Roderick Chisholm
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Roderick Chisholm was a 20th-century American analytic philosopher known for his influential work in epistemology, metaphysics, and the theory of perception.
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| Roderick Chisholm canonical | 21 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2722213 — 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)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Roderick Chisholm Context triple: [Thomas Reid, influenced, Roderick Chisholm]
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John McDowell
John McDowell is a prominent contemporary philosopher known for his work in philosophy of mind, language, and ethics, particularly his influential book "Mind and World."
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Wilfrid Sellars
Wilfrid Sellars was a 20th-century American philosopher best known for his critiques of empiricism and foundationalism and for developing a systematic, scientifically informed account of knowledge and mind.
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C.
Michael Dummett
Michael Dummett was a British philosopher renowned for his work in the philosophy of language, logic, and mathematics, and for his influential interpretations of analytic philosophy.
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D.
Nelson Goodman
Nelson Goodman was an American philosopher best known for his influential work in logic, the philosophy of science, and aesthetics, particularly his "new riddle of induction" and theories of symbol systems.
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E.
F. Frederick Ayer
F. Frederick Ayer was an architect known for designing the historic Boston Garden arena in Boston, Massachusetts.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Roderick Chisholm Target entity description: Roderick Chisholm was a 20th-century American analytic philosopher known for his influential work in epistemology, metaphysics, and the theory of perception.
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A.
John McDowell
John McDowell is a prominent contemporary philosopher known for his work in philosophy of mind, language, and ethics, particularly his influential book "Mind and World."
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B.
Wilfrid Sellars
Wilfrid Sellars was a 20th-century American philosopher best known for his critiques of empiricism and foundationalism and for developing a systematic, scientifically informed account of knowledge and mind.
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C.
Michael Dummett
Michael Dummett was a British philosopher renowned for his work in the philosophy of language, logic, and mathematics, and for his influential interpretations of analytic philosophy.
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D.
Nelson Goodman
Nelson Goodman was an American philosopher best known for his influential work in logic, the philosophy of science, and aesthetics, particularly his "new riddle of induction" and theories of symbol systems.
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E.
F. Frederick Ayer
F. Frederick Ayer was an architect known for designing the historic Boston Garden arena in Boston, Massachusetts.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
20th-century philosopher
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analytic philosopher ⓘ epistemologist ⓘ human ⓘ metaphysician ⓘ philosopher ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| educatedAt | Brown University ⓘ |
| employer | Brown University ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
epistemology
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ethics ⓘ metaphysics ⓘ philosophy of mind ⓘ philosophy of perception ⓘ |
| influenced |
Alvin Plantinga
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Dean Zimmerman ⓘ Ernest Sosa ⓘ
linked to:
Ernst Sosa
George Bealer ⓘ Peter van Inwagen ⓘ Robert Audi ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Alexius Meinong
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Franz Brentano ⓘ G. E. Moore ⓘ Thomas Reid ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| mainInterest |
free will
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ontology ⓘ personal identity ⓘ theory of knowledge ⓘ |
| movement | analytic philosophy ⓘ |
| notableConcept |
criterialism in epistemology
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direct attribution theory of the self ⓘ self-presenting states ⓘ |
| notableIdea |
agent causation
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foundationalism in epistemology ⓘ intentional inexistence (interpretation of Brentano) ⓘ internalist justification ⓘ particularism in epistemology ⓘ theory of epistemic principles ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Brentano and Meinong Studies
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linked to:
Brentano school
Perceiving: A Philosophical Study ⓘ Person and Object ⓘ The First Person ⓘ Theory of Knowledge ⓘ |
| occupation | philosopher ⓘ |
| philosophicalSchool |
analytic philosophy
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phenomenological realism ⓘ |
| positionHeld | professor of philosophy ⓘ |
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Subject: Roderick Chisholm Description of subject: Roderick Chisholm was a 20th-century American analytic philosopher known for his influential work in epistemology, metaphysics, and the theory of perception.
Referenced by (21)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject linked to:
Charlie Dunbar
subject linked to:
libertarian free will (metaphysical libertarianism)