J. M. E. McTaggart
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J. M. E. McTaggart was a British idealist philosopher best known for his arguments against the reality of time and his influential work in metaphysics.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: J. M. E. McTaggart Context triple: [C. D. Broad, influencedBy, J. M. E. McTaggart]
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C. D. Broad
C. D. Broad was a 20th-century British philosopher known for his influential work in ethics, epistemology, and the philosophy of mind, particularly on topics such as induction, perception, and psychical research.
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Alfred North Whitehead
Alfred North Whitehead was a British mathematician and philosopher best known for his work in mathematical logic and process philosophy, including co-authoring the landmark work *Principia Mathematica* with Bertrand Russell.
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Charles Morris
Charles Morris was a distinguished early 19th-century United States Navy officer noted for his valor and leadership during the War of 1812.
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George Swinburne
George Swinburne was an Australian engineer, politician, and education advocate whose contributions to technical and higher education led to institutions such as Swinburne Technical College bearing his name.
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Arthur Prior
Arthur Prior was a 20th-century logician and philosopher best known as the founder of tense logic and a major contributor to modal and philosophical logic.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: J. M. E. McTaggart Target entity description: J. M. E. McTaggart was a British idealist philosopher best known for his arguments against the reality of time and his influential work in metaphysics.
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A.
C. D. Broad
C. D. Broad was a 20th-century British philosopher known for his influential work in ethics, epistemology, and the philosophy of mind, particularly on topics such as induction, perception, and psychical research.
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B.
Alfred North Whitehead
Alfred North Whitehead was a British mathematician and philosopher best known for his work in mathematical logic and process philosophy, including co-authoring the landmark work *Principia Mathematica* with Bertrand Russell.
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C.
Charles Morris
Charles Morris was a distinguished early 19th-century United States Navy officer noted for his valor and leadership during the War of 1812.
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D.
George Swinburne
George Swinburne was an Australian engineer, politician, and education advocate whose contributions to technical and higher education led to institutions such as Swinburne Technical College bearing his name.
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E.
Arthur Prior
Arthur Prior was a 20th-century logician and philosopher best known as the founder of tense logic and a major contributor to modal and philosophical logic.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
British idealist
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metaphysician ⓘ person ⓘ philosopher ⓘ |
| almaMater | Trinity College, Cambridge NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| birthDate | 1866-09-03 ⓘ |
| birthPlace |
London, England
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surface form:
London
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| countryOfCitizenship | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| deathDate | 1925-01-18 ⓘ |
| employer | Trinity College, Cambridge NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| era |
19th-century philosophy
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20th-century philosophy ⓘ |
| familyName | McTaggart NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
metaphysics
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philosophy ⓘ philosophy of time ⓘ |
| fullName | John McTaggart Ellis McTaggart NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| givenName | John NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| influenced |
A-series and B-series theory of time
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analytic philosophy of time ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
F. H. Bradley
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G. W. F. Hegel NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| knownFor |
argument for the unreality of time
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distinction between A-series and B-series of time ⓘ systematic metaphysical idealism ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| marriageDate | 1899 ⓘ |
| movement | British idealism NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nationality | British ⓘ |
| notableIdea |
A-series and B-series of time
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time is unreal ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Some Dogmas of Religion
NERFINISHED
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Studies in the Hegelian Dialectic NERFINISHED ⓘ The Nature of Existence NERFINISHED ⓘ The Unreality of Time NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| philosophicalSchool | idealism ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath |
London, England
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surface form:
London
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| positionHeld | fellow of Trinity College, Cambridge ⓘ |
| religiousView | atheism ⓘ |
| residence | Cambridge NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
| spouse | Margaret Elizabeth Bird NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| wrote |
Philosophical Studies
NERFINISHED
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Some Dogmas of Religion NERFINISHED ⓘ Studies in the Hegelian Dialectic NERFINISHED ⓘ The Nature of Existence NERFINISHED ⓘ The Unreality of Time NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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