The Philosophy of "As If"
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The Philosophy of "As If" is Hans Vaihinger’s influential philosophical work arguing that humans rely on consciously fictive assumptions—ideas treated as if they were true—to navigate and make sense of reality.
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How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T16767110 — 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)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Philosophy of "As If" Context triple: [Hans Vaihinger, notableWork, The Philosophy of "As If"]
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How to Philosophize with a Hammer
How to Philosophize with a Hammer is the provocative subtitle of Friedrich Nietzsche’s work *Twilight of the Idols*, encapsulating his method of critically testing and shattering traditional moral and philosophical “idols.”
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The Philosophy of the Act
The Philosophy of the Act is a posthumously published collection of George Herbert Mead’s writings that develops his pragmatist and social behaviorist account of action, experience, and the emergence of mind.
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Convention: A Philosophical Study
Convention: A Philosophical Study is a landmark 1969 book by philosopher David Lewis that develops a formal account of social conventions using tools from game theory and modal logic.
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The Whys of a Philosophical Scrivener
The Whys of a Philosophical Scrivener is a collection of essays in which Martin Gardner explores and defends his views on philosophy, religion, and rational inquiry with his characteristic clarity and wit.
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The Philosophy of the Present
The Philosophy of the Present is a posthumously published collection of lectures and essays by American pragmatist philosopher George Herbert Mead that explores the nature of time, experience, and social reality.
- 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: The Philosophy of "As If" Target entity description: The Philosophy of "As If" is Hans Vaihinger’s influential philosophical work arguing that humans rely on consciously fictive assumptions—ideas treated as if they were true—to navigate and make sense of reality.
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A.
How to Philosophize with a Hammer
How to Philosophize with a Hammer is the provocative subtitle of Friedrich Nietzsche’s work *Twilight of the Idols*, encapsulating his method of critically testing and shattering traditional moral and philosophical “idols.”
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B.
The Philosophy of the Act
The Philosophy of the Act is a posthumously published collection of George Herbert Mead’s writings that develops his pragmatist and social behaviorist account of action, experience, and the emergence of mind.
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C.
Convention: A Philosophical Study
Convention: A Philosophical Study is a landmark 1969 book by philosopher David Lewis that develops a formal account of social conventions using tools from game theory and modal logic.
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D.
The Whys of a Philosophical Scrivener
The Whys of a Philosophical Scrivener is a collection of essays in which Martin Gardner explores and defends his views on philosophy, religion, and rational inquiry with his characteristic clarity and wit.
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E.
The Philosophy of the Present
The Philosophy of the Present is a posthumously published collection of lectures and essays by American pragmatist philosopher George Herbert Mead that explores the nature of time, experience, and social reality.
- F. None of above. chosen
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