Mario Bunge
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Mario Bunge was an Argentine philosopher and physicist renowned for his rigorous defense of scientific realism and systematic, naturalistic philosophy across metaphysics, epistemology, and ethics.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Mario Bunge canonical | 3 |
| Mario Augusto Bunge | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T693876 — 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: Mario Bunge Context triple: [Naturalism, isAssociatedWith, Mario Bunge]
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A.
Nelson Goodman
Nelson Goodman was an American philosopher best known for his influential work in logic, the philosophy of science, and aesthetics, particularly his "new riddle of induction" and theories of symbol systems.
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B.
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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C.
Hans Reichenbach
Hans Reichenbach was a prominent 20th-century philosopher of science known for his influential work on the philosophy of physics, probability, and the foundations of scientific knowledge.
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D.
Herbert Feigl
Herbert Feigl was an Austrian-American philosopher of science and mind associated with the Vienna Circle, known for advancing logical empiricism and influential theories of scientific explanation and physicalism.
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E.
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.
- 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: Mario Bunge Target entity description: Mario Bunge was an Argentine philosopher and physicist renowned for his rigorous defense of scientific realism and systematic, naturalistic philosophy across metaphysics, epistemology, and ethics.
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A.
Nelson Goodman
Nelson Goodman was an American philosopher best known for his influential work in logic, the philosophy of science, and aesthetics, particularly his "new riddle of induction" and theories of symbol systems.
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B.
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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C.
Hans Reichenbach
Hans Reichenbach was a prominent 20th-century philosopher of science known for his influential work on the philosophy of physics, probability, and the foundations of scientific knowledge.
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D.
Herbert Feigl
Herbert Feigl was an Austrian-American philosopher of science and mind associated with the Vienna Circle, known for advancing logical empiricism and influential theories of scientific explanation and physicalism.
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E.
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.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (70)
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| instanceOf |
academic
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author ⓘ human ⓘ philosopher ⓘ physicist ⓘ university professor ⓘ |
| academicDegree | PhD in physico-mathematical sciences ⓘ |
| awardReceived |
Diamond Konex Award
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surface form:
Konex Award
Ludwig von Bertalanffy Award in Complexity Thinking ⓘ Prince of Asturias Award for Communication and Humanities ⓘ |
| birthName |
Mario Bunge
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
Mario Augusto Bunge
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| citizenship |
Argentina
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Canada ⓘ |
| countryOfBirth | Argentina ⓘ |
| countryOfDeath | Canada ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1919-09-21 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 2020-02-24 ⓘ |
| doctoralAdvisor | Guido Beck ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
Universidad Nacional de La Plata
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surface form:
National University of La Plata
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| employer | McGill University ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
epistemology
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ethics ⓘ logic ⓘ metaphysics ⓘ ontology ⓘ philosophy ⓘ philosophy of mind ⓘ philosophy of physics ⓘ philosophy of science ⓘ physics ⓘ social philosophy ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| influenced |
Latin American philosophy
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philosophy of science in the 20th century ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Albert Einstein
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Bertrand Russell ⓘ Ernst Mach ⓘ Karl Popper ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName |
English
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Spanish ⓘ |
| laterNationality | Canadian ⓘ |
| movement |
emergentism
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exact philosophy ⓘ materialism ⓘ naturalism ⓘ rationalism ⓘ scientific realism ⓘ scientism ⓘ systematic philosophy ⓘ |
| nationality |
Argentina
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surface form:
Argentine
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| notableIdea |
emergent materialism
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exact philosophy based on science ⓘ scientific realism in all domains ⓘ systemism as alternative to individualism and holism ⓘ systemist ontology ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Causality: The Place of the Causal Principle in Modern Science
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Dictionary of Philosophy ⓘ Foundations of Physics ⓘ Philosophy of Physics ⓘ Scientific Research ⓘ mind–body problem ⓘ
surface form:
The Mind–Body Problem
Treatise on Basic Philosophy ⓘ |
| philosophicalStance |
critique of positivism
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critique of postmodernism ⓘ defense of naturalistic ethics ⓘ defense of scientific realism ⓘ defense of secular humanism ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Buenos Aires ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath | Montreal ⓘ |
| positionHeld | Frothingham Professor of Logic and Metaphysics at McGill University ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Referenced by (4)
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this entity surface form:
Mario Augusto Bunge