Nicholas Wolterstorff
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American philosopher
Christian philosopher
Reformed epistemologist
analytic philosopher
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philosopher
Nicholas Wolterstorff is an American philosopher renowned for his work in analytic philosophy of religion, political philosophy, and aesthetics, and as a leading figure in Reformed epistemology.
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How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1723244 — 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.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
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Target entity: Nicholas Wolterstorff Context triple: [Alvin Plantinga, influenced, Nicholas Wolterstorff]
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Stanley Hauerwas
Stanley Hauerwas is an influential American theologian and ethicist known for his work on virtue ethics, the role of the church as an alternative community, and the critique of liberalism within Christian moral theology.
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William Alston
William Alston was an influential American philosopher best known for his work in epistemology, philosophy of religion, and the theory of perception.
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Stanley Grenz
Stanley Grenz was an influential late-20th-century evangelical theologian known for his work in systematic theology, postmodern theology, and especially his development of a relational, community-focused doctrine of the Trinity.
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Cornelius Plantinga Jr.
Cornelius Plantinga Jr. is an American Reformed theologian and author known for his influential work on sin, Christian doctrine, and contemporary applications of Trinitarian theology.
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J. Tinsley Oden
J. Tinsley Oden was a pioneering computational and applied mathematician known for his foundational contributions to finite element methods and computational mechanics.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Nicholas Wolterstorff Target entity description: Nicholas Wolterstorff is an American philosopher renowned for his work in analytic philosophy of religion, political philosophy, and aesthetics, and as a leading figure in Reformed epistemology.
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A.
Stanley Hauerwas
Stanley Hauerwas is an influential American theologian and ethicist known for his work on virtue ethics, the role of the church as an alternative community, and the critique of liberalism within Christian moral theology.
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B.
William Alston
William Alston was an influential American philosopher best known for his work in epistemology, philosophy of religion, and the theory of perception.
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C.
Stanley Grenz
Stanley Grenz was an influential late-20th-century evangelical theologian known for his work in systematic theology, postmodern theology, and especially his development of a relational, community-focused doctrine of the Trinity.
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Cornelius Plantinga Jr.
Cornelius Plantinga Jr. is an American Reformed theologian and author known for his influential work on sin, Christian doctrine, and contemporary applications of Trinitarian theology.
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E.
J. Tinsley Oden
J. Tinsley Oden was a pioneering computational and applied mathematician known for his foundational contributions to finite element methods and computational mechanics.
- F. None of above. chosen
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Subject: Nicholas Wolterstorff Description of subject: Nicholas Wolterstorff is an American philosopher renowned for his work in analytic philosophy of religion, political philosophy, and aesthetics, and as a leading figure in Reformed epistemology.
Referenced by (17)
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subject linked to:
Nicholas Wolterstorff’s book "Reason within the Bounds of Religion"
Divine Discourse: Philosophical Reflections on the Claim that God Speaks
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