the references to Husserl and the other two, you could try to present them in such a way that they do not sound like trivia. Phlsph7 (talk) 17:47, 8 March 2026 (UTC)
- All good points but ones I will go back and forth on how to address. More about his life would always be welcome. I do think it is required to mention Miletus fell hence philosophy moves on from there. On Legacy, I wish I had something better to say about Descartes, since he would link Montaigne with Spinoza. Diogenes the same, as the Cynics were majorly influenced by Heraclitus. The original homeless philosopher. Husserl's quote I find already significant, for he talks a lot about the mind. The foreign influence is indeed speculative, but a major part of especially earlier Heraclitus studies. It was part of my attempt to cover all the interpretations. I tried to provide that. One could absorb it into the article, like in the fire section mention the potential Persian influence. But since that is more speculative, I like its own section. The Persia and Egypt parallels seem necessary to reference. The India parallels seem a bit more vague to me, but seem justified by the other two. PS It might be original research, so I did not include it, but Frege references "morning star and evening star" which comes from the entry on Pythagoras in Diogenes Laertius, and he says "The discovery that the rising sun is not new every morning, but always the same, was one of the most fertile astronomical discoveries." Surely a Heraclitus reference. Cake (talk) 15:23, 7 March 2026 (UTC)
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Greetings
[edit]You should join Wikipedia:The Core Contest/Entries. You are one of the best contributor at WP. ~2026-16285-41 (talk) 02:29, 15 March 2026 (UTC)
- Hello ~2026-16285-41 and thanks for the suggestion! I plan to participate but I haven't yet decided which article to work on. I'll probably write an entry sometime next month. Phlsph7 (talk) 10:07, 15 March 2026 (UTC)
- Ah I see. Hopefully that Nothing is also at your to do list since It has philosophy content. ~2026-16515-57 (talk) 04:10, 16 March 2026 (UTC)
- I agree, that would be an interesting candidate. I'll look into it. Phlsph7 (talk) 09:51, 17 March 2026 (UTC)
- Ah I see. Hopefully that Nothing is also at your to do list since It has philosophy content. ~2026-16515-57 (talk) 04:10, 16 March 2026 (UTC)
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Principle of bivalence
[edit]A lot of the articles on logic are a mix of technicians above my pay grade, and fake news from memes Ayn Rand style. I did my best to fix the "laws of thought" article and each principle by itself. I am unclear on the differences between the principle of bivalence and the law of excluded middle. Most commentary on Aristotle's sea battle treats them as equivalent. Would you be so kind to give the bivalence article a look? Cake (talk) 16:03, 20 April 2026 (UTC)
- Hi MisterCake, you are right that various logic articles struggle to make their topic accessible to a general reader. As I understand it, the principle of bivalence is about the possible truth values of propositions (every proposition has either the truth value "true" or the truth value "false") and the law of excluded middle is about a tautology (all propositions of the form "P or not-P" are automatically true). For example, three-valued logics violate the principle of bivalence (some propositions have the truth value "indeterminate") and intuitionistic logics violate the law of excluded middle (the proposition "P or not-P" is not automatically true). Phlsph7 (talk) 08:38, 21 April 2026 (UTC)
- Don't intuitionistic logics have a third truth value of indeterminate or unproven?? Cake (talk) 11:18, 21 April 2026 (UTC)
- At least not the standard version. One way to understand intuitionistic logic is to see it as a classical logic with fewer rules of inference. Because some rules of inference are missing, there are certain things you can prove in classical logic but not in intuitionistic logic. For example, you can't infer P from not-not-P in intuitionistic logic. Phlsph7 (talk) 13:30, 21 April 2026 (UTC)
- I thought not-not-P doesn't entail P because there are three truth values. If there is P, not-P, and a third, then not-not P is either P or a third option. I guess I am lost as to how a truth value gap is not a violation of the law of excluded middle. That is how Aristotle's sea battle is often expressed in the literature. Wiki seems to say it isn't. For example, "Cooper, Neil. “The Law of Excluded Middle.” Mind 87, no. 346 (1978): 161–80. http://www.jstor.org/stable/2253416." seems to disagree. Cake (talk) 10:44, 22 April 2026 (UTC)
- A.I. has told me bivalence entails LEM, but LEM doesnt necessarily entail bivalence. That first part fits what I have read. For instance, I have heard it said Aristotle's denial of bivalence entails a denial of excluded middle. It seems to me, due to the meme that Aristotle did the "3 laws of logic" wiki tried to previously say he denied bivalence but not excluded middle, as if a third truth value isn't the middle being excluded. Cake (talk) 14:10, 24 April 2026 (UTC)
- For a different opinion, see [1]: There is certainly a close connection between LEM and PB, but they are not trivially equivalent. There are logical systems (e.g. certain many-valued logics and supervaluational languages) in which LEM is valid but PB does not hold, and vice versa (see e.g. van Fraasen 1966, Day 1992, DeVidi & Solomon 1999).
