Shaun Gallagher
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Shaun Gallagher is a contemporary American philosopher best known for his work in phenomenology and the philosophy of mind, particularly on embodied cognition and self-consciousness.
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| Shaun Gallagher canonical | 2 |
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Shaun Gallagher Context triple: [Maurice Merleau-Ponty, influenced, Shaun Gallagher]
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Mike McGear
Mike McGear is a British musician, photographer, and comedian best known as Paul McCartney’s younger brother and a member of the satirical pop group The Scaffold.
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B.
John Hoffman
John Hoffman is an American writer, producer, and director best known for co-creating the mystery-comedy television series "Only Murders in the Building."
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C.
Deryck Guyler
Deryck Guyler was a British character actor and comedian best known for his roles in mid-20th-century radio and television sitcoms.
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D.
Michael Wilford
Michael Wilford was a British architect known for his postmodern designs and for continuing the work of James Stirling on prominent cultural and public buildings.
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E.
John Stanier
John Stanier is a cinematographer best known for his work on major action films such as "Rambo III."
- 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: Shaun Gallagher Target entity description: Shaun Gallagher is a contemporary American philosopher best known for his work in phenomenology and the philosophy of mind, particularly on embodied cognition and self-consciousness.
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A.
Mike McGear
Mike McGear is a British musician, photographer, and comedian best known as Paul McCartney’s younger brother and a member of the satirical pop group The Scaffold.
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B.
John Hoffman
John Hoffman is an American writer, producer, and director best known for co-creating the mystery-comedy television series "Only Murders in the Building."
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C.
Deryck Guyler
Deryck Guyler was a British character actor and comedian best known for his roles in mid-20th-century radio and television sitcoms.
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D.
Michael Wilford
Michael Wilford was a British architect known for his postmodern designs and for continuing the work of James Stirling on prominent cultural and public buildings.
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E.
John Stanier
John Stanier is a cinematographer best known for his work on major action films such as "Rambo III."
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
academic
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person ⓘ philosopher ⓘ |
| almaMater |
State University of New York at Stony Brook
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linked to:
Stony Brook University
Villanova University ⓘ |
| birthYear | 1948 ⓘ |
| citizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| coAuthor | Dan Zahavi ⓘ |
| coAuthorOf | The Phenomenological Mind ⓘ |
| employer |
University of Hertfordshire
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University of Memphis ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
cognitive science
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phenomenology ⓘ philosophy ⓘ philosophy of mind ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| hasAcademicPosition | Lillian and Morrie Moss Chair of Excellence in Philosophy at the University of Memphis ⓘ |
| hasConcept |
front-loaded phenomenology
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interaction theory of social cognition ⓘ pattern theory of self ⓘ |
| hasPublishedIn |
neuroscience and philosophy interfaces
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phenomenology of cognitive science ⓘ philosophy of psychiatry ⓘ |
| hasWritten |
Action and Interaction
ⓘ
How the Body Shapes the Mind ⓘ Phenomenology ⓘ
linked to:
phenomenology
Selfhood and the Brain ⓘ The Phenomenological Mind ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Edmund Husserl
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Martin Heidegger ⓘ Maurice Merleau-Ponty ⓘ enactivist cognitive science ⓘ |
| knownFor |
enactive approaches to cognition
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philosophy of the body ⓘ work on embodied cognition ⓘ work on phenomenology of agency ⓘ work on self-consciousness ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| mainInterest |
agency
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embodied cognition ⓘ self-consciousness ⓘ social cognition ⓘ time-consciousness ⓘ |
| nationality | American ⓘ |
| notableIdea |
embodied and enactive accounts of mind
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minimal self and narrative self distinction ⓘ |
| positionHeld | research professor of philosophy at the University of Hertfordshire ⓘ |
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