Roy Wood Sellars
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Roy Wood Sellars was an American philosopher known for his work in critical realism and naturalism and for helping shape early 20th-century secular humanist thought.
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| Roy Wood Sellars canonical | 1 |
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Roy Wood Sellars Context triple: [Humanist Manifesto I, signatory, Roy Wood Sellars]
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Charles Watts
Charles Watts was an American character actor known for his supporting roles in mid-20th-century film and television.
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Lee Boardman
Lee Boardman is a British actor known for his roles in television dramas such as Rome and Coronation Street.
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C.
J. C. Squire
J. C. Squire was a British poet, critic, and editor best known for leading the Georgian poetry movement and shaping early 20th-century English literary taste.
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Alan Black
Alan Black is a Northern Irish man known for being the sole survivor of the 1976 Kingsmill massacre during the Troubles.
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E.
Arthur Lee
Arthur Lee was an American diplomat and member of the prominent Lee family of Virginia who played a key role in securing French support for the United States during the Revolutionary War.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Roy Wood Sellars Target entity description: Roy Wood Sellars was an American philosopher known for his work in critical realism and naturalism and for helping shape early 20th-century secular humanist thought.
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A.
Charles Watts
Charles Watts was an American character actor known for his supporting roles in mid-20th-century film and television.
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B.
Lee Boardman
Lee Boardman is a British actor known for his roles in television dramas such as Rome and Coronation Street.
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C.
J. C. Squire
J. C. Squire was a British poet, critic, and editor best known for leading the Georgian poetry movement and shaping early 20th-century English literary taste.
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D.
Alan Black
Alan Black is a Northern Irish man known for being the sole survivor of the 1976 Kingsmill massacre during the Troubles.
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E.
Arthur Lee
Arthur Lee was an American diplomat and member of the prominent Lee family of Virginia who played a key role in securing French support for the United States during the Revolutionary War.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (42)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
American philosopher
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human ⓘ philosopher ⓘ |
| centuryOfActivity | 20th century ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| familyName | Sellars ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
epistemology
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ethics ⓘ metaphysics ⓘ philosophy ⓘ philosophy of religion ⓘ |
| genre |
non-fiction
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philosophical literature ⓘ |
| givenName | Roy ⓘ |
| hasChild | Wilfrid Sellars ⓘ |
| influenced |
20th-century analytic philosophy
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American secular humanism ⓘ Wilfrid Sellars ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Darwinism
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scientific naturalism ⓘ |
| knownFor |
contributing to early secular humanist manifestos
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defending evolutionary naturalism ⓘ developing a form of critical realism ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| movement |
critical realism
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philosophical naturalism ⓘ secular humanism ⓘ |
| nationality | American ⓘ |
| notableIdea |
critical realism in epistemology
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evolutionary naturalism ⓘ secular humanist ethics ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Critical Realism
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Evolutionary Naturalism ⓘ Religion Coming of Age ⓘ The Next Step in Democracy ⓘ |
| occupation |
university teacher
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writer ⓘ |
| philosophicalSchool |
humanism
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naturalism ⓘ realism ⓘ |
| placeOfActivity | United States of America ⓘ |
| religiousView | secular humanism ⓘ |
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