- The two principles are not always clearly distinguished in reliable sources, which makes understanding the difference more difficult. Phlsph7 (talk) 16:48, 24 April 2026 (UTC)
- A.I. has told me bivalence entails LEM, but LEM doesnt necessarily entail bivalence. That first part fits what I have read. For instance, I have heard it said Aristotle's denial of bivalence entails a denial of excluded middle. It seems to me, due to the meme that Aristotle did the "3 laws of logic" wiki tried to previously say he denied bivalence but not excluded middle, as if a third truth value isn't the middle being excluded. Cake (talk) 14:10, 24 April 2026 (UTC)
- I thought not-not-P doesn't entail P because there are three truth values. If there is P, not-P, and a third, then not-not P is either P or a third option. I guess I am lost as to how a truth value gap is not a violation of the law of excluded middle. That is how Aristotle's sea battle is often expressed in the literature. Wiki seems to say it isn't. For example, "Cooper, Neil. “The Law of Excluded Middle.” Mind 87, no. 346 (1978): 161–80. http://www.jstor.org/stable/2253416." seems to disagree. Cake (talk) 10:44, 22 April 2026 (UTC)
- At least not the standard version. One way to understand intuitionistic logic is to see it as a classical logic with fewer rules of inference. Because some rules of inference are missing, there are certain things you can prove in classical logic but not in intuitionistic logic. For example, you can't infer P from not-not-P in intuitionistic logic. Phlsph7 (talk) 13:30, 21 April 2026 (UTC)
- Don't intuitionistic logics have a third truth value of indeterminate or unproven?? Cake (talk) 11:18, 21 April 2026 (UTC)
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[edit]Hi Phlsph7, nice talking to you again. In return for your review to The Emancipation of Mimi, I'm happy to review an FAC of yours. Would dualism still need a review or would you want me to wait until your next candidate? Thanks and best, 750h+ 13:45, 5 May 2026 (UTC)
- Hi 750h+ and thanks for the offer! Reviews are always welcome, but the dualism nomination already has several finished reviews, so it wouldn't be essential there. In case the topic Well-being interests you, this would be my next candidate in need of reviews, probably in a few days once I have finished preparations. Phlsph7 (talk) 17:05, 5 May 2026 (UTC)
- @750h+: Alright, I started the nomination, see Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/Well-being/archive1. I would be interested in your comments if you find the time. Phlsph7 (talk) 11:34, 13 May 2026 (UTC)
- Happy to ! 750h+ 01:54, 15 May 2026 (UTC)
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Hi. I notice you have the Truth article nominated for GA (as well as some others). I just nominated Dam for GA, and I'm looking for someone to swap reviews with. Are you interested in swapping GA reviews? I could do Truth, or any other of your GA nominations. I know some editors don't like swapping GA reviews, but it is not prohibited, provided that the reviews are thorough and proper ... which is what we both want, of course. I think you and I swapped a pair of PR reviews in 2025. Schedule: I'm hoping to have the reviews done within 7 to 10 days after starting, so I can move forward towards a FA nomination. Thanks for considering it! Noleander (talk) 23:40, 25 May 2026 (UTC)
- Hi Noleander and thanks for the offer. Unfortunately, I'm not particularly familiar with the topic of dams or with articles on civil engineering, so I may not be the best reviewer candidate. Phlsph7 (talk) 12:06, 26 May 2026 (UTC)
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