Sydney Shoemaker
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Sydney Shoemaker is an American philosopher renowned for his influential work in metaphysics and the philosophy of mind, particularly on personal identity and the nature of properties.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Sydney Shoemaker canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T12330020 — 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: Sydney Shoemaker Context triple: [John Perry, doctoralAdvisor, Sydney Shoemaker]
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A.
Alex Rosenberg
Alex Rosenberg is an American philosopher known for his work in the philosophy of science and his outspoken defense of atheism and scientism.
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B.
Gayne Rescher
Gayne Rescher was an American cinematographer known for his work on major films and television series, including the science fiction classic Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan.
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C.
Ruth Millikan
Ruth Millikan is an American philosopher best known for her influential work in philosophy of mind, language, and biology, particularly her teleosemantic theory of mental content.
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D.
John Hawthorne
John Hawthorne is a prominent contemporary analytic philosopher known for influential work in metaphysics, epistemology, and philosophy of language.
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E.
Roderick Chisholm
Roderick Chisholm was a 20th-century American analytic philosopher known for his influential work in epistemology, metaphysics, and the theory of perception.
- 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: Sydney Shoemaker Target entity description: Sydney Shoemaker is an American philosopher renowned for his influential work in metaphysics and the philosophy of mind, particularly on personal identity and the nature of properties.
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A.
Alex Rosenberg
Alex Rosenberg is an American philosopher known for his work in the philosophy of science and his outspoken defense of atheism and scientism.
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B.
Gayne Rescher
Gayne Rescher was an American cinematographer known for his work on major films and television series, including the science fiction classic Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan.
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C.
Ruth Millikan
Ruth Millikan is an American philosopher best known for her influential work in philosophy of mind, language, and biology, particularly her teleosemantic theory of mental content.
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D.
John Hawthorne
John Hawthorne is a prominent contemporary analytic philosopher known for influential work in metaphysics, epistemology, and philosophy of language.
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E.
Roderick Chisholm
Roderick Chisholm was a 20th-century American analytic philosopher known for his influential work in epistemology, metaphysics, and the theory of perception.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
John Perry
subject surface form:
John Perry