Patrick Suppes
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Patrick Suppes was an influential American philosopher of science and logician known for his work in the philosophy of physics, probability, and the foundations of psychology and education.
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| Patrick Suppes canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T16997754 — 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: Patrick Suppes Context triple: [Nancy Cartwright, academicAdvisor, Patrick Suppes]
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A.
Nicholas Rescher
Nicholas Rescher is a prominent German-American philosopher known for his extensive work in pragmatism, epistemology, and systematic philosophy.
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B.
Ernest Nagel
Ernest Nagel was a prominent 20th-century philosopher of science known for his influential work on logical empiricism, scientific explanation, and the structure and methodology of the sciences.
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C.
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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D.
Wesley C. Salmon
Wesley C. Salmon was an American philosopher of science known for his influential work on scientific explanation, causality, and the philosophy of probability.
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E.
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.
- 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: Patrick Suppes Target entity description: Patrick Suppes was an influential American philosopher of science and logician known for his work in the philosophy of physics, probability, and the foundations of psychology and education.
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A.
Nicholas Rescher
Nicholas Rescher is a prominent German-American philosopher known for his extensive work in pragmatism, epistemology, and systematic philosophy.
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B.
Ernest Nagel
Ernest Nagel was a prominent 20th-century philosopher of science known for his influential work on logical empiricism, scientific explanation, and the structure and methodology of the sciences.
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C.
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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D.
Wesley C. Salmon
Wesley C. Salmon was an American philosopher of science known for his influential work on scientific explanation, causality, and the philosophy of probability.
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E.
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.
- F. None of above. chosen
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