Speculations
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Speculations is a posthumously published collection of T. E. Hulme’s influential essays and fragments on literature, philosophy, and modernist aesthetics.
All labels observed (1)
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| Speculations canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T995549 — 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: Speculations Context triple: [T. E. Hulme, notableWork, Speculations]
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A.
Berserker hypothesis
The Berserker hypothesis is a proposed solution to the Fermi paradox suggesting that self-replicating killer probes or hostile civilizations systematically destroy emerging intelligent life in the galaxy, explaining our apparent cosmic silence.
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B.
The Great Unknown
The Great Unknown is a section of Washington Irving’s 1824 story collection "Tales of a Traveller," comprising a group of tales centered on mystery and the supernatural.
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C.
Monadology
Monadology is a foundational philosophical treatise by Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz that outlines his metaphysical system of simple, indivisible substances called monads as the ultimate constituents of reality.
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D.
Flashes of Thought
Flashes of Thought is a collection of reflections and insights by Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum on leadership, governance, innovation, and the future of Dubai and the Arab world.
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E.
The Doubter’s Companion
The Doubter’s Companion is a philosophical reference book by Canadian thinker John Ralston Saul that offers brief, critical essays on key political, economic, and cultural concepts to encourage skeptical, independent thought.
- 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: Speculations Target entity description: Speculations is a posthumously published collection of T. E. Hulme’s influential essays and fragments on literature, philosophy, and modernist aesthetics.
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A.
Berserker hypothesis
The Berserker hypothesis is a proposed solution to the Fermi paradox suggesting that self-replicating killer probes or hostile civilizations systematically destroy emerging intelligent life in the galaxy, explaining our apparent cosmic silence.
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B.
The Great Unknown
The Great Unknown is a section of Washington Irving’s 1824 story collection "Tales of a Traveller," comprising a group of tales centered on mystery and the supernatural.
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C.
Monadology
Monadology is a foundational philosophical treatise by Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz that outlines his metaphysical system of simple, indivisible substances called monads as the ultimate constituents of reality.
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D.
Flashes of Thought
Flashes of Thought is a collection of reflections and insights by Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum on leadership, governance, innovation, and the future of Dubai and the Arab world.
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E.
The Doubter’s Companion
The Doubter’s Companion is a philosophical reference book by Canadian thinker John Ralston Saul that offers brief, critical essays on key political, economic, and cultural concepts to encourage skeptical, independent thought.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (26)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
book
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essay collection ⓘ |
| author |
T. E. Hulme
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T. E. Hulme ⓘ
surface form:
T. E. Hulme (Thomas Ernest Hulme)
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| contains |
essays
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fragments ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| editor | Herbert Read ⓘ |
| genre |
aesthetics
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literary criticism ⓘ philosophical essays ⓘ |
| hasContributor | Herbert Read ⓘ |
| influenced |
modernist aesthetics
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modernist literary criticism ⓘ |
| influencedBy | T. E. Hulme’s lectures and notes ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| mainFocus |
philosophical reflections
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theory of literature ⓘ theory of modern art ⓘ |
| notableFor |
articulation of early modernist ideas
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influence on Anglo-American modernism ⓘ |
| publicationStatus | posthumous ⓘ |
| subject |
literature
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modernism ⓘ modernist aesthetics ⓘ philosophy ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Speculations Description of subject: Speculations is a posthumously published collection of T. E. Hulme’s influential essays and fragments on literature, philosophy, and modernist aesthetics.
Referenced by (1)
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