| gptkbp:instanceOf | gptkb:author gptkb:philosopher
 
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                                | gptkbp:almaMater | gptkb:University_of_Oxford gptkb:University_of_Sydney
 
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                                | gptkbp:awardReceived | gptkb:Companion_of_the_Order_of_Australia gptkb:Fellow_of_the_British_Academy
 Fellow of the Australian Academy of the Humanities
 
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                                | gptkbp:birthDate | 1926-07-08 
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                                | gptkbp:birthPlace | gptkb:Melbourne,_Australia 
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                                | gptkbp:deathDate | 2014-05-13 
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                                | gptkbp:deathPlace | gptkb:Sydney,_Australia 
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                                | gptkbp:doctoralAdvisor | gptkb:Gilbert_Ryle 
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                                | gptkbp:doctoralStudent | gptkb:David_Chalmers gptkb:Frank_Jackson
 
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                                | gptkbp:education | gptkb:University_of_Oxford gptkb:University_of_Sydney
 
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                                | gptkbp:field | gptkb:dictionary metaphysics
 philosophy of mind
 philosophy of perception
 philosophy of universals
 
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                                | gptkbp:influenced | gptkb:David_Chalmers gptkb:Frank_Jackson
 gptkb:J._J._C._Smart
 D. M. Armstrong's students
 
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                                | gptkbp:influencedBy | gptkb:David_Hume gptkb:Ludwig_Wittgenstein
 gptkb:Willard_Van_Orman_Quine
 gptkb:J._J._C._Smart
 
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                                | gptkbp:mainInterest | gptkb:theory_of_universals gptkb:dictionary
 gptkb:philosophy_of_science
 materialism
 metaphysics
 philosophy of mind
 laws of nature
 states of affairs
 
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                                | gptkbp:nationality | gptkb:Australian 
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                                | gptkbp:notableWork | gptkb:A_Materialist_Theory_of_the_Mind gptkb:A_World_of_States_of_Affairs
 gptkb:Universals_and_Scientific_Realism
 What is a Law of Nature?
 
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                                | gptkbp:occupation | gptkb:author gptkb:philosopher
 gptkb:professor
 
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                                | gptkbp:philosophicalSchool | analytic philosophy 
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                                | gptkbp:residence | gptkb:Australia 
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                                | gptkbp:spouse | gptkb:Madeleine_Annette_Haydon 
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                                | gptkbp:bfsParent | gptkb:D._M._Armstrong 
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                                | gptkbp:bfsLayer | 7 
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                                | https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label | David Malet Armstrong 
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