Paul Thagard
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Paul Thagard is a Canadian philosopher and cognitive scientist known for his influential work on explanation, coherence, and the philosophy of mind and science.
All labels observed (1)
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| Paul Thagard canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8332311 — 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: Paul Thagard Context triple: [Nicholas Rescher Prize for Systematic Philosophy, hasRecipient, Paul Thagard]
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Norman E. Thagard
Norman E. Thagard is an American physician, former U.S. Marine Corps officer, and NASA astronaut who became the first American to fly on a Russian spacecraft.
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B.
Ned Block
Ned Block is an American philosopher of mind and cognitive scientist known for his influential work on consciousness, mental representation, and the philosophy of psychology.
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C.
Russell Dennett
Russell Dennett is a British musician best known for his work as a member of the influential synth-pop band The Human League.
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D.
Jerry Fodor
Jerry Fodor was an influential American philosopher and cognitive scientist best known for his work on the philosophy of mind, particularly the modularity of mind and the language of thought hypothesis.
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E.
Patricia Churchland
Patricia Churchland is a Canadian-American philosopher renowned for her pioneering work in neurophilosophy, exploring how neuroscience informs and reshapes traditional questions in philosophy of mind and ethics.
- 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: Paul Thagard Target entity description: Paul Thagard is a Canadian philosopher and cognitive scientist known for his influential work on explanation, coherence, and the philosophy of mind and science.
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A.
Norman E. Thagard
Norman E. Thagard is an American physician, former U.S. Marine Corps officer, and NASA astronaut who became the first American to fly on a Russian spacecraft.
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B.
Ned Block
Ned Block is an American philosopher of mind and cognitive scientist known for his influential work on consciousness, mental representation, and the philosophy of psychology.
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C.
Russell Dennett
Russell Dennett is a British musician best known for his work as a member of the influential synth-pop band The Human League.
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D.
Jerry Fodor
Jerry Fodor was an influential American philosopher and cognitive scientist best known for his work on the philosophy of mind, particularly the modularity of mind and the language of thought hypothesis.
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E.
Patricia Churchland
Patricia Churchland is a Canadian-American philosopher renowned for her pioneering work in neurophilosophy, exploring how neuroscience informs and reshapes traditional questions in philosophy of mind and ethics.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
academic
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philosopher ⓘ |
| awardReceived |
Canada Council for the Arts Molson Prize
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linked to:
Molson Prize
Killam Research Fellowship ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | Canada ⓘ |
| developed |
computational models of coherence
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theory of explanatory coherence ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
Princeton University
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University of Saskatchewan ⓘ University of Toronto ⓘ |
| employer | University of Waterloo ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
cognitive science
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coherence theory ⓘ epistemology ⓘ neurophilosophy ⓘ philosophy of mind ⓘ philosophy of psychology ⓘ philosophy of science ⓘ theory of explanation ⓘ |
| hasWrittenOn |
analogy and similarity
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emotional cognition ⓘ explanation in science ⓘ neural mechanisms of reasoning ⓘ philosophical naturalism ⓘ the nature of concepts ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| memberOf | Royal Society of Canada ⓘ |
| notableFor |
work in philosophy of mind
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work in philosophy of science ⓘ work on coherence ⓘ work on explanation ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Coherence in Thought and Action
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Conceptual Revolutions ⓘ Hot Thought: Mechanisms and Applications of Emotional Cognition ⓘ Mind: Introduction to Cognitive Science ⓘ Natural Philosophy: From Social Brains to Knowledge, Reality, Morality, and Beauty ⓘ The Brain and the Meaning of Life ⓘ The Cognitive Science of Science ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
Director of the Cognitive Science Program at the University of Waterloo
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Professor of Computer Science ⓘ Professor of Philosophy ⓘ Professor of Psychology ⓘ |
| researchInterest |
computational models of cognition
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decision making ⓘ emotions and cognition ⓘ explanatory coherence ⓘ neural network models of reasoning ⓘ scientific change ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Paul Thagard Description of subject: Paul Thagard is a Canadian philosopher and cognitive scientist known for his influential work on explanation, coherence, and the philosophy of mind and science.
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