Gilbert Durand
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Gilbert Durand was a French philosopher and anthropologist best known for his influential work on the theory of symbols and the anthropology of the imaginary.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Gilbert Durand canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4800170 — 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: Gilbert Durand Context triple: [Durand, hasNotableBearer, Gilbert Durand]
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Charles Auguste Émile Durand
Charles Auguste Émile Durand, better known as Carolus-Duran, was a prominent 19th-century French portrait painter renowned for his stylish depictions of high society and for teaching artists such as John Singer Sargent.
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B.
Christian Dotremont
Christian Dotremont was a Belgian painter, poet, and theorist best known as a co-founder of the avant-garde CoBrA art movement and for his innovative "logogram" calligraphic works.
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C.
Pierre Lazareff
Pierre Lazareff was a prominent French journalist and media executive best known for transforming the newspaper France-Soir into one of the country’s leading mass-circulation dailies.
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D.
Léon Boyer
Léon Boyer was a French civil engineer best known for designing major 19th-century railway structures, including the Garabit Viaduct.
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E.
Georges Leygues
Georges Leygues was a French politician of the Third Republic who served as Prime Minister and held several key ministerial posts, notably in the navy and education.
- 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: Gilbert Durand Target entity description: Gilbert Durand was a French philosopher and anthropologist best known for his influential work on the theory of symbols and the anthropology of the imaginary.
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A.
Charles Auguste Émile Durand
Charles Auguste Émile Durand, better known as Carolus-Duran, was a prominent 19th-century French portrait painter renowned for his stylish depictions of high society and for teaching artists such as John Singer Sargent.
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B.
Christian Dotremont
Christian Dotremont was a Belgian painter, poet, and theorist best known as a co-founder of the avant-garde CoBrA art movement and for his innovative "logogram" calligraphic works.
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C.
Pierre Lazareff
Pierre Lazareff was a prominent French journalist and media executive best known for transforming the newspaper France-Soir into one of the country’s leading mass-circulation dailies.
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D.
Léon Boyer
Léon Boyer was a French civil engineer best known for designing major 19th-century railway structures, including the Garabit Viaduct.
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E.
Georges Leygues
Georges Leygues was a French politician of the Third Republic who served as Prime Minister and held several key ministerial posts, notably in the navy and education.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
anthropologist
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human ⓘ philosopher ⓘ university teacher ⓘ |
| countryOfBirth | France ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | France ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1921-05-01 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 2012-12-07 ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
Université de Grenoble
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Université de Lyon NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| employer |
Université de Chambéry
NERFINISHED
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Université de Grenoble NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| familyName | Durand NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
anthropology
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anthropology of the imaginary ⓘ comparative literature ⓘ mythology ⓘ philosophy ⓘ symbolism ⓘ |
| givenName | Gilbert NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| influenced |
Jean-Jacques Wunenburger
NERFINISHED
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Michel Maffesoli NERFINISHED ⓘ anthropology of imagination studies ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Carl Gustav Jung
NERFINISHED
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Gaston Bachelard NERFINISHED ⓘ Henri Bergson NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| knownFor |
analysis of myth and archetypes
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anthropology of the imaginary ⓘ theory of symbols ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | French ⓘ |
| movement |
anthropology of the imaginary
ⓘ
symbolic anthropology ⓘ |
| name | Gilbert Durand NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nationality | French ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Figures mythiques et visages de l’œuvre
NERFINISHED
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Les structures anthropologiques de l’imaginaire NERFINISHED ⓘ L’imagination symbolique NERFINISHED ⓘ L’Âme tigrée NERFINISHED ⓘ Science de l’homme et tradition NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| occupation |
essayist
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professor ⓘ writer ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Champagnole NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath | Chambéry NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| religion | Roman Catholicism ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
| workLocation |
Chambéry
NERFINISHED
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Grenoble NERFINISHED ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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