Peter Millican
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Peter Millican is a British philosopher and professor at the University of Oxford, known for his work in epistemology, philosophy of religion, and his high-profile debates on the existence of God.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Peter Millican canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8332828 — 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: Peter Millican Context triple: [William Lane Craig, hasDebated, Peter Millican]
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A.
Peter Giles
Peter Giles was a close friend and correspondent of Thomas More, featured as a character in More’s "Utopia" and known for his role in humanist intellectual circles of the early 16th century.
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B.
Jonathan Wolff
Jonathan Wolff is an American musician best known for composing and performing the iconic theme music and scores for the television sitcom Seinfeld.
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C.
Peter Geach
Peter Geach was a British analytic philosopher known for his influential work in logic, philosophy of language, and ethics, and for his close intellectual partnership with Elizabeth Anscombe.
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D.
Peter S. Elliot
Peter S. Elliot is a film editor known for his work on feature films, including the ensemble romantic comedy "Think Like a Man."
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E.
Timothy Williamson
Timothy Williamson is a prominent contemporary British philosopher known for his influential work in epistemology, metaphysics, and the philosophy of language.
- 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: Peter Millican Target entity description: Peter Millican is a British philosopher and professor at the University of Oxford, known for his work in epistemology, philosophy of religion, and his high-profile debates on the existence of God.
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A.
Peter Giles
Peter Giles was a close friend and correspondent of Thomas More, featured as a character in More’s "Utopia" and known for his role in humanist intellectual circles of the early 16th century.
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B.
Jonathan Wolff
Jonathan Wolff is an American musician best known for composing and performing the iconic theme music and scores for the television sitcom Seinfeld.
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C.
Peter Geach
Peter Geach was a British analytic philosopher known for his influential work in logic, philosophy of language, and ethics, and for his close intellectual partnership with Elizabeth Anscombe.
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D.
Peter S. Elliot
Peter S. Elliot is a film editor known for his work on feature films, including the ensemble romantic comedy "Think Like a Man."
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E.
Timothy Williamson
Timothy Williamson is a prominent contemporary British philosopher known for his influential work in epistemology, metaphysics, and the philosophy of language.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (39)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
British person
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human ⓘ philosopher ⓘ university professor ⓘ |
| affiliation |
Hertford College, Oxford
NERFINISHED
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University of Oxford Faculty of Philosophy NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
University of Leeds
NERFINISHED
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University of Oxford ⓘ |
| employer |
Hertford College, Oxford
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
University of Oxford ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
early modern philosophy
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epistemology ⓘ philosophy of David Hume ⓘ philosophy of religion ⓘ |
| hasAcademicDiscipline |
history of philosophy
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philosophy ⓘ religious studies ⓘ |
| knownFor |
critiques of arguments for the existence of God
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public debates on the existence of God ⓘ scholarship on David Hume ⓘ work in epistemology ⓘ work in philosophy of religion ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| memberOf | Faculty of Philosophy, University of Oxford NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor |
engagement with contemporary apologetics
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participation in high-profile philosophy of religion debates ⓘ |
| notableWork |
public lectures on science and religion
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writings on Hume’s philosophy ⓘ |
| occupation |
philosopher
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university teacher ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
Gilbert Ryle Fellow in Philosophy at Hertford College, Oxford
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Professor of Philosophy at the University of Oxford ⓘ |
| researchInterest |
arguments from design
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philosophical theology ⓘ rational belief ⓘ skepticism ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
| workLocation | Oxford NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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: Peter Millican Description of subject: Peter Millican is a British philosopher and professor at the University of Oxford, known for his work in epistemology, philosophy of religion, and his high-profile debates on the existence of God.
Referenced by (1)
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