Emmanuel Levinas
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Emmanuel Levinas was a 20th-century French philosopher best known for his ethical philosophy that places the face-to-face encounter with the Other at the center of moral responsibility.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Emmanuel Levinas canonical | 12 |
| Emmanuelis Levinas | 1 |
| Levinas | 1 |
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Target entity: Emmanuel Levinas Context triple: [Søren Kierkegaard, influenced, Emmanuel Levinas]
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Paul Ricoeur
Paul Ricoeur was a 20th-century French philosopher known for his work in phenomenology and hermeneutics, especially his analyses of narrative, interpretation, and the nature of the self.
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Martin Buber
Martin Buber was a Jewish philosopher and theologian best known for his existentialist dialogical philosophy, especially articulated in his seminal work "I and Thou."
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Karl Jaspers
Karl Jaspers was a German-Swiss psychiatrist and existential philosopher known for his work on psychopathology, the philosophy of existence, and the concept of the "Axial Age."
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Alexandre Kojève
Alexandre Kojève was a 20th-century Russian-French philosopher best known for his influential Paris lectures on Hegel that shaped postwar French existentialism, structuralism, and political thought.
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Jacques Derrida
Jacques Derrida was a French philosopher best known as the founder of deconstruction, whose work profoundly influenced literary theory, philosophy, and critical theory in the late 20th century.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: Emmanuel Levinas Target entity description: Emmanuel Levinas was a 20th-century French philosopher best known for his ethical philosophy that places the face-to-face encounter with the Other at the center of moral responsibility.
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A.
Paul Ricoeur
Paul Ricoeur was a 20th-century French philosopher known for his work in phenomenology and hermeneutics, especially his analyses of narrative, interpretation, and the nature of the self.
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B.
Martin Buber
Martin Buber was a Jewish philosopher and theologian best known for his existentialist dialogical philosophy, especially articulated in his seminal work "I and Thou."
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C.
Karl Jaspers
Karl Jaspers was a German-Swiss psychiatrist and existential philosopher known for his work on psychopathology, the philosophy of existence, and the concept of the "Axial Age."
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D.
Alexandre Kojève
Alexandre Kojève was a 20th-century Russian-French philosopher best known for his influential Paris lectures on Hegel that shaped postwar French existentialism, structuralism, and political thought.
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Jacques Derrida
Jacques Derrida was a French philosopher best known as the founder of deconstruction, whose work profoundly influenced literary theory, philosophy, and critical theory in the late 20th century.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (59)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
20th-century philosopher
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French philosopher ⓘ Jewish philosopher ⓘ human ⓘ philosopher ⓘ |
| birthName |
Emmanuel Levinas
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
Emmanuelis Levinas
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| centralConcept |
ethical relation to the Other
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primacy of ethics over ontology ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship |
France
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Lithuania ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1906-01-12 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 1995-12-25 ⓘ |
| employer |
La Sorbonne
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surface form:
Sorbonne
Université Paris Nanterre ⓘ
surface form:
Université de Paris Nanterre
Université de Poitiers ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | Lithuanian Jew ⓘ |
| familyName |
Emmanuel Levinas
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
Levinas
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| fieldOfWork |
Jewish philosophy
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ethics ⓘ existentialism ⓘ moral philosophy ⓘ phenomenology ⓘ |
| givenName | Emmanuel ⓘ |
| influenced |
Jacques Derrida
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Jean-François Lyotard ⓘ Jean-Luc Marion ⓘ Paul Ricoeur ⓘ contemporary ethics ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Edmund Husserl
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Franz Rosenzweig ⓘ Jewish scripture ⓘ Martin Heidegger ⓘ Talmudic tradition ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName |
French
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Hebrew ⓘ |
| movement |
continental philosophy
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existentialism ⓘ phenomenology ⓘ |
| notableIdea |
ethics as first philosophy
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face-to-face relation ⓘ il y a (there is) ⓘ infinite responsibility for the Other ⓘ substitution ⓘ the Other as ethical priority ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Existence and Existents
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Nine Talmudic Readings ⓘ Otherwise than Being, or Beyond Essence ⓘ Time and the Other ⓘ Totality and Infinity ⓘ |
| occupation |
philosopher
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university teacher ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth |
Kaunas
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Russian Empire ⓘ Lithuania ⓘ
surface form:
present-day Lithuania
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| placeOfDeath |
France
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Paris ⓘ |
| religion | Judaism ⓘ |
| spouse | Raïssa Levinas ⓘ |
| warExperience | World War II prisoner of war in Germany ⓘ |
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