Richard J. Bernstein
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Richard J. Bernstein was an American philosopher known for his work in pragmatism, critical theory, and hermeneutics, and for his influential teaching at institutions such as the New School for Social Research.
All labels observed (1)
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| Richard J. Bernstein canonical | 13 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2286804 — 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: Richard J. Bernstein Context triple: [Cornel West, doctoralAdvisor, Richard J. Bernstein]
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Charles Schoenbaum
Charles Schoenbaum was an American cinematographer known for his work on numerous Hollywood films during the mid-20th century.
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David B. Cornstein
David B. Cornstein is an American businessman and Republican political appointee who served as the U.S. Ambassador to Hungary under President Donald Trump.
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David L. Rabinowitz
David L. Rabinowitz is an American astronomer known for his role in the discovery of several trans-Neptunian objects and dwarf planets, including Eris.
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Stephen H. Sachs
Stephen H. Sachs is an American lawyer and politician who served as Maryland’s attorney general and was known for his work on legal reform and civil rights.
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Louis Bernstein
Louis Bernstein is the birth name of Leonard Bernstein, the renowned American composer, conductor, and pianist.
- 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: Richard J. Bernstein Target entity description: Richard J. Bernstein was an American philosopher known for his work in pragmatism, critical theory, and hermeneutics, and for his influential teaching at institutions such as the New School for Social Research.
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A.
Charles Schoenbaum
Charles Schoenbaum was an American cinematographer known for his work on numerous Hollywood films during the mid-20th century.
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B.
David B. Cornstein
David B. Cornstein is an American businessman and Republican political appointee who served as the U.S. Ambassador to Hungary under President Donald Trump.
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C.
David L. Rabinowitz
David L. Rabinowitz is an American astronomer known for his role in the discovery of several trans-Neptunian objects and dwarf planets, including Eris.
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D.
Stephen H. Sachs
Stephen H. Sachs is an American lawyer and politician who served as Maryland’s attorney general and was known for his work on legal reform and civil rights.
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E.
Louis Bernstein
Louis Bernstein is the birth name of Leonard Bernstein, the renowned American composer, conductor, and pianist.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (52)
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Richard J. Bernstein Description of subject: Richard J. Bernstein was an American philosopher known for his work in pragmatism, critical theory, and hermeneutics, and for his influential teaching at institutions such as the New School for Social Research.
Referenced by (13)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
Beyond Objectivism and Relativism: Science, Hermeneutics, and Praxis
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Richard J. Bernstein
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The New Constellation: The Ethical-Political Horizons of Modernity/Postmodernity
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Richard J. Bernstein
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The Abuse of Evil: The Corruption of Politics and Religion since 9/11
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Richard J. Bernstein
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