Philippe Van Parijs
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Philippe Van Parijs is a Belgian political philosopher best known for his influential work on theories of justice and his advocacy of an unconditional basic income.
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| Philippe Van Parijs canonical | 2 |
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Philippe Van Parijs Context triple: [Analytical Marxism, associatedWith, Philippe Van Parijs]
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A.
Jean-Philippe Vassal
Jean-Philippe Vassal is a prominent French architect, best known as co-founder of the firm Lacaton & Vassal and for his innovative, socially conscious housing and renovation projects.
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B.
Paul Thiry
Paul Thiry was a prominent mid-20th-century American architect known as a leading figure of Northwest modernism.
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C.
Pierre De Geyter
Pierre De Geyter was a Belgian composer best known for writing the music to the socialist anthem "The Internationale."
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D.
Geert Bourgeois
Geert Bourgeois is a Belgian Flemish nationalist politician and former Minister-President of Flanders, known as a founding figure and key leader of the New Flemish Alliance (N-VA).
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E.
Marc Henneaux
Marc Henneaux is a Belgian theoretical physicist renowned for his work on gauge theories, gravity, and the foundations of classical and quantum field theory.
- 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: Philippe Van Parijs Target entity description: Philippe Van Parijs is a Belgian political philosopher best known for his influential work on theories of justice and his advocacy of an unconditional basic income.
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A.
Jean-Philippe Vassal
Jean-Philippe Vassal is a prominent French architect, best known as co-founder of the firm Lacaton & Vassal and for his innovative, socially conscious housing and renovation projects.
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B.
Paul Thiry
Paul Thiry was a prominent mid-20th-century American architect known as a leading figure of Northwest modernism.
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C.
Pierre De Geyter
Pierre De Geyter was a Belgian composer best known for writing the music to the socialist anthem "The Internationale."
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D.
Geert Bourgeois
Geert Bourgeois is a Belgian Flemish nationalist politician and former Minister-President of Flanders, known as a founding figure and key leader of the New Flemish Alliance (N-VA).
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E.
Marc Henneaux
Marc Henneaux is a Belgian theoretical physicist renowned for his work on gauge theories, gravity, and the foundations of classical and quantum field theory.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
academic
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author ⓘ human ⓘ political philosopher ⓘ |
| academicDegree | PhD in philosophy ⓘ |
| advocates |
unconditional basic income
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universal basic income ⓘ |
| citizenship | Belgian ⓘ |
| coAuthor | Yannick Vanderborght ⓘ |
| coFounderOf |
Basic Income European Network
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surface form:
Basic Income Earth Network
Basic Income European Network ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | Belgium ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1951-05-23 ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
University of California, Berkeley
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University of Oxford ⓘ UCLouvain Louvain-la-Neuve ⓘ
surface form:
Université catholique de Louvain
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| employer |
UCLouvain Louvain-la-Neuve
ⓘ
surface form:
Louvain-la-Neuve University
UCLouvain Louvain-la-Neuve ⓘ
surface form:
Université catholique de Louvain
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| familyName | Van Parijs ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
basic income
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distributive justice ⓘ political philosophy ⓘ social philosophy ⓘ theories of justice ⓘ |
| focusesOn |
intergenerational justice
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justice between individuals ⓘ linguistic justice ⓘ |
| givenName | Philippe ⓘ |
| ideology |
egalitarian liberalism
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liberal egalitarianism ⓘ |
| languageSpoken |
Dutch
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English ⓘ French ⓘ |
| movement | basic income movement ⓘ |
| name | Philippe Van Parijs self-link ⓘ |
| notableFor |
advocacy of unconditional basic income
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contributions to liberal egalitarianism ⓘ work on real freedom for all ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Basic Income: A Radical Proposal for a Free Society and a Sane Economy
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Linguistic Justice for Europe and for the World ⓘ Real Freedom for All ⓘ Real Freedom for All: What (if anything) can justify capitalism? ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth |
Brussels, Belgium
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surface form:
Brussels
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| positionHeld |
Hoover Chair of Economic and Social Ethics
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professor of economic and social ethics ⓘ |
| theoreticalConcept |
real freedom
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real libertarianism ⓘ |
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