Therapeutic Action: An Earnest Plea for Irony
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Therapeutic Action: An Earnest Plea for Irony is a philosophical and psychoanalytic work by Jonathan Lear that explores how irony can deepen self-understanding and enable genuine ethical and psychological transformation.
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| Therapeutic Action: An Earnest Plea for Irony canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T15788702 — 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.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
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Target entity: Therapeutic Action: An Earnest Plea for Irony Context triple: [Jonathan Lear, notableWork, Therapeutic Action: An Earnest Plea for Irony]
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Contingency, Irony, and Solidarity
Contingency, Irony, and Solidarity is a 1989 philosophical work by Richard Rorty that develops his postmodern, anti-essentialist vision of liberalism grounded in irony, historical contingency, and human solidarity.
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A Fable for Critics
A Fable for Critics is a satirical poem by James Russell Lowell that humorously critiques and caricatures his contemporary American authors and the literary scene of his time.
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C.
The Allegory of Theatre
The Allegory of Theatre is a Baroque-era painting by Dutch artist Abraham Bloemaert that personifies the art of theatrical performance through symbolic and allegorical figures.
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D.
The Nature and Aim of Fiction
The Nature and Aim of Fiction is an influential essay by Flannery O’Connor that explores what fiction is, how it works, and what purposes it serves in the writer’s and reader’s experience.
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E.
Laughter: An Essay on the Meaning of the Comic
Laughter: An Essay on the Meaning of the Comic is a philosophical work by Henri Bergson that analyzes the nature and social function of humor and the comic.
- 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: Therapeutic Action: An Earnest Plea for Irony Target entity description: Therapeutic Action: An Earnest Plea for Irony is a philosophical and psychoanalytic work by Jonathan Lear that explores how irony can deepen self-understanding and enable genuine ethical and psychological transformation.
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A.
Contingency, Irony, and Solidarity
Contingency, Irony, and Solidarity is a 1989 philosophical work by Richard Rorty that develops his postmodern, anti-essentialist vision of liberalism grounded in irony, historical contingency, and human solidarity.
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B.
A Fable for Critics
A Fable for Critics is a satirical poem by James Russell Lowell that humorously critiques and caricatures his contemporary American authors and the literary scene of his time.
-
C.
The Allegory of Theatre
The Allegory of Theatre is a Baroque-era painting by Dutch artist Abraham Bloemaert that personifies the art of theatrical performance through symbolic and allegorical figures.
-
D.
The Nature and Aim of Fiction
The Nature and Aim of Fiction is an influential essay by Flannery O’Connor that explores what fiction is, how it works, and what purposes it serves in the writer’s and reader’s experience.
-
E.
Laughter: An Essay on the Meaning of the Comic
Laughter: An Essay on the Meaning of the Comic is a philosophical work by Henri Bergson that analyzes the nature and social function of humor and the comic.
- F. None of above. chosen
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