Jean Beaufret
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Jean Beaufret was a French philosopher and prominent interpreter of Martin Heidegger, known for helping introduce Heidegger’s thought to postwar France.
All labels observed (1)
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| Jean Beaufret canonical | 4 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8058072 — 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: Jean Beaufret Context triple: [Letter on Humanism, addressedTo, Jean Beaufret]
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A.
Jacques Villon
Jacques Villon was a French Cubist painter and printmaker known for his innovative use of color and geometric abstraction in early 20th-century art.
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B.
Georges d’Anthès
Georges d’Anthès was a French officer in the Russian Imperial service best known for fatally wounding the poet Alexander Pushkin in a duel.
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C.
Jean Paulhan
Jean Paulhan was a prominent 20th-century French writer, critic, and influential editor of the Nouvelle Revue Française, known for shaping modern French literature and thought.
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D.
Hector Malot
Hector Malot was a 19th-century French novelist best known for his classic children's book "Sans Famille" ("Nobody's Boy").
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E.
Gustave Niebaum
Gustave Niebaum was a Finnish-born sea captain and wine entrepreneur best known for establishing the historic Inglenook Winery in Napa Valley, California.
- 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: Jean Beaufret Target entity description: Jean Beaufret was a French philosopher and prominent interpreter of Martin Heidegger, known for helping introduce Heidegger’s thought to postwar France.
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A.
Jacques Villon
Jacques Villon was a French Cubist painter and printmaker known for his innovative use of color and geometric abstraction in early 20th-century art.
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B.
Georges d’Anthès
Georges d’Anthès was a French officer in the Russian Imperial service best known for fatally wounding the poet Alexander Pushkin in a duel.
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C.
Jean Paulhan
Jean Paulhan was a prominent 20th-century French writer, critic, and influential editor of the Nouvelle Revue Française, known for shaping modern French literature and thought.
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D.
Hector Malot
Hector Malot was a 19th-century French novelist best known for his classic children's book "Sans Famille" ("Nobody's Boy").
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E.
Gustave Niebaum
Gustave Niebaum was a Finnish-born sea captain and wine entrepreneur best known for establishing the historic Inglenook Winery in Napa Valley, California.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
French philosopher
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human ⓘ philosopher ⓘ |
| citizenship | France ⓘ |
| countryOfBirth | France ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | France ⓘ |
| countryOfDeath | France ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1907-02-22 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 1982-08-07 ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
École Normale Supérieure
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linked to:
École Normale (Paris)
|
| era | 20th-century philosophy ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | French people ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
existentialism
ⓘ
phenomenology ⓘ philosophy ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| hasAcademicDiscipline |
German philosophy
ⓘ
history of philosophy ⓘ |
| hasBibliographyItem |
Dialogue avec Heidegger, 4 vols.
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Leçons de philosophie ⓘ |
| hasHonorificTitle | professor ⓘ |
| influenced |
French phenomenology
ⓘ
postwar French philosophy ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
German philosophy
ⓘ
Martin Heidegger ⓘ |
| knownFor |
correspondence with Martin Heidegger
ⓘ
teaching Heidegger in France ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | French ⓘ |
| livedIn | Paris ⓘ |
| movement |
Heideggerian philosophy
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continental philosophy ⓘ |
| nationality | French ⓘ |
| nativeLanguage | French ⓘ |
| notableFor |
interpretation of Martin Heidegger
ⓘ
introduction of Heidegger’s thought to postwar France ⓘ |
| notableStudent |
Jacques Derrida
ⓘ
Jean-Luc Marion ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Dialogue avec Heidegger
ⓘ
Introduction aux philosophies de l’existence ⓘ |
| occupation |
philosopher
ⓘ
university teacher ⓘ |
| participatedIn | French Resistance ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Auzances ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath | Paris ⓘ |
| religion | Roman Catholicism ⓘ |
| spouse | Marie Beaufret (née unknown) ⓘ |
| workLocation | Paris ⓘ |
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