Alexandre Kojève
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Alexandre Kojève was a 20th-century Russian-French philosopher best known for his influential Paris lectures on Hegel that shaped postwar French existentialism, structuralism, and political thought.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Alexandre Kojève canonical | 21 |
| Alexandre Kojève-Kozhevnikoff | 1 |
| Kojève | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T514344 — 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: Alexandre Kojève Context triple: [G. W. F. Hegel, influenced, Alexandre Kojève]
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Michel Foucault
Michel Foucault was a French philosopher and social theorist known for his influential analyses of power, knowledge, and institutions in works such as "Discipline and Punish" and "The History of Sexuality."
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Jean-Paul Agon
Jean-Paul Agon is a French business executive best known for serving as the longtime CEO and later chairman of global cosmetics giant L'Oréal.
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Jean-Paul Sartre
Jean-Paul Sartre was a 20th-century French existentialist philosopher, playwright, novelist, and political activist known for works such as "Being and Nothingness" and "No Exit."
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Georges Sorel
Georges Sorel was a French philosopher and social theorist best known for his reflections on violence, revolutionary syndicalism, and the myth of the general strike, which deeply influenced various radical political movements in the early 20th century.
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Nicolas Berdyaev
Nicolas Berdyaev was a Russian religious and existential philosopher known for his Christian personalism, critique of authoritarianism, and emphasis on human freedom and creativity.
- 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: Alexandre Kojève Target entity description: Alexandre Kojève was a 20th-century Russian-French philosopher best known for his influential Paris lectures on Hegel that shaped postwar French existentialism, structuralism, and political thought.
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A.
Michel Foucault
Michel Foucault was a French philosopher and social theorist known for his influential analyses of power, knowledge, and institutions in works such as "Discipline and Punish" and "The History of Sexuality."
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B.
Jean-Paul Agon
Jean-Paul Agon is a French business executive best known for serving as the longtime CEO and later chairman of global cosmetics giant L'Oréal.
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C.
Jean-Paul Sartre
Jean-Paul Sartre was a 20th-century French existentialist philosopher, playwright, novelist, and political activist known for works such as "Being and Nothingness" and "No Exit."
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D.
Georges Sorel
Georges Sorel was a French philosopher and social theorist best known for his reflections on violence, revolutionary syndicalism, and the myth of the general strike, which deeply influenced various radical political movements in the early 20th century.
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E.
Nicolas Berdyaev
Nicolas Berdyaev was a Russian religious and existential philosopher known for his Christian personalism, critique of authoritarianism, and emphasis on human freedom and creativity.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (62)
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Alexandre Kojève Description of subject: Alexandre Kojève was a 20th-century Russian-French philosopher best known for his influential Paris lectures on Hegel that shaped postwar French existentialism, structuralism, and political thought.
Referenced by (23)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject linked to:
phenomenology of spirit
linked to: Alexandre Kojève
linked to: Alexandre Kojève
subject linked to:
"The End of History?" (1989 essay in The National Interest)