Jean Hyppolite
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Jean Hyppolite was a French philosopher and influential Hegel scholar whose work helped shape 20th-century French existentialism and structuralism.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Jean Hyppolite canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4158551 — 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: Jean Hyppolite Context triple: [master–slave dialectic, hasInterpretationBy, Jean Hyppolite]
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A.
Jean-Paul Agon
Jean-Paul Agon is a French business executive best known for serving as the longtime CEO and later chairman of global cosmetics giant L'Oréal.
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B.
Jean-Paul
Jean-Paul is a masculine French given name most famously borne by the revolutionary leader and journalist Jean-Paul Marat.
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Alexandre Kojève
Alexandre Kojève was a 20th-century Russian-French philosopher best known for his influential Paris lectures on Hegel that shaped postwar French existentialism, structuralism, and political thought.
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D.
Jacques Maritain
Jacques Maritain was a prominent 20th-century French Catholic philosopher known for his work in neo-Thomism, political philosophy, and the philosophy of human rights.
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E.
Raymond Aron
Raymond Aron was a 20th-century French philosopher, sociologist, and political commentator known for his liberal-conservative critique of totalitarianism and his influential analyses of industrial society and international relations.
- 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: Jean Hyppolite Target entity description: Jean Hyppolite was a French philosopher and influential Hegel scholar whose work helped shape 20th-century French existentialism and structuralism.
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A.
Jean-Paul Agon
Jean-Paul Agon is a French business executive best known for serving as the longtime CEO and later chairman of global cosmetics giant L'Oréal.
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B.
Jean-Paul
Jean-Paul is a masculine French given name most famously borne by the revolutionary leader and journalist Jean-Paul Marat.
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C.
Alexandre Kojève
Alexandre Kojève was a 20th-century Russian-French philosopher best known for his influential Paris lectures on Hegel that shaped postwar French existentialism, structuralism, and political thought.
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D.
Jacques Maritain
Jacques Maritain was a prominent 20th-century French Catholic philosopher known for his work in neo-Thomism, political philosophy, and the philosophy of human rights.
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E.
Raymond Aron
Raymond Aron was a 20th-century French philosopher, sociologist, and political commentator known for his liberal-conservative critique of totalitarianism and his influential analyses of industrial society and international relations.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (51)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
French philosopher
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Hegel scholar ⓘ human ⓘ philosopher ⓘ |
| causeOfDeath | heart attack ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | France ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1907-01-08 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 1968-10-26 ⓘ |
| employer |
Collège de France
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Sorbonne NERFINISHED ⓘ École Normale Supérieure NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| familyName |
Hippolyte Souverain
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surface form:
Hyppolite
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| fieldOfWork |
German idealism
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Hegelian studies ⓘ history of philosophy ⓘ philosophy ⓘ |
| givenName | Jean ⓘ |
| influenced |
Gilles Deleuze
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Jean-Paul Sartre ⓘ Louis Althusser ⓘ Maurice Merleau-Ponty ⓘ Michel Foucault ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Baruch Spinoza
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G. W. F. Hegel ⓘ
surface form:
Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel
Karl Marx ⓘ |
| knownFor |
influence on French existentialism
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influence on French structuralism ⓘ influential interpretation of Hegel ⓘ teaching major 20th-century French philosophers ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | French ⓘ |
| movement |
French philosophy
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existentialism ⓘ structuralism ⓘ |
| name | Jean Hyppolite self-link ⓘ |
| nationality | French ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Genèse et structure de la Phénoménologie de l’esprit
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Introduction à la lecture de Hegel ⓘ
surface form:
Introduction à la philosophie de l’histoire de Hegel
Logique et existence ⓘ Études sur Marx et Hegel ⓘ |
| occupation |
philosopher
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translator ⓘ university professor ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth |
Charente-Maritime
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France ⓘ Jonzac ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath |
France
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Paris ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
director of the École Normale Supérieure
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professor at the Collège de France ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
| translatedWork |
phenomenology of spirit
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surface form:
Hegel’s Phenomenology of Spirit
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