Peter Railton
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Peter Railton is an American philosopher best known for his influential work in ethics and the philosophy of science, particularly on moral realism and scientific explanation.
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How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T13892471 — 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: Peter Railton Context triple: [Aspects of Scientific Explanation, influenced, Peter Railton]
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A.
Owen Flanagan
Owen Flanagan is an American philosopher known for his work in philosophy of mind, ethics, and the relationship between cognitive science and moral psychology.
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B.
John Martin Fischer
John Martin Fischer is an American philosopher renowned for his influential work on free will, moral responsibility, and the philosophy of death.
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C.
Peter van Inwagen
Peter van Inwagen is a prominent contemporary American analytic philosopher best known for his work on metaphysics, free will, and the philosophy of religion.
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D.
T. M. Scanlon
T. M. Scanlon is an American moral philosopher best known for his contractualist theory of morality, especially as developed in his influential book "What We Owe to Each Other."
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E.
Galen Strawson
Galen Strawson is a contemporary British philosopher known for his influential work in metaphysics, philosophy of mind, and the critique of free will and moral responsibility.
- 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: Peter Railton Target entity description: Peter Railton is an American philosopher best known for his influential work in ethics and the philosophy of science, particularly on moral realism and scientific explanation.
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A.
Owen Flanagan
Owen Flanagan is an American philosopher known for his work in philosophy of mind, ethics, and the relationship between cognitive science and moral psychology.
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B.
John Martin Fischer
John Martin Fischer is an American philosopher renowned for his influential work on free will, moral responsibility, and the philosophy of death.
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C.
Peter van Inwagen
Peter van Inwagen is a prominent contemporary American analytic philosopher best known for his work on metaphysics, free will, and the philosophy of religion.
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D.
T. M. Scanlon
T. M. Scanlon is an American moral philosopher best known for his contractualist theory of morality, especially as developed in his influential book "What We Owe to Each Other."
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E.
Galen Strawson
Galen Strawson is a contemporary British philosopher known for his influential work in metaphysics, philosophy of mind, and the critique of free will and moral responsibility.
- F. None of above. chosen
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