C. I. Lewis
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C. I. Lewis was an American philosopher best known for his work in modal logic and epistemology, helping to shape 20th-century analytic philosophy.
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| C. I. Lewis canonical | 9 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4262272 — 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: C. I. Lewis Context triple: [Charles Sanders Peirce, influenced, C. I. Lewis]
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Wilfrid Sellars
Wilfrid Sellars was a 20th-century American philosopher best known for his critiques of empiricism and foundationalism and for developing a systematic, scientifically informed account of knowledge and mind.
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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.
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Roderick Chisholm
Roderick Chisholm was a 20th-century American analytic philosopher known for his influential work in epistemology, metaphysics, and the theory of perception.
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D.
F. Frederick Ayer
F. Frederick Ayer was an architect known for designing the historic Boston Garden arena in Boston, Massachusetts.
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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.
- 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: C. I. Lewis Target entity description: C. I. Lewis was an American philosopher best known for his work in modal logic and epistemology, helping to shape 20th-century analytic philosophy.
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A.
Wilfrid Sellars
Wilfrid Sellars was a 20th-century American philosopher best known for his critiques of empiricism and foundationalism and for developing a systematic, scientifically informed account of knowledge and mind.
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B.
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.
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C.
Roderick Chisholm
Roderick Chisholm was a 20th-century American analytic philosopher known for his influential work in epistemology, metaphysics, and the theory of perception.
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D.
F. Frederick Ayer
F. Frederick Ayer was an architect known for designing the historic Boston Garden arena in Boston, Massachusetts.
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E.
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.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
American philosopher
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human ⓘ logician ⓘ philosopher ⓘ |
| academicDegree | PhD in philosophy ⓘ |
| birthDate | 1883-04-12 ⓘ |
| birthPlace | Stoneham, Massachusetts, United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| centuryOfActivity | 20th century ⓘ |
| citizenship | American ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| deathDate | 1964-02-03 ⓘ |
| deathPlace | Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| developed | systems of strict implication ⓘ |
| doctoralAdvisor | Josiah Royce NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| educatedAt | Harvard University ⓘ |
| employer |
Harvard University
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University of California, Berkeley ⓘ |
| familyName | Lewis NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
epistemology
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logic ⓘ modal logic ⓘ philosophy ⓘ |
| fullName | Clarence Irving Lewis NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| givenName |
Clarence
NERFINISHED
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Irving NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| influenced |
Nelson Goodman
NERFINISHED
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Roderick Chisholm NERFINISHED ⓘ W. V. O. Quine NERFINISHED ⓘ analytic epistemology ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Charles Sanders Peirce
NERFINISHED
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Immanuel Kant ⓘ Josiah Royce NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| knownFor |
conceptual pragmatism
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development of modern modal logic ⓘ work in epistemology ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| mainInterest |
modal logic
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theory of knowledge ⓘ value theory ⓘ |
| movement | analytic philosophy ⓘ |
| notableWork |
A Survey of Symbolic Logic
NERFINISHED
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An Analysis of Knowledge and Valuation NERFINISHED ⓘ Mind and the World-Order NERFINISHED ⓘ Symbolic Logic NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| philosophicalSchool | pragmatism ⓘ |
| positionHeld | professor of philosophy ⓘ |
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Referenced by (9)
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