Bernard Williams
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Bernard Williams was a prominent 20th-century British moral philosopher known for his critiques of utilitarianism and moral theory, his emphasis on the complexity of ethical life, and his influential work on integrity, moral luck, and the history of philosophy.
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How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T641495 — 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: Bernard Williams Context triple: [Isaiah Berlin, influenced, Bernard Williams]
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Michael Dummett
Michael Dummett was a British philosopher renowned for his work in the philosophy of language, logic, and mathematics, and for his influential interpretations of analytic philosophy.
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P. F. Strawson
P. F. Strawson was a prominent 20th-century British analytic philosopher known for his influential work in philosophy of language, metaphysics, and the critique of Russell’s theory of descriptions.
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F. Frederick Ayer
F. Frederick Ayer was an architect known for designing the historic Boston Garden arena in Boston, Massachusetts.
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Gilbert Ryle
Gilbert Ryle was a 20th-century British philosopher best known for his critique of Cartesian dualism and his influential work in ordinary language philosophy, especially in "The Concept of Mind."
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A. J. Ayer
A. J. Ayer was a 20th-century British philosopher best known for promoting logical positivism in the English-speaking world, especially through his influential book "Language, Truth and Logic."
- 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: Bernard Williams Target entity description: Bernard Williams was a prominent 20th-century British moral philosopher known for his critiques of utilitarianism and moral theory, his emphasis on the complexity of ethical life, and his influential work on integrity, moral luck, and the history of philosophy.
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A.
Michael Dummett
Michael Dummett was a British philosopher renowned for his work in the philosophy of language, logic, and mathematics, and for his influential interpretations of analytic philosophy.
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B.
P. F. Strawson
P. F. Strawson was a prominent 20th-century British analytic philosopher known for his influential work in philosophy of language, metaphysics, and the critique of Russell’s theory of descriptions.
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C.
F. Frederick Ayer
F. Frederick Ayer was an architect known for designing the historic Boston Garden arena in Boston, Massachusetts.
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Gilbert Ryle
Gilbert Ryle was a 20th-century British philosopher best known for his critique of Cartesian dualism and his influential work in ordinary language philosophy, especially in "The Concept of Mind."
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E.
A. J. Ayer
A. J. Ayer was a 20th-century British philosopher best known for promoting logical positivism in the English-speaking world, especially through his influential book "Language, Truth and Logic."
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (70)
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: Bernard Williams Description of subject: Bernard Williams was a prominent 20th-century British moral philosopher known for his critiques of utilitarianism and moral theory, his emphasis on the complexity of ethical life, and his influential work on integrity, moral luck, and the history of philosophy.
Referenced by (23)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
Knightbridge Professor of Moral Philosophy at the University of Cambridge
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Bernard Williams
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subject surface form:
Bernard Williams