Charlie Dunbar
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Charlie Dunbar Broad was a prominent 20th-century British philosopher known for his influential work in epistemology, ethics, and the philosophy of mind.
All labels observed (1)
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| Charlie Dunbar canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4781116 — 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: Charlie Dunbar Context triple: [C. D. Broad, givenName, Charlie Dunbar]
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A.
Bob Hilliard
Bob Hilliard was an American lyricist known for writing popular songs for films and Broadway during the mid-20th century.
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B.
Jack McDuff
Jack McDuff was an American jazz organist and bandleader known for his soulful Hammond B-3 playing and influential work in the soul-jazz and hard bop genres.
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C.
Delbert Grady
Delbert Grady is a ghostly former caretaker of the Overlook Hotel in Stephen King’s horror story "The Shining," known for having murdered his family and eerily influencing Jack Torrance.
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D.
Fred Tate
Fred Tate is a child prodigy whose extraordinary intellectual abilities and emotional struggles are central to the drama film "Little Man Tate."
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E.
Enoch Snow
Enoch Snow is a central character in the Rodgers and Hammerstein musical "Carousel," portrayed as an ambitious fisherman with strong moral values and comic earnestness.
- 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: Charlie Dunbar Target entity description: Charlie Dunbar Broad was a prominent 20th-century British philosopher known for his influential work in epistemology, ethics, and the philosophy of mind.
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A.
Bob Hilliard
Bob Hilliard was an American lyricist known for writing popular songs for films and Broadway during the mid-20th century.
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B.
Jack McDuff
Jack McDuff was an American jazz organist and bandleader known for his soulful Hammond B-3 playing and influential work in the soul-jazz and hard bop genres.
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C.
Delbert Grady
Delbert Grady is a ghostly former caretaker of the Overlook Hotel in Stephen King’s horror story "The Shining," known for having murdered his family and eerily influencing Jack Torrance.
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D.
Fred Tate
Fred Tate is a child prodigy whose extraordinary intellectual abilities and emotional struggles are central to the drama film "Little Man Tate."
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E.
Enoch Snow
Enoch Snow is a central character in the Rodgers and Hammerstein musical "Carousel," portrayed as an ambitious fisherman with strong moral values and comic earnestness.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
British philosopher
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human ⓘ philosopher ⓘ |
| academicDegree |
Bachelor of Arts
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Master of Arts ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship |
United Kingdom
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United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1887-12-30 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 1971-03-11 ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
Dulwich College
NERFINISHED
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Trinity College, Cambridge ⓘ |
| employer |
Trinity College, Cambridge
NERFINISHED
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Cambridge University ⓘ
surface form:
University of Cambridge
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| familyName | Broad NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
epistemology
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ethics ⓘ history of philosophy ⓘ metaphysics ⓘ moral philosophy ⓘ philosophy of mind ⓘ philosophy of religion ⓘ psychical research ⓘ |
| givenName | Charlie NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| influenced |
C. D. Broad’s students and colleagues at Cambridge
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Roderick Chisholm NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Bertrand Russell
NERFINISHED
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G. E. Moore NERFINISHED ⓘ Immanuel Kant ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| memberOf | British Academy NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| middleName | Dunbar NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| movement | analytic philosophy ⓘ |
| notableFor |
work on epistemology
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work on ethics ⓘ work on the philosophy of mind ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Determinism, Indeterminism, and Libertarianism
NERFINISHED
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Ethics and the History of Philosophy NERFINISHED ⓘ Examination of McTaggart's Philosophy NERFINISHED ⓘ Five Types of Ethical Theory NERFINISHED ⓘ Religion, Philosophy and Psychical Research NERFINISHED ⓘ Scientific Thought NERFINISHED ⓘ The Mind and Its Place in Nature NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth |
Harlesden
NERFINISHED
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London, England ⓘ
surface form:
London
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| placeOfDeath | Cambridge NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
Knightbridge Professor of Moral Philosophy at the University of Cambridge
NERFINISHED
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lecturer in moral science at the University of Cambridge ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
| workLocation | Cambridge NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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