Brian Swimme
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Brian Swimme is an American cosmologist and philosopher known for integrating scientific cosmology with spirituality and ecological awareness, particularly through his work on the “universe story.”
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Brian Swimme canonical | 5 |
| Brian Thomas Swimme | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6237663 — 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: Brian Swimme Context triple: [Thomas Berry, influenced, Brian Swimme]
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Thomas Berry
Thomas Berry was a cultural historian and Catholic priest best known for his influential work in eco-theology and for advocating a new, spiritually grounded relationship between humans and the Earth.
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Gregory Plotkin
Gregory Plotkin is an American film editor best known for his work on high-profile horror and genre films, including collaborations with Blumhouse Productions.
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Dorion Sagan
Dorion Sagan is an American science writer and essayist known for his works on evolution, ecology, and complexity, and for coauthoring influential books with his mother, biologist Lynn Margulis.
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D.
Kent Tekulve
Kent Tekulve is a former Major League Baseball relief pitcher best known for his submarine delivery and key role in the Pittsburgh Pirates’ 1979 World Series championship.
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E.
Paul Grilley
Paul Grilley is a yoga teacher best known for popularizing Yin Yoga and for his influential work on anatomy and skeletal variation in yoga practice.
- 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: Brian Swimme Target entity description: Brian Swimme is an American cosmologist and philosopher known for integrating scientific cosmology with spirituality and ecological awareness, particularly through his work on the “universe story.”
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A.
Thomas Berry
Thomas Berry was a cultural historian and Catholic priest best known for his influential work in eco-theology and for advocating a new, spiritually grounded relationship between humans and the Earth.
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B.
Gregory Plotkin
Gregory Plotkin is an American film editor best known for his work on high-profile horror and genre films, including collaborations with Blumhouse Productions.
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C.
Dorion Sagan
Dorion Sagan is an American science writer and essayist known for his works on evolution, ecology, and complexity, and for coauthoring influential books with his mother, biologist Lynn Margulis.
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D.
Kent Tekulve
Kent Tekulve is a former Major League Baseball relief pitcher best known for his submarine delivery and key role in the Pittsburgh Pirates’ 1979 World Series championship.
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E.
Paul Grilley
Paul Grilley is a yoga teacher best known for popularizing Yin Yoga and for his influential work on anatomy and skeletal variation in yoga practice.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
educator
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person ⓘ philosopher ⓘ |
| affiliation | California Institute of Integral Studies ⓘ |
| approach |
integral cosmology
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narrative cosmology ⓘ |
| coAuthoredWork |
Journey of the Universe
ⓘ
linked to:
Journey of the Universe (film)
The Universe Story ⓘ |
| coAuthorWith |
John Grim
ⓘ
Mary Evelyn Tucker ⓘ Thomas Berry ⓘ |
| developedConcept |
cosmic creation story
ⓘ
universe story ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
cosmology
ⓘ
eco-theology ⓘ evolutionary cosmology ⓘ philosophy ⓘ religion and science ⓘ |
| focusesOn |
ecological implications of cosmology
ⓘ
ethical implications of cosmology ⓘ meaning of the universe for human life ⓘ |
| hasWritten |
Hidden Heart of the Cosmos
ⓘ
The Journey of the Universe ⓘ
linked to:
The Universe Story
The Universe Is a Green Dragon ⓘ The Universe Story ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Pierre Teilhard de Chardin
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Thomas Berry ⓘ contemporary cosmology ⓘ |
| knownFor |
articulating the universe story
ⓘ
collaboration with Thomas Berry ⓘ integrating scientific cosmology with spirituality ⓘ linking cosmology with ecological awareness ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| nationality | American ⓘ |
| occupation | professor ⓘ |
| placeOfActivity |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| position | faculty member in Philosophy, Cosmology, and Consciousness program ⓘ |
| produced | Journey of the Universe (film) ⓘ |
| researchInterest |
big history
ⓘ
cosmic evolution ⓘ ecological spirituality ⓘ relationship between humans and the universe ⓘ |
| roleInWork | host of Journey of the Universe film ⓘ |
| teachesAt | California Institute of Integral Studies ⓘ |
| website |
https://storyoftheuniverse.org/
ⓘ
https://www.journeyoftheuniverse.org/ ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Brian Swimme Description of subject: Brian Swimme is an American cosmologist and philosopher known for integrating scientific cosmology with spirituality and ecological awareness, particularly through his work on the “universe story.”
Referenced by (6)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Brian Swimme