Wilhelm Windelband
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Wilhelm Windelband was a German Neo-Kantian philosopher known for distinguishing between nomothetic and idiographic methods in the sciences and for his influential work in the philosophy of history and culture.
All labels observed (1)
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| Wilhelm Windelband canonical | 10 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4005533 — 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: Wilhelm Windelband Context triple: [Neo-Kantianism, hasKeyFigure, Wilhelm Windelband]
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A.
Friedrich von Wieser
Friedrich von Wieser was an Austrian economist of the Austrian School known for his work on marginal utility, opportunity cost, and the theory of imputation.
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B.
Heinrich Sahm
Heinrich Sahm was a German lawyer and politician who served as a leading official in the Free City of Danzig and later as mayor of Berlin during the interwar period.
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C.
Friedrich Albert Lange
Friedrich Albert Lange was a 19th-century German philosopher and neo-Kantian thinker best known for his influential work "History of Materialism" and his critical analysis of scientific materialism and epistemology.
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D.
Eugen von Böhm-Bawerk
Eugen von Böhm-Bawerk was an Austrian economist renowned for his influential work on capital and interest theory and as a leading figure of the Austrian School of economics.
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E.
Otto Jahn
Otto Jahn was a 19th-century German classical philologist, archaeologist, and musicologist known for his scholarly editions and influential biography of Mozart.
- 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: Wilhelm Windelband Target entity description: Wilhelm Windelband was a German Neo-Kantian philosopher known for distinguishing between nomothetic and idiographic methods in the sciences and for his influential work in the philosophy of history and culture.
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A.
Friedrich von Wieser
Friedrich von Wieser was an Austrian economist of the Austrian School known for his work on marginal utility, opportunity cost, and the theory of imputation.
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B.
Heinrich Sahm
Heinrich Sahm was a German lawyer and politician who served as a leading official in the Free City of Danzig and later as mayor of Berlin during the interwar period.
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C.
Friedrich Albert Lange
Friedrich Albert Lange was a 19th-century German philosopher and neo-Kantian thinker best known for his influential work "History of Materialism" and his critical analysis of scientific materialism and epistemology.
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D.
Eugen von Böhm-Bawerk
Eugen von Böhm-Bawerk was an Austrian economist renowned for his influential work on capital and interest theory and as a leading figure of the Austrian School of economics.
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E.
Otto Jahn
Otto Jahn was a 19th-century German classical philologist, archaeologist, and musicologist known for his scholarly editions and influential biography of Mozart.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Neo-Kantian philosopher
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human ⓘ philosopher ⓘ university teacher ⓘ |
| academicDegree | doctorate in philosophy ⓘ |
| causeOfDeath | stroke ⓘ |
| countryOfBirth |
Kingdom of Prussia
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linked to:
Prussia
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| countryOfCitizenship | Germany ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1848-05-11 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 1915-10-22 ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
University of Berlin
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linked to:
Humboldt University of Berlin
University of Göttingen ⓘ University of Jena ⓘ |
| employer |
University of Freiburg
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linked to:
Freiburg University
University of Heidelberg ⓘ
linked to:
Heidelberg University
University of Strasbourg ⓘ University of Zürich ⓘ
linked to:
University of Zurich
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| ethnicGroup | German ⓘ |
| familyName | Windelband ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
history of philosophy
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philosophy ⓘ philosophy of culture ⓘ philosophy of history ⓘ theory of science ⓘ |
| givenName | Wilhelm ⓘ |
| influenced |
Heinrich Rickert
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Max Weber ⓘ Wilhelm Dilthey ⓘ philosophy of the social sciences ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Hermann Lotze
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Immanuel Kant ⓘ |
| knownFor |
contributions to Neo-Kantianism
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distinction between nomothetic and idiographic methods ⓘ influence on philosophy of culture ⓘ influence on philosophy of history ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | German ⓘ |
| movement |
Neo-Kantianism
ⓘ
Southwest German School of Neo-Kantianism ⓘ
linked to:
Neo-Kantianism
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| name | Wilhelm Windelband ⓘ |
| nativeLanguage | German ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Die Lehren vom Zufall
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Einleitung in die Philosophie ⓘ Geschichte der neueren Philosophie ⓘ Normen und Naturgesetze ⓘ Präludien ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Potsdam ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath | Heidelberg ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
rector of the University of Heidelberg
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rector of the University of Strasbourg ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
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