Alexander Lowen
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Alexander Lowen was an American psychotherapist and founder of bioenergetic analysis, known for integrating body-oriented techniques with psychoanalytic concepts to address emotional and psychological issues.
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| Alexander Lowen canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8148331 — 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: Alexander Lowen Context triple: [Wilhelm Reich, influenced, Alexander Lowen]
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George Weisz
George Weisz was a Hungarian-born inventor and mechanical engineer best known as the father of Academy Award–winning actress Rachel Weisz.
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Louis Kraemer
Louis Kraemer was a party to the landmark U.S. Supreme Court case Shelley v. Kraemer, which held that courts could not enforce racially restrictive housing covenants.
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C.
George Weil
George Weil was a physicist who worked on the Manhattan Project and is noted for being the operator who withdrew the control rod to initiate the first self-sustaining nuclear chain reaction in Chicago Pile-1.
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D.
Victor Schertzinger
Victor Schertzinger was an American film director, composer, and musician active in the early 20th century, known for his work on Hollywood musicals and comedies.
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Nat Fleischer
Nat Fleischer was an American boxing writer and historian best known as the founder and long-time editor of The Ring magazine.
- 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: Alexander Lowen Target entity description: Alexander Lowen was an American psychotherapist and founder of bioenergetic analysis, known for integrating body-oriented techniques with psychoanalytic concepts to address emotional and psychological issues.
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A.
George Weisz
George Weisz was a Hungarian-born inventor and mechanical engineer best known as the father of Academy Award–winning actress Rachel Weisz.
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B.
Louis Kraemer
Louis Kraemer was a party to the landmark U.S. Supreme Court case Shelley v. Kraemer, which held that courts could not enforce racially restrictive housing covenants.
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C.
George Weil
George Weil was a physicist who worked on the Manhattan Project and is noted for being the operator who withdrew the control rod to initiate the first self-sustaining nuclear chain reaction in Chicago Pile-1.
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D.
Victor Schertzinger
Victor Schertzinger was an American film director, composer, and musician active in the early 20th century, known for his work on Hollywood musicals and comedies.
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E.
Nat Fleischer
Nat Fleischer was an American boxing writer and historian best known as the founder and long-time editor of The Ring magazine.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
American person
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author ⓘ founder ⓘ psychotherapist ⓘ |
| causeOfDeath | stroke ⓘ |
| citizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| coFoundedWith | John Pierrakos NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfBirth | United States of America ⓘ |
| countryOfDeath | United States of America ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1910-12-23 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 2008-10-28 ⓘ |
| degree | Doctor of Medicine ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
Brooklyn Law School
NERFINISHED
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City College of New York NERFINISHED ⓘ University of Geneva NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| era | 20th-century psychology ⓘ |
| familyName | Lowen NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
bioenergetic analysis
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body psychotherapy ⓘ psychotherapy ⓘ |
| founded | International Institute for Bioenergetic Analysis NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fullName | Alexander Lowen NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| givenName | Alexander ⓘ |
| influencedBy | Wilhelm Reich NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| integratedConcept |
psychoanalytic concepts
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somatic techniques ⓘ |
| knownFor |
developing body-oriented psychotherapy techniques
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founding bioenergetic analysis ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| notableConcept |
bioenergetic exercises
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character structure and body posture ⓘ grounding in the body ⓘ |
| occupation |
author
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physician ⓘ psychotherapist ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | New York City ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath | New Canaan, Connecticut NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| publication |
Bioenergetics
NERFINISHED
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Depression and the Body NERFINISHED ⓘ Fear of Life NERFINISHED ⓘ Love and Orgasm NERFINISHED ⓘ Narcissism: Denial of the True Self NERFINISHED ⓘ Pleasure NERFINISHED ⓘ The Language of the Body NERFINISHED ⓘ The Voice of the Body NERFINISHED ⓘ The Way to Vibrant Health NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| therapyApproach |
bioenergetic analysis
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body-oriented psychotherapy ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Subject: Alexander Lowen Description of subject: Alexander Lowen was an American psychotherapist and founder of bioenergetic analysis, known for integrating body-oriented techniques with psychoanalytic concepts to address emotional and psychological issues.
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