Ned Block
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Ned Block is an American philosopher of mind and cognitive scientist known for his influential work on consciousness, mental representation, and the philosophy of psychology.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Ned Block canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3840374 — 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: Ned Block Context triple: [Conversations on Consciousness, hasContributor, Ned Block]
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A.
Jerry Fodor
Jerry Fodor was an influential American philosopher and cognitive scientist best known for his work on the philosophy of mind, particularly the modularity of mind and the language of thought hypothesis.
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B.
Norman E. Thagard
Norman E. Thagard is an American physician, former U.S. Marine Corps officer, and NASA astronaut who became the first American to fly on a Russian spacecraft.
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C.
Paul Churchland
Paul Churchland is a Canadian philosopher known for his work in philosophy of mind and cognitive science, particularly his advocacy of eliminative materialism.
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D.
Daniel Dennett
Daniel Dennett is an American philosopher and cognitive scientist known for his influential work on consciousness, free will, and the philosophy of mind from a naturalistic, evolutionary perspective.
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E.
Patricia Churchland
Patricia Churchland is a Canadian-American philosopher renowned for her pioneering work in neurophilosophy, exploring how neuroscience informs and reshapes traditional questions in philosophy of mind and ethics.
- 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: Ned Block Target entity description: Ned Block is an American philosopher of mind and cognitive scientist known for his influential work on consciousness, mental representation, and the philosophy of psychology.
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A.
Jerry Fodor
Jerry Fodor was an influential American philosopher and cognitive scientist best known for his work on the philosophy of mind, particularly the modularity of mind and the language of thought hypothesis.
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B.
Norman E. Thagard
Norman E. Thagard is an American physician, former U.S. Marine Corps officer, and NASA astronaut who became the first American to fly on a Russian spacecraft.
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C.
Paul Churchland
Paul Churchland is a Canadian philosopher known for his work in philosophy of mind and cognitive science, particularly his advocacy of eliminative materialism.
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D.
Daniel Dennett
Daniel Dennett is an American philosopher and cognitive scientist known for his influential work on consciousness, free will, and the philosophy of mind from a naturalistic, evolutionary perspective.
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E.
Patricia Churchland
Patricia Churchland is a Canadian-American philosopher renowned for her pioneering work in neurophilosophy, exploring how neuroscience informs and reshapes traditional questions in philosophy of mind and ethics.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
academic
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author ⓘ cognitive scientist ⓘ human ⓘ philosopher ⓘ |
| almaMater | Harvard University ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| employer | New York University ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
cognitive science
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metaphysics of mind ⓘ philosophy of cognitive science ⓘ philosophy of consciousness ⓘ philosophy of mind ⓘ philosophy of neuroscience ⓘ philosophy of perception ⓘ philosophy of psychology ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| hasAcademicAdvisor | Hilary Putnam ⓘ |
| hasWrittenOn |
access consciousness
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functionalism and its critiques ⓘ mental representation ⓘ neural correlates of consciousness ⓘ overflow of visual consciousness ⓘ perceptual experience ⓘ phenomenal consciousness ⓘ qualia ⓘ representation and consciousness ⓘ |
| influenced |
cognitive science of consciousness
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contemporary philosophy of mind ⓘ contemporary theories of consciousness ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Hilary Putnam
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Jerry Fodor ⓘ functionalism in philosophy of mind ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| notableFor |
Blockhead thought experiment
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Chinese Nation thought experiment ⓘ arguments about overflow of consciousness ⓘ critique of functionalism in philosophy of mind ⓘ distinction between access consciousness and phenomenal consciousness ⓘ work on consciousness ⓘ work on mental representation ⓘ work on philosophy of psychology ⓘ |
| occupation |
cognitive scientist
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philosopher ⓘ university teacher ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
professor of philosophy
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professor of psychology ⓘ |
| workInstitution |
New York University Center for Mind, Brain and Consciousness
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New York University Department of Philosophy ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Ned Block Description of subject: Ned Block is an American philosopher of mind and cognitive scientist known for his influential work on consciousness, mental representation, and the philosophy of psychology.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
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