Michel Henry
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Michel Henry was a French philosopher best known for his influential work in phenomenology, particularly his development of a "phenomenology of life" that emphasizes subjective, affective experience.
All labels observed (1)
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| Michel Henry canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8057735 — 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: Michel Henry Context triple: [phenomenology, keyFigure, Michel Henry]
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Jean-Luc Marion
Jean-Luc Marion is a contemporary French philosopher and Catholic theologian known for his work in phenomenology, especially on the concepts of givenness, love, and the critique of metaphysics.
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Jean Hyppolite
Jean Hyppolite was a French philosopher and influential Hegel scholar whose work helped shape 20th-century French existentialism and structuralism.
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Jean Cavaillès
Jean Cavaillès was a French philosopher and mathematician who became a prominent intellectual leader in the French Resistance during World War II and was executed by the Nazis for his clandestine activities.
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Jean-Luc Nancy
Jean-Luc Nancy was a prominent French philosopher known for his work on deconstruction, community, and the nature of being, often engaging critically with and extending the ideas of contemporary continental thinkers.
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Philippe Lacoue-Labarthe
Philippe Lacoue-Labarthe was a French philosopher, literary theorist, and translator known for his work on aesthetics, mimesis, and the intersections of philosophy, literature, and politics, often in dialogue with German Idealism and deconstruction.
- 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: Michel Henry Target entity description: Michel Henry was a French philosopher best known for his influential work in phenomenology, particularly his development of a "phenomenology of life" that emphasizes subjective, affective experience.
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A.
Jean-Luc Marion
Jean-Luc Marion is a contemporary French philosopher and Catholic theologian known for his work in phenomenology, especially on the concepts of givenness, love, and the critique of metaphysics.
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B.
Jean Hyppolite
Jean Hyppolite was a French philosopher and influential Hegel scholar whose work helped shape 20th-century French existentialism and structuralism.
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C.
Jean Cavaillès
Jean Cavaillès was a French philosopher and mathematician who became a prominent intellectual leader in the French Resistance during World War II and was executed by the Nazis for his clandestine activities.
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D.
Jean-Luc Nancy
Jean-Luc Nancy was a prominent French philosopher known for his work on deconstruction, community, and the nature of being, often engaging critically with and extending the ideas of contemporary continental thinkers.
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E.
Philippe Lacoue-Labarthe
Philippe Lacoue-Labarthe was a French philosopher, literary theorist, and translator known for his work on aesthetics, mimesis, and the intersections of philosophy, literature, and politics, often in dialogue with German Idealism and deconstruction.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (59)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
French philosopher
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human ⓘ phenomenologist ⓘ philosopher ⓘ |
| almaMater |
University of Paris
NERFINISHED
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École Normale Supérieure NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| birthCountry | French Indochina NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| birthDate | 1922-01-10 ⓘ |
| birthPlace | Haiphong NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| deathCountry | France ⓘ |
| deathDate | 2002-07-03 ⓘ |
| deathPlace | Albi NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| employer |
Université Paul-Valéry Montpellier 3
NERFINISHED
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Université de Montpellier III NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| familyName | Henry NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
aesthetics
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phenomenology ⓘ philosophical anthropology ⓘ philosophy ⓘ philosophy of religion ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| givenName | Michel NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| influenced |
Emmanuel Falque
NERFINISHED
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François-David Sebbah NERFINISHED ⓘ Jean-Louis Chrétien NERFINISHED ⓘ Jean-Luc Marion NERFINISHED ⓘ Jean-Michel Longneaux NERFINISHED ⓘ Rolf Kühn NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Blaise Pascal
NERFINISHED
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Edmund Husserl NERFINISHED ⓘ Friedrich Nietzsche ⓘ Henri Bergson NERFINISHED ⓘ Karl Marx ⓘ Martin Heidegger NERFINISHED ⓘ Sigmund Freud ⓘ Søren Kierkegaard NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | French ⓘ |
| mainInterest |
Christian philosophy
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affective experience ⓘ life ⓘ subjectivity ⓘ |
| movement |
French philosophy
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phenomenology ⓘ |
| name | Michel Henry NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nationality | French ⓘ |
| notableConcept |
auto-affection
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immanence of life ⓘ phenomenology of life ⓘ radical phenomenology ⓘ |
| notableWork |
C’est moi la vérité
NERFINISHED
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Généalogie de la psychanalyse NERFINISHED ⓘ Incarnation NERFINISHED ⓘ L’essence de la manifestation ⓘ Marx NERFINISHED ⓘ Paroles du Christ NERFINISHED ⓘ Philosophie et phénoménologie du corps NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| occupation |
university professor
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writer ⓘ |
| religion | Christianity ⓘ |
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