Norman Kemp Smith
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Norman Kemp Smith was a prominent Scottish philosopher and translator best known for his influential English translation and interpretation of Immanuel Kant’s "Critique of Pure Reason."
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| Norman Kemp Smith canonical | 2 |
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Norman Kemp Smith Context triple: [Ascension Parish Burial Ground, Cambridge, hasGraveOf, Norman Kemp Smith]
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A.
Norman Hewson
Norman Hewson is the brother of U2's lead singer Bono and a member of the Hewson family from Dublin, Ireland.
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B.
Cecil Harcourt-Smith
Cecil Harcourt-Smith was a British archaeologist and museum director best known for his leadership roles at the British Museum and the Victoria and Albert Museum in the early 20th century.
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C.
Claude Auchinleck
Claude Auchinleck was a senior British Army officer and field marshal best known for his leadership of Allied forces in the Middle East during the early stages of World War II.
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D.
Francis Graham-Smith
Francis Graham-Smith is a British astronomer noted for his work in radio astronomy and for serving as the Astronomer Royal.
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E.
Herbert Jenkins
Herbert Jenkins was a British publishing company best known for issuing popular fiction, including many works by P. G. Wodehouse.
- 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: Norman Kemp Smith Target entity description: Norman Kemp Smith was a prominent Scottish philosopher and translator best known for his influential English translation and interpretation of Immanuel Kant’s "Critique of Pure Reason."
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A.
Norman Hewson
Norman Hewson is the brother of U2's lead singer Bono and a member of the Hewson family from Dublin, Ireland.
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B.
Cecil Harcourt-Smith
Cecil Harcourt-Smith was a British archaeologist and museum director best known for his leadership roles at the British Museum and the Victoria and Albert Museum in the early 20th century.
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C.
Claude Auchinleck
Claude Auchinleck was a senior British Army officer and field marshal best known for his leadership of Allied forces in the Middle East during the early stages of World War II.
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D.
Francis Graham-Smith
Francis Graham-Smith is a British astronomer noted for his work in radio astronomy and for serving as the Astronomer Royal.
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E.
Herbert Jenkins
Herbert Jenkins was a British publishing company best known for issuing popular fiction, including many works by P. G. Wodehouse.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (43)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
academic
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philosopher ⓘ translator ⓘ |
| birthDate | 1872-05-05 ⓘ |
| birthPlace |
Dundee
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Scotland ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| deathDate | 1958-09-03 ⓘ |
| deathPlace |
Edinburgh
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Scotland ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
University of Glasgow
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University of St Andrews ⓘ |
| employer |
Princeton University
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University of Edinburgh ⓘ |
| era | 20th-century philosophy ⓘ |
| familyName | Kemp Smith ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
Kantian philosophy
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epistemology ⓘ history of philosophy ⓘ philosophy ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| givenName | Norman ⓘ |
| influenced |
20th-century Anglophone Kant scholarship
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analytic philosophy interpretations of Kant ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
David Hume
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Immanuel Kant ⓘ |
| knownFor |
English translation of Immanuel Kant’s "Critique of Pure Reason"
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interpretation of Immanuel Kant’s "Critique of Pure Reason" ⓘ work on David Hume ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| mainInterest |
David Hume
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Immanuel Kant ⓘ |
| name | Norman Kemp Smith self-link ⓘ |
| nationality | Scottish ⓘ |
| notableWork |
"A Commentary to Kant’s Critique of Pure Reason"
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"The Philosophy of David Hume" ⓘ English translation of Kant’s "Critique of Pure Reason" ⓘ |
| occupation |
university teacher
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writer ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
Professor of Logic and Metaphysics at the University of Edinburgh
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Professor of Philosophy at Princeton University ⓘ Stuart Professor of Logic and Metaphysics at the University of Edinburgh ⓘ |
| religion |
Presbyterian
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surface form:
Presbyterianism
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