Nicolai Hartmann
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Nicolai Hartmann was a 20th-century German philosopher known for his influential work in ontology and ethics, developing a critical realist and stratified view of reality.
All labels observed (1)
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| Nicolai Hartmann canonical | 5 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3707228 — 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: Nicolai Hartmann Context triple: [Bergsonianism, influenced, Nicolai Hartmann]
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A.
Karl Jaspers
Karl Jaspers was a German-Swiss psychiatrist and existential philosopher known for his work on psychopathology, the philosophy of existence, and the concept of the "Axial Age."
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B.
Ernst Cassirer
Ernst Cassirer was a German Neo-Kantian philosopher best known for his work on symbolic forms and the philosophy of culture.
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C.
G. H. von Wright
G. H. von Wright was a Finnish philosopher known for his work in logic, philosophy of action, and as a prominent interpreter and editor of Ludwig Wittgenstein’s writings.
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D.
Ludwig Binswanger
Ludwig Binswanger was a Swiss psychiatrist and pioneer of existential and phenomenological approaches to psychotherapy, integrating existential philosophy with clinical practice.
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E.
Hermann Cohen
Hermann Cohen was a prominent German-Jewish neo-Kantian philosopher and co-founder of the Marburg School, known for his rigorous reinterpretation of Kant and his work on ethics, logic, and the philosophy of religion.
- 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: Nicolai Hartmann Target entity description: Nicolai Hartmann was a 20th-century German philosopher known for his influential work in ontology and ethics, developing a critical realist and stratified view of reality.
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A.
Karl Jaspers
Karl Jaspers was a German-Swiss psychiatrist and existential philosopher known for his work on psychopathology, the philosophy of existence, and the concept of the "Axial Age."
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B.
Ernst Cassirer
Ernst Cassirer was a German Neo-Kantian philosopher best known for his work on symbolic forms and the philosophy of culture.
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C.
G. H. von Wright
G. H. von Wright was a Finnish philosopher known for his work in logic, philosophy of action, and as a prominent interpreter and editor of Ludwig Wittgenstein’s writings.
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D.
Ludwig Binswanger
Ludwig Binswanger was a Swiss psychiatrist and pioneer of existential and phenomenological approaches to psychotherapy, integrating existential philosophy with clinical practice.
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E.
Hermann Cohen
Hermann Cohen was a prominent German-Jewish neo-Kantian philosopher and co-founder of the Marburg School, known for his rigorous reinterpretation of Kant and his work on ethics, logic, and the philosophy of religion.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
20th-century philosopher
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German philosopher ⓘ human ⓘ philosopher ⓘ |
| birthDate | 1882-02-20 ⓘ |
| birthPlace |
Riga
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Russian Empire ⓘ present-day Latvia ⓘ |
| citizenship | Germany ⓘ |
| countryOfActivity | Germany ⓘ |
| deathDate | 1950-10-09 ⓘ |
| deathPlace | Göttingen ⓘ |
| employer |
University of Berlin
NERFINISHED
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University of Cologne NERFINISHED ⓘ University of Marburg NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| familyName | Hartmann ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
ethics
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metaphysics ⓘ ontology ⓘ philosophy ⓘ theory of knowledge ⓘ |
| givenName | Nicolai ⓘ |
| influenced |
Dietrich von Hildebrand
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Hans-Georg Gadamer ⓘ Maurice Merleau-Ponty ⓘ Roman Ingarden ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Aristotle
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Edmund Husserl ⓘ Immanuel Kant ⓘ Max Scheler ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | German ⓘ |
| mainInterest |
ethics of values and duties
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ontology of levels ⓘ |
| movement |
critical realism
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phenomenological ontology ⓘ realism ⓘ |
| name | Nicolai Hartmann self-link ⓘ |
| nationality | German ⓘ |
| notableIdea |
critical ontology
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ethics of value ⓘ layered ontology ⓘ stratified view of reality ⓘ |
| notableWork |
"Ethik"
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surface form:
Ethik
Grundzüge einer Metaphysik der Erkenntnis ⓘ Neue Wege der Ontologie ⓘ |
| occupation | university professor ⓘ |
| philosophicalSchool |
continental philosophy
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critical ontology ⓘ neo-Kantianism ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Referenced by (5)
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