Jesse Prinz
E831699
Jesse Prinz is an American philosopher known for his work in philosophy of mind, cognitive science, and moral psychology, particularly his defense of empiricism and the central role of emotion in ethics.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Jesse Prinz canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9955535 — 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: Jesse Prinz Context triple: [Prinz, hasNotableBearer, Jesse Prinz]
-
A.
Owen Flanagan
Owen Flanagan is an American philosopher known for his work in philosophy of mind, ethics, and the relationship between cognitive science and moral psychology.
-
B.
Walter Sinnott-Armstrong
Walter Sinnott-Armstrong is an American philosopher known for his work in ethics, moral psychology, and philosophy of religion, particularly his defense of moral skepticism and secular approaches to morality.
-
C.
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.
-
D.
Richard Fantl
Richard Fantl was a film editor known for his work on mid-20th-century American movies, including the 1955 aviation drama "Top Gun."
-
E.
Ilan Y. Benatar
Ilan Y. Benatar is a film and television director best known for his work on the Beyoncé documentary "Life Is But a Dream."
- 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: Jesse Prinz Target entity description: Jesse Prinz is an American philosopher known for his work in philosophy of mind, cognitive science, and moral psychology, particularly his defense of empiricism and the central role of emotion in ethics.
-
A.
Owen Flanagan
Owen Flanagan is an American philosopher known for his work in philosophy of mind, ethics, and the relationship between cognitive science and moral psychology.
-
B.
Walter Sinnott-Armstrong
Walter Sinnott-Armstrong is an American philosopher known for his work in ethics, moral psychology, and philosophy of religion, particularly his defense of moral skepticism and secular approaches to morality.
-
C.
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.
-
D.
Richard Fantl
Richard Fantl was a film editor known for his work on mid-20th-century American movies, including the 1955 aviation drama "Top Gun."
-
E.
Ilan Y. Benatar
Ilan Y. Benatar is a film and television director best known for his work on the Beyoncé documentary "Life Is But a Dream."
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (54)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
American philosopher
ⓘ
person ⓘ philosopher ⓘ |
| almaMater | University of Chicago NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| doctoralAdvisor | W. V. O. Quine NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| educatedAt | University of Chicago ⓘ |
| employer |
City University of New York
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Graduate Center of the City University of New York NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| field |
aesthetics
ⓘ
cognitive science ⓘ metaethics ⓘ moral philosophy ⓘ moral psychology ⓘ philosophy ⓘ philosophy of mind ⓘ philosophy of psychology ⓘ |
| hasResearchInterest |
aesthetic experience
ⓘ
consciousness ⓘ emotion ⓘ moral judgment ⓘ perception ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
David Hume
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
John Locke NERFINISHED ⓘ W. V. O. Quine NERFINISHED ⓘ William James NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| knownFor |
defense of empiricism
ⓘ
emotionalist account of moral judgment ⓘ sentimentalist theory of ethics ⓘ work on consciousness ⓘ work on moral psychology ⓘ work on perception ⓘ work on the role of emotion in ethics ⓘ |
| name | Jesse J. Prinz NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nationality |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| notableWork |
Beyond Human Nature
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Furnishing the Mind NERFINISHED ⓘ Gut Reactions NERFINISHED ⓘ The Aesthetics of Emotion NERFINISHED ⓘ The Conscious Brain NERFINISHED ⓘ The Emotional Construction of Morals NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| occupation | university professor ⓘ |
| philosophicalTradition |
empiricism
ⓘ
naturalism ⓘ sentimentalism ⓘ |
| position | Distinguished Professor of Philosophy ⓘ |
| theory |
attended intermediate-level representation theory of concepts
ⓘ
emotionalist theory of moral judgment ⓘ empiricist theory of concepts ⓘ |
| view |
consciousness is closely tied to attention
ⓘ
cultural learning plays a central role in shaping human nature ⓘ emotions are perceptual representations of value ⓘ many alleged innate traits are products of culture ⓘ moral judgments are grounded in emotional responses ⓘ moral norms are historically and culturally contingent ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
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: Jesse Prinz Description of subject: Jesse Prinz is an American philosopher known for his work in philosophy of mind, cognitive science, and moral psychology, particularly his defense of empiricism and the central role of emotion in ethics.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.