C. A. Campbell
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C. A. Campbell was a 20th-century Scottish philosopher known for his work in metaphysics, free will, and the philosophy of mind, often associated with the British idealist tradition.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| C. A. Campbell canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4781163 — 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: C. A. Campbell Context triple: [C. D. Broad, influenced, C. A. Campbell]
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A.
B. H. McCampbell
B. H. McCampbell is an author whose work served as the literary basis for the classic Western film "Rio Bravo."
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B.
J. Campbell Bruce
J. Campbell Bruce was an American journalist and author best known for writing the non-fiction book "Escape from Alcatraz," which chronicled real-life escape attempts from the infamous prison.
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C.
Oswald T. Campbell
Oswald T. Campbell is the lonely, ailing man who finds unexpected community, healing, and hope in a small Alabama town in Fannie Flagg’s novel "A Redbird Christmas."
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D.
John B. T. Campbell
John B. T. Campbell was a notable figure interred at Angelus-Rosedale Cemetery in Los Angeles, recognized for his historical significance to the region.
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E.
Robert Campbell
Robert Campbell was a prominent early 19th-century Scottish-born merchant and landowner in colonial New South Wales, often regarded as one of the founding figures of European settlement in the Canberra region.
- 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: C. A. Campbell Target entity description: C. A. Campbell was a 20th-century Scottish philosopher known for his work in metaphysics, free will, and the philosophy of mind, often associated with the British idealist tradition.
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A.
B. H. McCampbell
B. H. McCampbell is an author whose work served as the literary basis for the classic Western film "Rio Bravo."
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B.
J. Campbell Bruce
J. Campbell Bruce was an American journalist and author best known for writing the non-fiction book "Escape from Alcatraz," which chronicled real-life escape attempts from the infamous prison.
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C.
Oswald T. Campbell
Oswald T. Campbell is the lonely, ailing man who finds unexpected community, healing, and hope in a small Alabama town in Fannie Flagg’s novel "A Redbird Christmas."
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D.
John B. T. Campbell
John B. T. Campbell was a notable figure interred at Angelus-Rosedale Cemetery in Los Angeles, recognized for his historical significance to the region.
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E.
Robert Campbell
Robert Campbell was a prominent early 19th-century Scottish-born merchant and landowner in colonial New South Wales, often regarded as one of the founding figures of European settlement in the Canberra region.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (25)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
20th-century philosopher
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human ⓘ philosopher ⓘ |
| centuryOfActivity | 20th century ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
ethics
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free will ⓘ metaphysics ⓘ philosophy ⓘ philosophy of action ⓘ philosophy of mind ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
British idealist philosophers
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Scottish philosophical tradition ⓘ |
| languageOfWork | English ⓘ |
| mainInterest |
moral responsibility
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nature of the self ⓘ relation between mind and body ⓘ |
| movement |
British idealism
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Scottish idealism ⓘ
linked to:
British idealism
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| name | C. A. Campbell ⓘ |
| nationality | Scottish ⓘ |
| notableFor |
critiques of determinism
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defense of libertarian free will ⓘ work on the self and consciousness ⓘ |
| tradition | idealism ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
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: C. A. Campbell Description of subject: C. A. Campbell was a 20th-century Scottish philosopher known for his work in metaphysics, free will, and the philosophy of mind, often associated with the British idealist tradition.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.