“Form, Substance, and Difference”
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“Form, Substance, and Difference” is an influential essay by Gregory Bateson that explores how patterns, relationships, and distinctions—not material things themselves—constitute the basis of meaning and mind.
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| Label | Occurrences |
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| “Form, Substance, and Difference” canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T15687790 — 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: “Form, Substance, and Difference” Context triple: [Steps to an Ecology of Mind, hasPart, “Form, Substance, and Difference”]
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A.
The Givenness of Things
The Givenness of Things is a collection of essays by Marilynne Robinson that explores theology, philosophy, and humanism through reflective, intellectually rigorous prose.
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B.
“Essence and Modality”
“Essence and Modality” is a seminal philosophical work by Kit Fine that develops an influential account of metaphysical essence and its relationship to modal notions like necessity and possibility.
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C.
Prolegomena to Any Future Metaphysics
Prolegomena to Any Future Metaphysics is a foundational philosophical work by Immanuel Kant that concisely outlines and defends the key ideas of his critical philosophy, especially those developed more fully in the Critique of Pure Reason.
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D.
Logic of Sense
Logic of Sense is a 1969 philosophical work by Gilles Deleuze that explores language, paradox, and the concept of sense through engagements with Stoicism, psychoanalysis, and literature.
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E.
“The Non-Identity of a Material Thing and Its Matter”
“The Non-Identity of a Material Thing and Its Matter” is a philosophical paper by Kit Fine that argues for a metaphysical distinction between material objects and the matter that constitutes them.
- 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: “Form, Substance, and Difference” Target entity description: “Form, Substance, and Difference” is an influential essay by Gregory Bateson that explores how patterns, relationships, and distinctions—not material things themselves—constitute the basis of meaning and mind.
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A.
The Givenness of Things
The Givenness of Things is a collection of essays by Marilynne Robinson that explores theology, philosophy, and humanism through reflective, intellectually rigorous prose.
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B.
“Essence and Modality”
“Essence and Modality” is a seminal philosophical work by Kit Fine that develops an influential account of metaphysical essence and its relationship to modal notions like necessity and possibility.
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C.
Prolegomena to Any Future Metaphysics
Prolegomena to Any Future Metaphysics is a foundational philosophical work by Immanuel Kant that concisely outlines and defends the key ideas of his critical philosophy, especially those developed more fully in the Critique of Pure Reason.
-
D.
Logic of Sense
Logic of Sense is a 1969 philosophical work by Gilles Deleuze that explores language, paradox, and the concept of sense through engagements with Stoicism, psychoanalysis, and literature.
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E.
“The Non-Identity of a Material Thing and Its Matter”
“The Non-Identity of a Material Thing and Its Matter” is a philosophical paper by Kit Fine that argues for a metaphysical distinction between material objects and the matter that constitutes them.
- F. None of above. chosen
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