Roger Scruton
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Roger Scruton was a British conservative philosopher, writer, and public intellectual known for his work on aesthetics, political philosophy, and cultural criticism.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Roger Scruton canonical | 18 |
| Scruton | 2 |
| Roger Scruton’s intellectual estate | 1 |
| Roger Vernon Scruton | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T626929 — 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: Roger Scruton Context triple: [Peterhouse, Cambridge, hasNotableAlumnus, Roger Scruton]
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Isaiah Berlin
Isaiah Berlin was a 20th-century political philosopher and historian of ideas best known for his writings on liberalism, value pluralism, and the concept of negative and positive liberty.
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Gilbert Ryle
Gilbert Ryle was a 20th-century British philosopher best known for his critique of Cartesian dualism and his influential work in ordinary language philosophy, especially in "The Concept of Mind."
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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.
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Russell Kirk
Russell Kirk was an American political theorist, historian, and literary critic best known as a founding figure of postwar American conservatism and author of "The Conservative Mind."
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A. J. Ayer
A. J. Ayer was a 20th-century British philosopher best known for promoting logical positivism in the English-speaking world, especially through his influential book "Language, Truth and Logic."
- 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: Roger Scruton Target entity description: Roger Scruton was a British conservative philosopher, writer, and public intellectual known for his work on aesthetics, political philosophy, and cultural criticism.
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A.
Isaiah Berlin
Isaiah Berlin was a 20th-century political philosopher and historian of ideas best known for his writings on liberalism, value pluralism, and the concept of negative and positive liberty.
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B.
Gilbert Ryle
Gilbert Ryle was a 20th-century British philosopher best known for his critique of Cartesian dualism and his influential work in ordinary language philosophy, especially in "The Concept of Mind."
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C.
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.
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D.
Russell Kirk
Russell Kirk was an American political theorist, historian, and literary critic best known as a founding figure of postwar American conservatism and author of "The Conservative Mind."
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E.
A. J. Ayer
A. J. Ayer was a 20th-century British philosopher best known for promoting logical positivism in the English-speaking world, especially through his influential book "Language, Truth and Logic."
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (53)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
conservative thinker
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human ⓘ philosopher ⓘ public intellectual ⓘ writer ⓘ |
| academicDegree | PhD in philosophy ⓘ |
| almaMater |
University of Cambridge
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linked to:
Cambridge University
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| awardReceived |
CBE
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Knight Bachelor ⓘ |
| causeOfDeath | cancer ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1944-02-27 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 2020-01-12 ⓘ |
| doctoralAdvisor | Michael Tanner ⓘ |
| educatedAt | Jesus College, Cambridge ⓘ |
| familyName |
Scruton
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linked to:
Roger Scruton
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| fieldOfWork |
aesthetics
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cultural criticism ⓘ philosophy ⓘ political philosophy ⓘ |
| fullName |
Roger Vernon Scruton
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linked to:
Roger Scruton
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| givenName | Roger ⓘ |
| honorificPrefix | Sir ⓘ |
| ideology | conservatism ⓘ |
| knownFor |
cultural criticism
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defence of conservatism ⓘ work in aesthetics ⓘ work in political philosophy ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| movement | conservatism ⓘ |
| nationality | British ⓘ |
| notableWork |
A Short History of Modern Philosophy
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Beauty ⓘ Green Philosophy ⓘ How to Be a Conservative ⓘ The Aesthetics of Music ⓘ The Meaning of Conservatism ⓘ The West and the Rest ⓘ |
| occupation |
barrister
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composer ⓘ philosopher ⓘ university professor ⓘ writer ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Buslingthorpe, Lincolnshire, England ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath | Brinkworth, Wiltshire, England ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
Chairman of the Conservative Philosophy Group
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Member of the UK Government’s Building Better, Building Beautiful Commission ⓘ Professor of Aesthetics at Birkbeck College, University of London ⓘ Professor of Philosophy at Boston University ⓘ Visiting Professor at the University of Oxford ⓘ Visiting Professor at the University of St Andrews ⓘ |
| religion |
Anglicanism
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linked to:
Anglicanism (broadly)
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| spouse | Sophie Jeffreys ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Subject: Roger Scruton Description of subject: Roger Scruton was a British conservative philosopher, writer, and public intellectual known for his work on aesthetics, political philosophy, and cultural criticism.
Referenced by (22)
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