Thomas Nagel
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Thomas Nagel is an American philosopher known for his influential work in moral and political philosophy, philosophy of mind, and epistemology, including the famous essay "What Is It Like to Be a Bat?".
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Thomas Nagel canonical | 28 |
| Thomas Nagel (philosopher) | 1 |
| Thomas Nagel's later work "The View From Nowhere" | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T765787 — 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: Thomas Nagel Context triple: [John Rawls, influenced, Thomas Nagel]
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Bernard Williams
Bernard Williams was a prominent 20th-century British moral philosopher known for his critiques of utilitarianism and moral theory, his emphasis on the complexity of ethical life, and his influential work on integrity, moral luck, and the history of philosophy.
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Robert Nozick
Robert Nozick was an influential American political philosopher best known for his libertarian theory of the minimal state, especially articulated in his book "Anarchy, State, and Utopia."
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Daniel Dennett
Daniel Dennett is an American philosopher and cognitive scientist known for his influential work on consciousness, free will, and the philosophy of mind from a naturalistic, evolutionary perspective.
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Hilary Putnam
Hilary Putnam was a prominent 20th-century American philosopher known for his influential work in philosophy of mind, language, and science, including the development of functionalism and semantic externalism.
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Alvin Plantinga
Alvin Plantinga is a prominent American analytic philosopher best known for his influential work in philosophy of religion, epistemology, and metaphysics, particularly his defense of the rationality of theism and the free will defense against the problem of evil.
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- 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: Thomas Nagel Target entity description: Thomas Nagel is an American philosopher known for his influential work in moral and political philosophy, philosophy of mind, and epistemology, including the famous essay "What Is It Like to Be a Bat?".
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A.
Bernard Williams
Bernard Williams was a prominent 20th-century British moral philosopher known for his critiques of utilitarianism and moral theory, his emphasis on the complexity of ethical life, and his influential work on integrity, moral luck, and the history of philosophy.
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B.
Robert Nozick
Robert Nozick was an influential American political philosopher best known for his libertarian theory of the minimal state, especially articulated in his book "Anarchy, State, and Utopia."
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C.
Daniel Dennett
Daniel Dennett is an American philosopher and cognitive scientist known for his influential work on consciousness, free will, and the philosophy of mind from a naturalistic, evolutionary perspective.
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D.
Hilary Putnam
Hilary Putnam was a prominent 20th-century American philosopher known for his influential work in philosophy of mind, language, and science, including the development of functionalism and semantic externalism.
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E.
Alvin Plantinga
Alvin Plantinga is a prominent American analytic philosopher best known for his influential work in philosophy of religion, epistemology, and metaphysics, particularly his defense of the rationality of theism and the free will defense against the problem of evil.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Thomas Nagel Description of subject: Thomas Nagel is an American philosopher known for his influential work in moral and political philosophy, philosophy of mind, and epistemology, including the famous essay "What Is It Like to Be a Bat?".
Referenced by (30)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
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John
linked to: Thomas Nagel
subject linked to:
essay "What Is It Like to Be a Bat?"
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book "Mortal Questions"
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book "The View From Nowhere"
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book "Equality and Partiality"
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book "The Possibility of Altruism"
subject linked to:
book "The Possibility of Altruism"
linked to: Thomas Nagel
subject linked to:
book "Mind and Cosmos"
subject linked to:
"What Is It Like to Be a Bat?"
subject linked to:
"Mortal Questions"
subject linked to:
"The View From Nowhere"
subject linked to:
"The Possibility of Altruism"
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"Equality and Partiality"
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philosophy department of Columbia University