Richard Boyd
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Richard Boyd was an American philosopher known for his influential work in philosophy of science, scientific realism, and moral realism.
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| Richard Boyd canonical | 2 |
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Richard Boyd Context triple: [open-question argument, criticizedBy, Richard Boyd]
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Christopher Fairbank
Christopher Fairbank is a British character actor known for his distinctive features and roles in film and television, including appearances in productions such as "Auf Wiedersehen, Pet" and various Shakespearean adaptations.
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B.
William Nathan Boyd
William Nathan Boyd is a Scottish actor and musician best known for playing the hobbit Peregrin "Pippin" Took in the "Lord of the Rings" film trilogy.
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C.
Alan Lennox-Boyd
Alan Lennox-Boyd was a British Conservative politician best known for serving as Colonial Secretary during the 1950s, overseeing key stages of decolonisation in the British Empire.
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D.
Alex Farquharson
Alex Farquharson is a British curator and museum director best known for leading major contemporary art institutions in the UK.
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E.
Allan Ruthven
Allan Ruthven was a celebrated Australian rules footballer of the mid-20th century, best known as a Brownlow Medal-winning star for Fitzroy in the Victorian Football League.
- 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: Richard Boyd Target entity description: Richard Boyd was an American philosopher known for his influential work in philosophy of science, scientific realism, and moral realism.
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A.
Christopher Fairbank
Christopher Fairbank is a British character actor known for his distinctive features and roles in film and television, including appearances in productions such as "Auf Wiedersehen, Pet" and various Shakespearean adaptations.
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B.
William Nathan Boyd
William Nathan Boyd is a Scottish actor and musician best known for playing the hobbit Peregrin "Pippin" Took in the "Lord of the Rings" film trilogy.
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C.
Alan Lennox-Boyd
Alan Lennox-Boyd was a British Conservative politician best known for serving as Colonial Secretary during the 1950s, overseeing key stages of decolonisation in the British Empire.
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D.
Alex Farquharson
Alex Farquharson is a British curator and museum director best known for leading major contemporary art institutions in the UK.
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E.
Allan Ruthven
Allan Ruthven was a celebrated Australian rules footballer of the mid-20th century, best known as a Brownlow Medal-winning star for Fitzroy in the Victorian Football League.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (44)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
person
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philosopher ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
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University of Michigan ⓘ |
| employer | Cornell University ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
metaethics
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metaphysics ⓘ moral realism ⓘ philosophy of language ⓘ philosophy of science ⓘ scientific realism ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| influenced |
contemporary debates on scientific realism
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contemporary metaethics ⓘ philosophy of science in the late 20th century ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Hilary Putnam
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Nelson Goodman ⓘ W. V. O. Quine ⓘ
linked to:
Willard Van Orman Quine
|
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| mainInterest |
natural kinds in science
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realism about moral properties ⓘ realism about scientific theories ⓘ reference and semantics in scientific language ⓘ |
| notableFor |
arguments against instrumentalism in science
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defending scientific realism ⓘ defense of approximate truth in scientific theories ⓘ developing a version of moral realism ⓘ homeostatic property cluster theory of natural kinds ⓘ work on natural kinds ⓘ |
| notableIdea |
accommodation of scientific methodology within realism
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homeostatic property cluster theory ⓘ naturalistic moral realism ⓘ |
| notableWork |
“How to Be a Moral Realist”
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“On the Current Status of the Issue of Scientific Realism” ⓘ “Realism, Anti‐Foundationalism and the Enthusiasm for Natural Kinds” ⓘ “Realism, Underdetermination, and a Causal Theory of Evidence” ⓘ |
| occupation |
philosopher
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university teacher ⓘ |
| philosophicalSchool |
moral realism
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realism ⓘ scientific realism ⓘ |
| positionHeld | professor of philosophy ⓘ |
| workLocation |
Ithaca, New York
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linked to:
Ithaca, New York, United States
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