Ludwig Feuerbach
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Ludwig Feuerbach was a 19th-century German philosopher best known for his critique of religion and his influence on materialist and humanist thought.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Ludwig Feuerbach canonical | 24 |
| Feuerbach | 1 |
| Ludwig Andreas Feuerbach | 1 |
| Paul Johann Anselm Ritter von Feuerbach | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T335686 — 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.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Ludwig Feuerbach Context triple: [Mikhail Bakunin, influencedBy, Ludwig Feuerbach]
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Johann Gottlieb Fichte
Johann Gottlieb Fichte was a German philosopher and key figure of German Idealism, known for developing a radical form of transcendental philosophy that built on and transformed Immanuel Kant’s critical philosophy.
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G. W. F. Hegel
G. W. F. Hegel was a German idealist philosopher whose dialectical method and comprehensive system of absolute idealism profoundly influenced 19th- and 20th-century philosophy, politics, and theology.
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Friedrich Wilhelm Joseph Schelling
Friedrich Wilhelm Joseph Schelling was a German Idealist philosopher known for his work on nature, freedom, and the development of a dynamic, evolving conception of reality.
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Friedrich Engels
Friedrich Engels was a 19th-century German philosopher, social scientist, and political theorist best known as Karl Marx’s collaborator and co-author of foundational works of communist theory such as "The Communist Manifesto."
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E.
Baron d'Holbach
Baron d'Holbach was an 18th-century French-German philosopher and prominent atheist known for his materialist and anti-religious writings that helped shape Enlightenment thought.
- 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: Ludwig Feuerbach Target entity description: Ludwig Feuerbach was a 19th-century German philosopher best known for his critique of religion and his influence on materialist and humanist thought.
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Johann Gottlieb Fichte
Johann Gottlieb Fichte was a German philosopher and key figure of German Idealism, known for developing a radical form of transcendental philosophy that built on and transformed Immanuel Kant’s critical philosophy.
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B.
G. W. F. Hegel
G. W. F. Hegel was a German idealist philosopher whose dialectical method and comprehensive system of absolute idealism profoundly influenced 19th- and 20th-century philosophy, politics, and theology.
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C.
Friedrich Wilhelm Joseph Schelling
Friedrich Wilhelm Joseph Schelling was a German Idealist philosopher known for his work on nature, freedom, and the development of a dynamic, evolving conception of reality.
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D.
Friedrich Engels
Friedrich Engels was a 19th-century German philosopher, social scientist, and political theorist best known as Karl Marx’s collaborator and co-author of foundational works of communist theory such as "The Communist Manifesto."
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E.
Baron d'Holbach
Baron d'Holbach was an 18th-century French-German philosopher and prominent atheist known for his materialist and anti-religious writings that helped shape Enlightenment thought.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (55)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
19th-century philosopher
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German philosopher ⓘ human ⓘ philosopher ⓘ |
| birthDate | 1804-07-28 ⓘ |
| birthPlace |
Electorate of Bavaria
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Landshut ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | Germany ⓘ |
| deathDate | 1872-09-13 ⓘ |
| deathPlace |
Rechenberg
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near Nuremberg ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
Humboldt University of Berlin
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surface form:
University of Berlin
Heidelberg University ⓘ
surface form:
University of Heidelberg
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| era | 19th-century philosophy ⓘ |
| familyName |
Ludwig Feuerbach
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
Feuerbach
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| father |
Ludwig Feuerbach
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
Paul Johann Anselm Ritter von Feuerbach
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| fieldOfWork |
anthropology of religion
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materialist philosophy ⓘ philosophy of religion ⓘ |
| fullName |
Ludwig Feuerbach
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
Ludwig Andreas Feuerbach
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| givenName | Ludwig ⓘ |
| influenced |
Bruno Bauer
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Friedrich Engels ⓘ German materialism ⓘ Karl Marx ⓘ Max Stirner ⓘ Sigmund Freud ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Baruch Spinoza
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Friedrich Schleiermacher ⓘ G. W. F. Hegel ⓘ G. W. F. Hegel ⓘ
surface form:
Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel
Johann Gottlieb Fichte ⓘ |
| knownFor |
critique of religion
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influence on Marxist theory ⓘ projection theory of religion ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | German ⓘ |
| middleName | Andreas ⓘ |
| movement | Young Hegelians ⓘ |
| name | Ludwig Feuerbach self-link ⓘ |
| nationality | German ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Das Wesen des Christentums
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Principles of the Philosophy of the Future ⓘ The Essence of Christianity ⓘ The Essence of Faith According to Luther ⓘ The Essence of Religion ⓘ |
| occupation |
anthropologist
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philosopher ⓘ |
| philosophicalSchool |
atheism
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humanism ⓘ materialism ⓘ |
| placeOfBurial | Johannisfriedhof, Nuremberg ⓘ |
| positionOnReligion | religion as human self-projection ⓘ |
| religion | Protestant background ⓘ |
| sibling | Anselm Feuerbach ⓘ |
| studiedUnder |
G. W. F. Hegel
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surface form:
Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel
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Subject: Ludwig Feuerbach Description of subject: Ludwig Feuerbach was a 19th-century German philosopher best known for his critique of religion and his influence on materialist and humanist thought.
Referenced by (27)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Ludwig Andreas Feuerbach
this entity surface form:
Feuerbach
this entity surface form:
Paul Johann Anselm Ritter von Feuerbach
subject surface form:
Friedrich Engels