Robert Stalnaker
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Robert Stalnaker is an American philosopher known for his influential work in metaphysics, philosophy of language, and philosophical logic, particularly on possible worlds and the semantics of conditionals.
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| Robert Stalnaker canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T16169975 — 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: Robert Stalnaker Context triple: [counterpart theory, influencedPhilosopher, Robert Stalnaker]
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Stephen Stich
Stephen Stich is an American philosopher best known for his influential work in the philosophy of mind, cognitive science, and epistemology, particularly his critiques of folk psychology and traditional notions of rationality.
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Gayne Rescher
Gayne Rescher was an American cinematographer known for his work on major films and television series, including the science fiction classic Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan.
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C.
Robert Brandom
Robert Brandom is an American philosopher best known for his work in analytic philosophy, particularly in the philosophy of language, pragmatism, and inferentialism about meaning and normativity.
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D.
David E. Lewis
David E. Lewis is a screenwriter best known for his work on the acclaimed 1971 neo-noir thriller film "Klute."
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E.
Laurence BonJour
Laurence BonJour is an American philosopher best known for his influential work in epistemology, particularly his defense of coherentism and later foundationalism against naturalized and externalist accounts of knowledge.
- F. None of above. chosen
- 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: Robert Stalnaker Target entity description: Robert Stalnaker is an American philosopher known for his influential work in metaphysics, philosophy of language, and philosophical logic, particularly on possible worlds and the semantics of conditionals.
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A.
Stephen Stich
Stephen Stich is an American philosopher best known for his influential work in the philosophy of mind, cognitive science, and epistemology, particularly his critiques of folk psychology and traditional notions of rationality.
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B.
Gayne Rescher
Gayne Rescher was an American cinematographer known for his work on major films and television series, including the science fiction classic Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan.
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C.
Robert Brandom
Robert Brandom is an American philosopher best known for his work in analytic philosophy, particularly in the philosophy of language, pragmatism, and inferentialism about meaning and normativity.
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D.
David E. Lewis
David E. Lewis is a screenwriter best known for his work on the acclaimed 1971 neo-noir thriller film "Klute."
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E.
Laurence BonJour
Laurence BonJour is an American philosopher best known for his influential work in epistemology, particularly his defense of coherentism and later foundationalism against naturalized and externalist accounts of knowledge.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.