Ernst Cassirer
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Ernst Cassirer was a German Neo-Kantian philosopher best known for his work on symbolic forms and the philosophy of culture.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Ernst Cassirer canonical | 41 |
| Ernst Alfred Cassirer | 1 |
| Ernst Cassirer (historically associated with Cologne) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T225870 — 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: Ernst Cassirer Context triple: [Humboldt University of Berlin, hasNotableAlumni, Ernst Cassirer]
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Rudolf Carnap
Rudolf Carnap was a leading 20th-century philosopher and key figure in logical positivism, known for his work on the philosophy of science, logic, and the logical analysis of language.
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Moritz Schlick
Moritz Schlick was a German philosopher best known as the founder and leading figure of the Vienna Circle, which helped establish logical positivism as a major movement in 20th-century analytic philosophy.
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Hans Reichenbach
Hans Reichenbach was a prominent 20th-century philosopher of science known for his influential work on the philosophy of physics, probability, and the foundations of scientific knowledge.
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D.
Herbert Feigl
Herbert Feigl was an Austrian-American philosopher of science and mind associated with the Vienna Circle, known for advancing logical empiricism and influential theories of scientific explanation and physicalism.
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E.
Paul Körner
Paul Körner was a high-ranking Nazi official and close associate of Hermann Göring who played a key role in the economic and industrial mobilization of the Third Reich.
- 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: Ernst Cassirer Target entity description: Ernst Cassirer was a German Neo-Kantian philosopher best known for his work on symbolic forms and the philosophy of culture.
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A.
Rudolf Carnap
Rudolf Carnap was a leading 20th-century philosopher and key figure in logical positivism, known for his work on the philosophy of science, logic, and the logical analysis of language.
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B.
Moritz Schlick
Moritz Schlick was a German philosopher best known as the founder and leading figure of the Vienna Circle, which helped establish logical positivism as a major movement in 20th-century analytic philosophy.
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C.
Hans Reichenbach
Hans Reichenbach was a prominent 20th-century philosopher of science known for his influential work on the philosophy of physics, probability, and the foundations of scientific knowledge.
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D.
Herbert Feigl
Herbert Feigl was an Austrian-American philosopher of science and mind associated with the Vienna Circle, known for advancing logical empiricism and influential theories of scientific explanation and physicalism.
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E.
Paul Körner
Paul Körner was a high-ranking Nazi official and close associate of Hermann Göring who played a key role in the economic and industrial mobilization of the Third Reich.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (76)
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Ernst Cassirer Description of subject: Ernst Cassirer was a German Neo-Kantian philosopher best known for his work on symbolic forms and the philosophy of culture.
Referenced by (43)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Ernst Cassirer
subject linked to:
Reichenbach
Universitas Studii Coloniensis
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Ernst Cassirer (historically associated with Cologne)
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linked to: Ernst Cassirer