Charles Hartshorne
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Charles Hartshorne was an American philosopher and theologian best known for developing process philosophy and process theology, emphasizing a dynamic, relational concept of God and reality.
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| Charles Hartshorne canonical | 13 |
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Charles Hartshorne Context triple: [Alfred North Whitehead, influenced, Charles Hartshorne]
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Alvin Plantinga
Alvin Plantinga is a prominent American analytic philosopher best known for his influential work in philosophy of religion, epistemology, and metaphysics, particularly his defense of the rationality of theism and the free will defense against the problem of evil.
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F. Frederick Ayer
F. Frederick Ayer was an architect known for designing the historic Boston Garden arena in Boston, Massachusetts.
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Michael Dummett
Michael Dummett was a British philosopher renowned for his work in the philosophy of language, logic, and mathematics, and for his influential interpretations of analytic philosophy.
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Willard Van Orman Quine
Willard Van Orman Quine was a 20th-century American analytic philosopher and logician known for his work on ontological relativity, the indeterminacy of translation, and the critique of the analytic–synthetic distinction.
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Paul Kurtz
Paul Kurtz was an American philosopher and prominent secular humanist who became a leading advocate of scientific skepticism and critical inquiry into paranormal and pseudoscientific claims.
- 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: Charles Hartshorne Target entity description: Charles Hartshorne was an American philosopher and theologian best known for developing process philosophy and process theology, emphasizing a dynamic, relational concept of God and reality.
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A.
Alvin Plantinga
Alvin Plantinga is a prominent American analytic philosopher best known for his influential work in philosophy of religion, epistemology, and metaphysics, particularly his defense of the rationality of theism and the free will defense against the problem of evil.
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B.
F. Frederick Ayer
F. Frederick Ayer was an architect known for designing the historic Boston Garden arena in Boston, Massachusetts.
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C.
Michael Dummett
Michael Dummett was a British philosopher renowned for his work in the philosophy of language, logic, and mathematics, and for his influential interpretations of analytic philosophy.
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D.
Willard Van Orman Quine
Willard Van Orman Quine was a 20th-century American analytic philosopher and logician known for his work on ontological relativity, the indeterminacy of translation, and the critique of the analytic–synthetic distinction.
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E.
Paul Kurtz
Paul Kurtz was an American philosopher and prominent secular humanist who became a leading advocate of scientific skepticism and critical inquiry into paranormal and pseudoscientific claims.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (63)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
American philosopher
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American theologian ⓘ person ⓘ philosopher ⓘ theologian ⓘ |
| academicDegree | PhD in philosophy ⓘ |
| almaMater |
Harvard University
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Haverford College ⓘ |
| birthDate | 1897-06-05 ⓘ |
| birthPlace |
Kittanning
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surface form:
Kittanning, Pennsylvania, United States
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| century | 20th century ⓘ |
| deathDate | 2000-10-09 ⓘ |
| deathPlace | Austin, Texas, United States ⓘ |
| employer |
Emory University
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University of Chicago ⓘ University of Texas at Austin ⓘ |
| field |
logic
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metaphysics ⓘ philosophy ⓘ philosophy of religion ⓘ theology ⓘ |
| influenced |
philosophy of religion in the 20th century
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process theologians ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Alfred North Whitehead
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Aristotle ⓘ Charles Sanders Peirce ⓘ G. W. F. Hegel ⓘ Plato ⓘ St. Thomas Aquinas ⓘ
surface form:
Thomas Aquinas
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| knownFor |
defense of panentheism
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developing process philosophy ⓘ developing process theology ⓘ modal proof of the existence of God ⓘ neoclassical theism ⓘ theory of dipolar theism ⓘ |
| lifespan | 1897–2000 ⓘ |
| mainInterest |
aesthetics
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ethics ⓘ metaphysics of becoming ⓘ ontology ⓘ philosophy of God ⓘ |
| movement |
process philosophy
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process theology ⓘ |
| name | Charles Hartshorne self-link ⓘ |
| nationality |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| notableWork |
A Natural Theology for Our Time
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Creative Synthesis and Philosophic Method ⓘ Insights and Oversights of Great Thinkers ⓘ Man’s Vision of God and the Logic of Theism ⓘ Omnipotence and Other Theological Mistakes ⓘ Reality as Social Process ⓘ The Divine Relativity ⓘ |
| philosophicalSchool |
pragmatism
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surface form:
American pragmatism
process philosophy ⓘ |
| position |
professor of philosophy
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professor of theology ⓘ |
| religion | Christianity ⓘ |
| viewOnEvil | interpreted the problem of evil within a process theistic framework ⓘ |
| viewOnFreedom | defended creaturely freedom and indeterminism ⓘ |
| viewOnGod |
advocated panentheism
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affirmed a dipolar God with both changing and unchanging aspects ⓘ rejected classical divine immutability ⓘ |
| viewOnReality | held that reality is fundamentally processual and relational ⓘ |
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Referenced by (13)
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