Stewart Shapiro
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Stewart Shapiro is an American philosopher and logician known for his influential work in the philosophy of mathematics, particularly on structuralism and the nature of mathematical objects.
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| Stewart Shapiro canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5063604 — 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: Stewart Shapiro Context triple: [Geoffrey Hellman, coAuthor, Stewart Shapiro]
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Hartry Field
Hartry Field is an American philosopher best known for his influential work in the philosophy of mathematics and logic, particularly his defense of mathematical fictionalism and nominalism.
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Graham Priest
Graham Priest is a prominent contemporary philosopher and logician best known for his work on non-classical logics, especially dialetheism, and his influential analyses of logical paradoxes.
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C.
Robert Brandom
Robert Brandom is an American philosopher best known for his work in analytic philosophy, particularly in the philosophy of language, pragmatism, and inferentialism about meaning and normativity.
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Saul Kripke
Saul Kripke was an American philosopher and logician renowned for his groundbreaking work in modal logic, the philosophy of language, and metaphysics, particularly his theories of naming and necessity.
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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.
- 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: Stewart Shapiro Target entity description: Stewart Shapiro is an American philosopher and logician known for his influential work in the philosophy of mathematics, particularly on structuralism and the nature of mathematical objects.
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A.
Hartry Field
Hartry Field is an American philosopher best known for his influential work in the philosophy of mathematics and logic, particularly his defense of mathematical fictionalism and nominalism.
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B.
Graham Priest
Graham Priest is a prominent contemporary philosopher and logician best known for his work on non-classical logics, especially dialetheism, and his influential analyses of logical paradoxes.
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C.
Robert Brandom
Robert Brandom is an American philosopher best known for his work in analytic philosophy, particularly in the philosophy of language, pragmatism, and inferentialism about meaning and normativity.
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D.
Saul Kripke
Saul Kripke was an American philosopher and logician renowned for his groundbreaking work in modal logic, the philosophy of language, and metaphysics, particularly his theories of naming and necessity.
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E.
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.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
American logician
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American philosopher ⓘ logician ⓘ person ⓘ philosopher ⓘ |
| employer | Ohio State University ⓘ |
| field |
logic
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philosophy of logic ⓘ philosophy of mathematics ⓘ |
| hasNotableIdea |
ante rem structuralism
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positions on realism in mathematics ⓘ structuralism about mathematics ⓘ views on abstraction principles in mathematics ⓘ views on higher-order logic ⓘ views on logical consequence ⓘ views on logical pluralism ⓘ views on mathematical practice ⓘ views on modality in mathematics ⓘ views on second-order logic ⓘ views on the epistemology of mathematics ⓘ views on the foundations of analysis ⓘ views on the foundations of arithmetic ⓘ views on the foundations of set theory ⓘ views on the interpretation of formal systems ⓘ views on the logic of modality ⓘ views on the logic of vagueness ⓘ views on the metaphysics of mathematics ⓘ views on the nature of mathematical truth ⓘ views on the nature of numbers ⓘ views on the nature of sets ⓘ views on the nature of structures in logic ⓘ views on the ontology of mathematical structures ⓘ views on the philosophy of set theory ⓘ views on the relationship between logic and mathematics ⓘ views on the role of structures in mathematics ⓘ views on the semantics of mathematical language ⓘ views on the semantics of second-order logic ⓘ views on vagueness ⓘ |
| knownFor |
logic and ontology of mathematics
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mathematical structuralism ⓘ the nature of mathematical objects ⓘ work in philosophy of mathematics ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| nationality |
United States
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linked to:
United States of America
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| occupation |
academic
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university professor ⓘ |
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