Concepts and Categories
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Concepts and Categories is a collection of philosophical essays by Isaiah Berlin that explores the nature of human thought, language, and classification in the history of ideas.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Concepts and Categories Context triple: [Henry Hardy, hasEdited, Concepts and Categories]
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A.
Conceptual Forms
Conceptual Forms is a photographic series by Hiroshi Sugimoto that explores abstract mathematical shapes and Platonic solids through stark, meticulously lit black-and-white images.
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Concept Notation
Concept Notation is Gottlob Frege’s groundbreaking 1879 logical calculus that introduced a formal system for representing logical relations and quantification, laying foundations for modern symbolic logic.
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C.
Doctrine of the Concept
Doctrine of the Concept is the final major section of Hegel’s *Science of Logic*, where he develops his mature account of the concept (Begriff), judgment, and syllogism as the self-determining structure of thought and reality.
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D.
Visual Concepts
Visual Concepts is a video game development studio best known for creating the long-running NBA 2K basketball simulation series.
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Modes of Thought
Modes of Thought is a later philosophical work by Alfred North Whitehead that further develops his process philosophy and reflections on science, metaphysics, and human experience.
- 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: Concepts and Categories Target entity description: Concepts and Categories is a collection of philosophical essays by Isaiah Berlin that explores the nature of human thought, language, and classification in the history of ideas.
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A.
Conceptual Forms
Conceptual Forms is a photographic series by Hiroshi Sugimoto that explores abstract mathematical shapes and Platonic solids through stark, meticulously lit black-and-white images.
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B.
Concept Notation
Concept Notation is Gottlob Frege’s groundbreaking 1879 logical calculus that introduced a formal system for representing logical relations and quantification, laying foundations for modern symbolic logic.
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C.
Doctrine of the Concept
Doctrine of the Concept is the final major section of Hegel’s *Science of Logic*, where he develops his mature account of the concept (Begriff), judgment, and syllogism as the self-determining structure of thought and reality.
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D.
Visual Concepts
Visual Concepts is a video game development studio best known for creating the long-running NBA 2K basketball simulation series.
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E.
Modes of Thought
Modes of Thought is a later philosophical work by Alfred North Whitehead that further develops his process philosophy and reflections on science, metaphysics, and human experience.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
book
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collection of essays ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Oxford University
NERFINISHED
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history of political thought ⓘ |
| author | Isaiah Berlin NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| contributor | Henry Hardy NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| editor | Henry Hardy NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| explores |
Enlightenment and Counter-Enlightenment ideas
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historical development of key philosophical concepts ⓘ limits of scientific explanation in the humanities ⓘ nature of historical explanation ⓘ pluralism in values and concepts ⓘ relationship between language and thought ⓘ role of classification in human understanding ⓘ |
| genre |
history of ideas
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philosophy ⓘ |
| hasPart |
“Does Political Theory Still Exist?”
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“Empirical Propositions and Hypothetical Statements” NERFINISHED ⓘ “Logical Translation” ⓘ “The Concept of Scientific History” NERFINISHED ⓘ “The Counter-Enlightenment” NERFINISHED ⓘ “The Purpose of Philosophy” NERFINISHED ⓘ “Two Concepts of Freedom” NERFINISHED ⓘ “Verification” ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
conceptual analysis
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epistemology of the social sciences ⓘ liberal political theory ⓘ methodology of the humanities ⓘ philosophy of history ⓘ philosophy of language ⓘ value pluralism ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Counter-Enlightenment thinkers
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Enlightenment philosophy ⓘ Giambattista Vico NERFINISHED ⓘ Immanuel Kant ⓘ Johann Gottfried Herder NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| mainSubject |
categories
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classification ⓘ concepts ⓘ history of ideas ⓘ human thought ⓘ language ⓘ |
| philosophicalTradition |
analytic philosophy
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liberalism ⓘ |
| publisher | Pimlico NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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