Center for Inquiry
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advocacy organization
educational organization
nonprofit organization
secular organization
skeptical organization
The Center for Inquiry is a nonprofit organization that promotes secularism, scientific skepticism, and critical thinking through education, advocacy, and research.
All labels observed (5)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Center for Inquiry canonical | 27 |
| Council for Secular Humanism | 5 |
| CFI Investigations Group | 1 |
| Center for Inquiry outreach programs | 1 |
| Free Inquiry | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T56495 — 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: Center for Inquiry Context triple: [Committee for the Scientific Investigation of Claims of the Paranormal, parentOrganization, Center for Inquiry]
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A.
Committee for the Scientific Investigation of Claims of the Paranormal
The Committee for the Scientific Investigation of Claims of the Paranormal was an organization of scientists, scholars, and skeptics dedicated to critically examining paranormal and pseudoscientific claims using scientific methods.
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B.
American Civil Liberties Union
The American Civil Liberties Union is a nonprofit organization dedicated to defending and preserving individual rights and liberties guaranteed by the U.S. Constitution and laws.
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C.
Carnegie Institution of Washington
The Carnegie Institution of Washington is a private, nonprofit scientific research organization founded by Andrew Carnegie that supports advanced research across fields such as astronomy, biology, and earth sciences.
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D.
Skeptical Inquirer
Skeptical Inquirer is a magazine devoted to promoting scientific skepticism and critical examination of paranormal and pseudoscientific claims.
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E.
University City Science Center
The University City Science Center is a prominent urban research and technology innovation hub in Philadelphia that supports startups, academic partnerships, and commercialization of scientific advances.
- 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: Center for Inquiry Target entity description: The Center for Inquiry is a nonprofit organization that promotes secularism, scientific skepticism, and critical thinking through education, advocacy, and research.
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A.
Committee for the Scientific Investigation of Claims of the Paranormal
The Committee for the Scientific Investigation of Claims of the Paranormal was an organization of scientists, scholars, and skeptics dedicated to critically examining paranormal and pseudoscientific claims using scientific methods.
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B.
American Civil Liberties Union
The American Civil Liberties Union is a nonprofit organization dedicated to defending and preserving individual rights and liberties guaranteed by the U.S. Constitution and laws.
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C.
Carnegie Institution of Washington
The Carnegie Institution of Washington is a private, nonprofit scientific research organization founded by Andrew Carnegie that supports advanced research across fields such as astronomy, biology, and earth sciences.
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D.
Skeptical Inquirer
Skeptical Inquirer is a magazine devoted to promoting scientific skepticism and critical examination of paranormal and pseudoscientific claims.
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E.
University City Science Center
The University City Science Center is a prominent urban research and technology innovation hub in Philadelphia that supports startups, academic partnerships, and commercialization of scientific advances.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
advocacy organization
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educational organization ⓘ nonprofit organization ⓘ secular organization ⓘ skeptical organization ⓘ |
| advocatesFor |
evidence-based public policy
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science-based medicine ⓘ secular public education ⓘ |
| country |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| field |
church–state separation
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consumer protection from pseudoscience ⓘ humanism ⓘ science education ⓘ secularism ⓘ skepticism ⓘ |
| focusesOn |
advocacy
ⓘ
education ⓘ research ⓘ |
| foundedBy | Paul Kurtz ⓘ |
| foundingYear | 1991 ⓘ |
| hasPart |
Committee for Skeptical Inquiry
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Council for Secular Humanism ⓘ
linked to:
Center for Inquiry
Richard Dawkins Foundation for Reason and Science ⓘ |
| hasProgram |
CFI Investigations Group
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linked to:
Center for Inquiry
CFI Libraries ⓘ CFI On Campus ⓘ Office of Public Policy ⓘ Secular Rescue ⓘ |
| headquartersLocation |
Amherst, New York
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United States ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| language | English ⓘ |
| legalStatus | 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization ⓘ |
| motto | Reason for Change ⓘ |
| operatesIn |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
multiple countries ⓘ |
| opposes |
alternative medicine without evidence
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blasphemy laws ⓘ pseudoscience ⓘ religious privilege in law ⓘ |
| publishes |
Free Inquiry
ⓘ
linked to:
Center for Inquiry
Free Inquiry magazine ⓘ Skeptical Inquirer ⓘ The Skeptical Inquirer magazine ⓘ
linked to:
Skeptical Inquirer
|
| purpose |
defense of secular government
ⓘ
promotion of critical thinking ⓘ promotion of humanist values ⓘ promotion of science education ⓘ promotion of scientific skepticism ⓘ promotion of secularism ⓘ |
| website | https://centerforinquiry.org ⓘ |
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: Center for Inquiry Description of subject: The Center for Inquiry is a nonprofit organization that promotes secularism, scientific skepticism, and critical thinking through education, advocacy, and research.
Referenced by (35)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
Committee for the Scientific Investigation of Claims of the Paranormal
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parentOrganization
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Center for Inquiry
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linked to: Center for Inquiry
linked to: Center for Inquiry
linked to: Center for Inquiry
linked to: Center for Inquiry
linked to: Center for Inquiry
linked to: Center for Inquiry
subject linked to:
Free Inquiry magazine
linked to: Center for Inquiry
subject linked to:
Free Inquiry magazine
linked to: Center for Inquiry
subject linked to:
CSI