Wolterstorff
E738718
Wolterstorff is the surname of Nicholas Wolterstorff, a prominent American philosopher known for his work in epistemology, aesthetics, and the philosophy of religion.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Wolterstorff canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8513959 — 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: Wolterstorff Context triple: [Nicholas Wolterstorff, familyName, Wolterstorff]
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A.
Koldewey
Koldewey is a German surname most notably associated with Robert Koldewey, the archaeologist who led the excavation of ancient Babylon.
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B.
Infeld
Infeld is the surname of Leopold Infeld, a notable Polish theoretical physicist who collaborated with Albert Einstein on the theory of relativity.
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C.
Hufstedler
Hufstedler is the surname of Shirley Hufstedler, a prominent American judge and the first U.S. Secretary of Education.
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D.
Wolthusen
Wolthusen is a district of the seaport city of Emden in Lower Saxony, Germany, known for its residential character and proximity to the Ems estuary.
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E.
Neurath
Neurath is a surname most prominently associated with Otto Neurath, an Austrian philosopher of science and key member of the Vienna Circle.
- 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: Wolterstorff Target entity description: Wolterstorff is the surname of Nicholas Wolterstorff, a prominent American philosopher known for his work in epistemology, aesthetics, and the philosophy of religion.
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A.
Koldewey
Koldewey is a German surname most notably associated with Robert Koldewey, the archaeologist who led the excavation of ancient Babylon.
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B.
Infeld
Infeld is the surname of Leopold Infeld, a notable Polish theoretical physicist who collaborated with Albert Einstein on the theory of relativity.
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C.
Hufstedler
Hufstedler is the surname of Shirley Hufstedler, a prominent American judge and the first U.S. Secretary of Education.
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D.
Wolthusen
Wolthusen is a district of the seaport city of Emden in Lower Saxony, Germany, known for its residential character and proximity to the Ems estuary.
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E.
Neurath
Neurath is a surname most prominently associated with Otto Neurath, an Austrian philosopher of science and key member of the Vienna Circle.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (34)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
American philosopher
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family name ⓘ human ⓘ philosopher ⓘ |
| citizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| employer |
Calvin College
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linked to:
Calvin University
Yale University ⓘ |
| familyName | Wolterstorff ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
aesthetics
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epistemology ⓘ metaphysics ⓘ philosophical theology ⓘ philosophy of religion ⓘ political philosophy ⓘ |
| givenName | Nicholas ⓘ |
| hasLastName | Wolterstorff ⓘ |
| knownFor |
Christian philosophical thought
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work in aesthetics ⓘ work in epistemology ⓘ work in philosophy of religion ⓘ |
| languageOfOrigin | Dutch ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| nameType | patronymic surname ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Art in Action
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Divine Discourse ⓘ Justice in Love ⓘ Justice: Rights and Wrongs ⓘ Lament for a Son ⓘ Reason within the Bounds of Religion ⓘ Until Justice and Peace Embrace ⓘ |
| occupation |
philosopher
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university professor ⓘ |
| religiousAffiliation | Christianity ⓘ |
| usedBy | Nicholas Wolterstorff ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Wolterstorff Description of subject: Wolterstorff is the surname of Nicholas Wolterstorff, a prominent American philosopher known for his work in epistemology, aesthetics, and the philosophy of religion.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.