Susan Wolf
E617454
Susan Wolf is an American moral philosopher known for her influential work on moral responsibility, the meaning of life, and the nature of value.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Susan Wolf canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6760980 — 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: Susan Wolf Context triple: [Wolf, hasNotableBearer, Susan Wolf]
-
A.
Jane Wolfe
Jane Wolfe was an American silent film actress best known for her early 20th-century screen roles and later association with occultist Aleister Crowley.
-
B.
Virginia Weidler
Virginia Weidler was an American child actress of the 1930s and 1940s, best remembered for her witty supporting roles in classic Hollywood films such as "The Philadelphia Story."
-
C.
Susan Sherwin
Susan Sherwin is a Canadian feminist philosopher and bioethicist known for her influential work on ethics, health care, and women's autonomy.
-
D.
Susan Schneider
Susan Schneider is an American artist and graphic designer best known as the third wife and widow of actor and comedian Robin Williams.
-
E.
Victoria Strouse
Victoria Strouse is an American screenwriter best known for co-writing Pixar's animated film "Finding Dory."
- 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: Susan Wolf Target entity description: Susan Wolf is an American moral philosopher known for her influential work on moral responsibility, the meaning of life, and the nature of value.
-
A.
Jane Wolfe
Jane Wolfe was an American silent film actress best known for her early 20th-century screen roles and later association with occultist Aleister Crowley.
-
B.
Virginia Weidler
Virginia Weidler was an American child actress of the 1930s and 1940s, best remembered for her witty supporting roles in classic Hollywood films such as "The Philadelphia Story."
-
C.
Susan Sherwin
Susan Sherwin is a Canadian feminist philosopher and bioethicist known for her influential work on ethics, health care, and women's autonomy.
-
D.
Susan Schneider
Susan Schneider is an American artist and graphic designer best known as the third wife and widow of actor and comedian Robin Williams.
-
E.
Victoria Strouse
Victoria Strouse is an American screenwriter best known for co-writing Pixar's animated film "Finding Dory."
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
American philosopher
ⓘ
academic ⓘ moral philosopher ⓘ philosopher ⓘ |
| almaMater |
Princeton University
ⓘ
Yale University ⓘ |
| birthPlace |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| birthYear | 1952 ⓘ |
| doctoralAdvisor | Thomas Nagel ⓘ |
| employer | Duke University ⓘ |
| field |
ethics
ⓘ
moral philosophy ⓘ philosophy of action ⓘ philosophy of responsibility ⓘ political philosophy ⓘ value theory ⓘ |
| gender | female ⓘ |
| hasConcept |
compatibilist account of free will and moral responsibility
ⓘ
critique of moral sainthood as an ideal ⓘ distinction between reasons of love and reasons of morality ⓘ idea that meaning in life is partly objective and partly subjective ⓘ view that meaningful lives involve active engagement in projects of worth ⓘ |
| hasSpouse | Christopher Peacocke ⓘ |
| influenced |
contemporary debates on moral responsibility
ⓘ
contemporary debates on the meaning of life ⓘ discussions of value pluralism ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Thomas Nagel
ⓘ
contemporary analytic philosophy ⓘ |
| knownFor |
book “Freedom Within Reason”
ⓘ
book “Meaning in Life and Why It Matters” ⓘ book “The Variety of Values: Essays on Morality, Meaning, and Love” ⓘ essay “Moral Saints” ⓘ work on moral responsibility ⓘ work on the meaning of life ⓘ work on the nature of value ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| memberOf | American Academy of Arts and Sciences ⓘ |
| nationality | American ⓘ |
| notableWork |
“Freedom Within Reason”
ⓘ
“Meaning in Life and Why It Matters” ⓘ “Moral Saints” ⓘ “The Variety of Values: Essays on Morality, Meaning, and Love” ⓘ |
| occupation |
philosopher
ⓘ
university professor ⓘ |
| position | Edna J. Koury Distinguished Professor of Philosophy ⓘ |
| workInstitution | Duke University Department of Philosophy ⓘ |
| writesInTradition | analytic philosophy ⓘ |
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: Susan Wolf Description of subject: Susan Wolf is an American moral philosopher known for her influential work on moral responsibility, the meaning of life, and the nature of value.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.