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The Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy publishes a public Pythagoras entry

Dated 1 January 2006: The Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy publishes a public Pythagoras entry. In the causal graph this event strengthens Digital Learning Access, a driver that weakens Learning Poverty Rate (low- and middle-income countries) — an improving welfare path.

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Context

A second encyclopedia is an access path. It still warns about sources.

Pythagoras is not the sole author of every later object, law, or museum label that uses the name. Shared work with courts, excavators, printers, spouses, officials, and later states does not erase a documented role, and it does not make an ancient person the signer of a twentieth-century statute.

Why it matters

An IEP entry is not an autograph.

An IEP entry is not an autograph.

Who was responsible

Contribution type and responsibility level for each recorded actor — not sole-author shorthand.

  • Pythagoras

    Person

    Direct responsibility

    responsibility level 0.15 · verified

    Named sage as heading of later school reports. Iamblichus, Euclid’s editors, and later math teachers publish the instrument.

What changed

Fact → Driver → Indicator. Relationship strength orders the paths; it is not the observed indicator movement.

Evidence

The sources behind this fact and its verification state.

Verified2 sources on file
  1. 1.Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy — PythagorasInternet Encyclopedia of Philosophy · High credibility · verified
  2. 2.Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy — PythagorasStanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy · High credibility · verified
What the sources establish

IEP’s Pythagoras page is a completed public-philosophy instrument independent of SEP. The dated carrier is iep.utm.edu.

Causal path

How this event connects to drivers and indicators in the graph.

  1. ActorPythagoras
  2. contributed toFactThe Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy publishes a public Pythagoras entry
  3. strengthensDriverDigital Learning Access
  4. weakensIndicatorLearning Poverty Rate (low- and middle-income countries)

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Factrail. (2026). The Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy publishes a public Pythagoras entry. Factrail. https://factrail.ai/facts/py-iep-entry

https://factrail.ai/facts/py-iep-entry

Accessed 16 October 2026.

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