Susan Blackmore
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Susan Blackmore is a British psychologist, writer, and skeptic best known for her work on consciousness, memes, and the scientific investigation of paranormal claims.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Susan Blackmore canonical | 21 |
| Susan Blackmore has personally experienced out-of-body experiences | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T56512 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Susan Blackmore Context triple: [Committee for the Scientific Investigation of Claims of the Paranormal, notableMember, Susan Blackmore]
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Rosemary Leith
Rosemary Leith is a Canadian-born entrepreneur and internet governance leader who co-founded the World Wide Web Foundation and serves on various boards related to technology and public policy.
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B.
Linda Salzman Sagan
Linda Salzman Sagan is an American artist and writer best known for co-designing the Pioneer plaque and contributing to other interstellar message projects alongside Carl Sagan.
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Katherine Oppenheimer
Katherine Oppenheimer was an American biologist and former Communist Party member best known as the politically controversial wife of physicist J. Robert Oppenheimer during the Manhattan Project era.
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D.
Ann Druyan
Ann Druyan is an American writer and producer best known for co-writing the original "Cosmos" television series and continuing Carl Sagan’s legacy in popularizing science and astronomy.
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E.
Joe Nickell
Joe Nickell is an American investigator and author best known for his skeptical examinations of paranormal, religious, and historical claims.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Susan Blackmore Target entity description: Susan Blackmore is a British psychologist, writer, and skeptic best known for her work on consciousness, memes, and the scientific investigation of paranormal claims.
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A.
Rosemary Leith
Rosemary Leith is a Canadian-born entrepreneur and internet governance leader who co-founded the World Wide Web Foundation and serves on various boards related to technology and public policy.
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B.
Linda Salzman Sagan
Linda Salzman Sagan is an American artist and writer best known for co-designing the Pioneer plaque and contributing to other interstellar message projects alongside Carl Sagan.
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C.
Katherine Oppenheimer
Katherine Oppenheimer was an American biologist and former Communist Party member best known as the politically controversial wife of physicist J. Robert Oppenheimer during the Manhattan Project era.
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D.
Ann Druyan
Ann Druyan is an American writer and producer best known for co-writing the original "Cosmos" television series and continuing Carl Sagan’s legacy in popularizing science and astronomy.
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E.
Joe Nickell
Joe Nickell is an American investigator and author best known for his skeptical examinations of paranormal, religious, and historical claims.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (52)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
academic
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human ⓘ psychologist ⓘ skeptic ⓘ writer ⓘ |
| academicDegree |
Bachelor of Arts in Psychology and Physiology
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PhD in Parapsychology ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| doctoralThesisTopic | extrasensory perception ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
St Hilda's College, Oxford
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linked to:
St Hilda’s College, Oxford
University of Surrey ⓘ |
| familyName | Blackmore ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
consciousness studies
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memetics ⓘ parapsychology ⓘ psychology ⓘ skepticism ⓘ |
| givenName | Susan ⓘ |
| hasPerspectiveOnConsciousness | consciousness arises from brain processes without a separate self ⓘ |
| hasPerspectiveOnParanormal | paranormal claims lack convincing empirical evidence ⓘ |
| hasWrittenOn |
Zen Buddhism
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evolution of culture ⓘ free will ⓘ meditation ⓘ near-death experiences ⓘ out-of-body experiences ⓘ paranormal beliefs ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Daniel Dennett
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Richard Dawkins ⓘ Zen Buddhism ⓘ
linked to:
Chan Buddhism
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| knownFor |
critique of parapsychology
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popularizing the concept of memes ⓘ research on consciousness ⓘ scientific investigation of paranormal claims ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| memberOf | Committee for Skeptical Inquiry ⓘ |
| movement | scientific skepticism ⓘ |
| name | Susan Blackmore ⓘ |
| nationality | British ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Consciousness: An Introduction
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Conversations on Consciousness ⓘ Dying to Live: Near-Death Experiences ⓘ In Search of the Light ⓘ Seeing Myself: The New Science of Out-of-Body Experiences ⓘ Ten Zen Questions ⓘ The Meme Machine ⓘ |
| occupation |
lecturer
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psychologist ⓘ researcher ⓘ writer ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
lecturer in psychology at the University of the West of England
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visiting professor at the University of Plymouth ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Susan Blackmore Description of subject: Susan Blackmore is a British psychologist, writer, and skeptic best known for her work on consciousness, memes, and the scientific investigation of paranormal claims.
Referenced by (22)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
Committee for the Scientific Investigation of Claims of the Paranormal
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notableMember
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Susan Blackmore
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Seeing Myself: The New Science of Out-of-Body Experiences
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hasAuthorBackground
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Susan Blackmore has personally experienced out-of-body experiences
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linked to: Susan Blackmore
subject linked to:
CSI
subject linked to:
Emily T. Troscianko