Nagel
E421684
Nagel is a surname most prominently associated with Thomas Nagel, an influential American philosopher known for his work in moral and political philosophy, philosophy of mind, and epistemology.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Nagel canonical | 3 |
| Nagel's essay "What Is It Like to Be a Bat?" | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4231317 — 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: Nagel Context triple: [Thomas Nagel, familyName, Nagel]
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A.
Neurath
Neurath is a surname most prominently associated with Otto Neurath, an Austrian philosopher of science and key member of the Vienna Circle.
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B.
Loewenstein
Loewenstein is a surname of German origin associated with various notable individuals in fields such as science, politics, and the arts.
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C.
Feigl
Feigl is a German-language surname borne by various notable individuals, including philosophers, scientists, and artists.
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D.
Blaustein
Blaustein is a municipality in the Alb-Donau district of Baden-Württemberg in southern Germany, situated near the city of Ulm.
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E.
Thaler
The Thaler was a large silver coin and monetary unit widely used across various German states and parts of Europe from the 16th to 19th centuries, serving as a precursor to the modern dollar.
- 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: Nagel Target entity description: Nagel is a surname most prominently associated with Thomas Nagel, an influential American philosopher known for his work in moral and political philosophy, philosophy of mind, and epistemology.
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A.
Neurath
Neurath is a surname most prominently associated with Otto Neurath, an Austrian philosopher of science and key member of the Vienna Circle.
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B.
Loewenstein
Loewenstein is a surname of German origin associated with various notable individuals in fields such as science, politics, and the arts.
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C.
Feigl
Feigl is a German-language surname borne by various notable individuals, including philosophers, scientists, and artists.
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D.
Blaustein
Blaustein is a municipality in the Alb-Donau district of Baden-Württemberg in southern Germany, situated near the city of Ulm.
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E.
Thaler
The Thaler was a large silver coin and monetary unit widely used across various German states and parts of Europe from the 16th to 19th centuries, serving as a precursor to the modern dollar.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
family name
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human ⓘ mathematician ⓘ philosopher ⓘ philosopher ⓘ surname ⓘ theatre critic ⓘ |
| awardReceived |
Balzan Prize
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Schock Prize in Logic and Philosophy ⓘ
surface form:
Rolf Schock Prize in Logic and Philosophy
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| countryOfCitizenship |
United Kingdom
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United States of America ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1937-07-04 ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
Cornell University
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Harvard University ⓘ University of Oxford ⓘ |
| employer |
New York University
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Princeton University ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
epistemology
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ethics ⓘ harmonic analysis ⓘ moral philosophy ⓘ philosophy of law ⓘ philosophy of mind ⓘ philosophy of science ⓘ political philosophy ⓘ theatre studies ⓘ |
| hasNotableBearer |
Alexander Nagel
ONDG
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Ernest Nagel ⓘ
surface form:
Ernst Nagel
Ivan Nagel NERFINISHED ⓘ Jack H. Nagel NERFINISHED ⓘ James Nagel NERFINISHED ⓘ Thomas Nagel ⓘ Thomas Nagel (philosopher) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| knownFor |
contributions to liberal political theory
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critique of reductionism in philosophy of mind ⓘ work on objectivity and subjectivity ⓘ |
| languageOfOrigin | German ⓘ |
| notableWork |
"Equality and Partiality"
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surface form:
Equality and Partiality
"Mind and Cosmos: Why the Materialist Neo-Darwinian Conception of Nature Is Almost Certainly False" ⓘ
surface form:
Mind and Cosmos
"Mortal Questions" ⓘ
surface form:
Mortal Questions
"The Possibility of Altruism" ⓘ
surface form:
The Possibility of Altruism
"The View From Nowhere" ⓘ
surface form:
The View from Nowhere
"What Is It Like to Be a Bat?" ⓘ
surface form:
What Is It Like to Be a Bat?
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| placeOfBirth | Belgrade NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| writingSystem | Latin alphabet ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Nagel Description of subject: Nagel is a surname most prominently associated with Thomas Nagel, an influential American philosopher known for his work in moral and political philosophy, philosophy of mind, and epistemology.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Mind and Cosmos
this entity surface form:
Nagel's essay "What Is It Like to Be a Bat?"