# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/philo-the-dialectician
# Generated: 2026-08-13T18:39:30.252Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/philo-the-dialectician"
name: "Philo the Dialectician"
slug: "philo-the-dialectician"
description: "Philo the Dialectician was a Greek philosopher of the Megarian (Dialectical) school. He is sometimes called Philo of Megara although the city of his birth is unknown. He is most famous for the debate he had with his teacher Diodorus Cronus concerning the idea of the possible and the criteria of the truth of conditional statements."
tagline: "Ancient Greek philosopher"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Academics"
  slug: "academics"
profileType:
  name: "Academic"
  slug: "academic"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631"
birthDate: "-400"
deathDate: "-300"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             0
  historical:           11.14344933333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  45
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E6%96%90%E7%BD%97_(%E8%BE%A9%E8%AF%81%E5%AE%B6)"
    title: "斐罗 (辩证家)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%81%D9%8A%D9%84%D9%88_%D8%B0%D8%A7_%D8%AF%D9%8A%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%8A%D9%83%D8%AA%D9%8A%D8%B3%D9%8A%D8%A7%D9%86"
    title: "فيلو ذا دياليكتيسيان"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fil%C3%B3_de_M%C3%A8gara"
    title: "Filó de Mègara"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philon_von_Megara"
    title: "Philon von Megara"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philo_the_Dialectician"
    title: "Philo the Dialectician"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fil%C3%B3n_de_Megara"
    title: "Filón de Megara"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philon_Dialektik"
    title: "Philon Dialektik"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Filon_Megaralainen"
    title: "Filon Megaralainen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philon_de_M%C3%A9gare"
    title: "Philon de Mégare"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Filon_z_Megary"
    title: "Filon z Megary"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/F%C3%ADlon%2C_o_Dial%C3%A9tico"
    title: "Fílon, o Dialético"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A4%D0%B8%D0%BB%D0%BE%D0%BD_%D0%B8%D0%B7_%D0%9C%D0%B5%D0%B3%D0%B0%D1%80%D1%8B"
    title: "Филон из Мегары"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A4%D1%96%D0%BB%D0%BE%D0%BD_%D0%B7_%D0%9C%D0%B5%D0%B3%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%B8"
    title: "Філон з Мегари"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1366567"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump