Max Scheler
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Max Scheler was a German philosopher known for his work in phenomenology, ethics, and philosophical anthropology, and as a key figure in the Lebensphilosophie (philosophy of life) movement.
All labels observed (1)
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| Max Scheler canonical | 4 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7108886 — 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: Max Scheler Context triple: [Lebensphilosophie, associatedWith, Max Scheler]
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Eduard Spranger
Eduard Spranger was a German philosopher and psychologist known for his influential work in the philosophy of education and the psychology of personality and values.
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Wilhelm Dilthey
Wilhelm Dilthey was a German philosopher and historian known for founding modern hermeneutics and developing a comprehensive theory of the human sciences (Geisteswissenschaften).
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Nicolai Hartmann
Nicolai Hartmann was a 20th-century German philosopher known for his influential work in ontology and ethics, developing a critical realist and stratified view of reality.
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Paul Natorp
Paul Natorp was a German philosopher and prominent representative of the Marburg School of Neo-Kantianism, known for his work in epistemology, philosophy of science, and philosophy of education.
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E.
Ludwig Binswanger
Ludwig Binswanger was a Swiss psychiatrist and pioneer of existential and phenomenological approaches to psychotherapy, integrating existential philosophy with clinical 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: Max Scheler Target entity description: Max Scheler was a German philosopher known for his work in phenomenology, ethics, and philosophical anthropology, and as a key figure in the Lebensphilosophie (philosophy of life) movement.
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A.
Eduard Spranger
Eduard Spranger was a German philosopher and psychologist known for his influential work in the philosophy of education and the psychology of personality and values.
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B.
Wilhelm Dilthey
Wilhelm Dilthey was a German philosopher and historian known for founding modern hermeneutics and developing a comprehensive theory of the human sciences (Geisteswissenschaften).
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C.
Nicolai Hartmann
Nicolai Hartmann was a 20th-century German philosopher known for his influential work in ontology and ethics, developing a critical realist and stratified view of reality.
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D.
Paul Natorp
Paul Natorp was a German philosopher and prominent representative of the Marburg School of Neo-Kantianism, known for his work in epistemology, philosophy of science, and philosophy of education.
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E.
Ludwig Binswanger
Ludwig Binswanger was a Swiss psychiatrist and pioneer of existential and phenomenological approaches to psychotherapy, integrating existential philosophy with clinical practice.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (51)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
German philosopher
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ethicist ⓘ human ⓘ phenomenologist ⓘ philosopher ⓘ philosophical anthropologist ⓘ |
| academicDiscipline | philosophy ⓘ |
| birthDate | 1874-08-22 ⓘ |
| birthPlace |
German Empire
NERFINISHED
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Kingdom of Bavaria NERFINISHED ⓘ Munich NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | Germany ⓘ |
| deathDate | 1928-05-19 ⓘ |
| deathPlace |
Frankfurt am Main
NERFINISHED
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Weimar Republic NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| employer |
University of Cologne
NERFINISHED
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University of Munich NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| familyName | Scheler NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
ethics
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phenomenology ⓘ philosophical anthropology ⓘ philosophy ⓘ social philosophy ⓘ |
| givenName | Max NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| influenced |
Arnold Gehlen
NERFINISHED
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Dietrich von Hildebrand NERFINISHED ⓘ Helmuth Plessner NERFINISHED ⓘ José Ortega y Gasset NERFINISHED ⓘ Karol Wojtyła NERFINISHED ⓘ Pope John Paul II NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Edmund Husserl
NERFINISHED
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Franz Brentano NERFINISHED ⓘ Friedrich Nietzsche ⓘ Thomas Aquinas NERFINISHED ⓘ Wilhelm Dilthey NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | German ⓘ |
| movement |
Christian philosophy
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Lebensphilosophie NERFINISHED ⓘ phenomenology ⓘ philosophy of life ⓘ |
| name | Max Scheler NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableIdea |
hierarchy of values
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material value-ethics ⓘ philosophical anthropology of the person ⓘ ressentiment as moral phenomenon ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Formalism in Ethics and Non-Formal Ethics of Values
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Man’s Place in Nature NERFINISHED ⓘ On the Eternal in Man NERFINISHED ⓘ Ressentiment NERFINISHED ⓘ The Nature of Sympathy NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| religion | Roman Catholicism ⓘ |
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Referenced by (4)
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