Jonathan Israel
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Jonathan Israel is a prominent historian of ideas known for his influential work on the Enlightenment, especially his argument that a radical, secular, and democratic strand was central to its development.
All labels observed (1)
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| Jonathan Israel canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T15319354 — 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: Jonathan Israel Context triple: [Radical Enlightenment, theorizedBy, Jonathan Israel]
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A.
Peter Gay
Peter Gay was a German-born American historian and author best known for his influential works on the Enlightenment, the Victorian middle class, and the history of psychoanalysis.
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Eric Hobsbawm
Eric Hobsbawm was a British Marxist historian renowned for his influential works on the "long nineteenth century" and the social and economic history of modern Europe.
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C.
Orlando Figes
Orlando Figes is a British historian and author renowned for his influential works on Russian and European history.
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D.
I. Bernard Cohen
I. Bernard Cohen was a prominent American historian of science best known for his influential scholarship on Isaac Newton and the Scientific Revolution.
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E.
Timothy Snyder
Timothy Snyder is an American historian and Yale professor renowned for his works on Eastern Europe, the Holocaust, and the political uses of history.
- 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: Jonathan Israel Target entity description: Jonathan Israel is a prominent historian of ideas known for his influential work on the Enlightenment, especially his argument that a radical, secular, and democratic strand was central to its development.
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A.
Peter Gay
Peter Gay was a German-born American historian and author best known for his influential works on the Enlightenment, the Victorian middle class, and the history of psychoanalysis.
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B.
Eric Hobsbawm
Eric Hobsbawm was a British Marxist historian renowned for his influential works on the "long nineteenth century" and the social and economic history of modern Europe.
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C.
Orlando Figes
Orlando Figes is a British historian and author renowned for his influential works on Russian and European history.
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D.
I. Bernard Cohen
I. Bernard Cohen was a prominent American historian of science best known for his influential scholarship on Isaac Newton and the Scientific Revolution.
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E.
Timothy Snyder
Timothy Snyder is an American historian and Yale professor renowned for his works on Eastern Europe, the Holocaust, and the political uses of history.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.