Megaric school
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The Megaric school was an ancient Greek Socratic philosophical movement known for its rigorous logical puzzles, dialectical method, and focus on the nature of propositions and meaning.
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| Megaric school canonical | 1 |
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
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Target entity: Megaric school Context triple: [Zeno of Citium, influencedBy, Megaric school]
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Kaisei Academy
Kaisei Academy is a prestigious Japanese boys' secondary school in Tokyo known for its rigorous academics and history of producing many prominent political and intellectual leaders.
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Xenia Academy
Xenia Academy was a 19th-century educational institution in Xenia, Ohio, known for preparing students—such as future journalist and diplomat Whitelaw Reid—for collegiate and professional careers.
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South School
South School is a public elementary school serving early-grade students in the New Canaan, Connecticut community.
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Garfield High School
Garfield High School is a public high school in Seattle, Washington, known for its strong academics, prominent alumni, and historically significant role in the local community.
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Elysian Park Academy
Elysian Park Academy is the primary training campus for recruits and officers of the Los Angeles Police Department.
- 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: Megaric school Target entity description: The Megaric school was an ancient Greek Socratic philosophical movement known for its rigorous logical puzzles, dialectical method, and focus on the nature of propositions and meaning.
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A.
Kaisei Academy
Kaisei Academy is a prestigious Japanese boys' secondary school in Tokyo known for its rigorous academics and history of producing many prominent political and intellectual leaders.
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B.
Xenia Academy
Xenia Academy was a 19th-century educational institution in Xenia, Ohio, known for preparing students—such as future journalist and diplomat Whitelaw Reid—for collegiate and professional careers.
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C.
South School
South School is a public elementary school serving early-grade students in the New Canaan, Connecticut community.
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D.
Garfield High School
Garfield High School is a public high school in Seattle, Washington, known for its strong academics, prominent alumni, and historically significant role in the local community.
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E.
Elysian Park Academy
Elysian Park Academy is the primary training campus for recruits and officers of the Los Angeles Police Department.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (41)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Socratic school
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ancient Greek philosophical school ⓘ |
| associatedWithPlace |
Athens
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Megara ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
Greek Antiquity
ⓘ
surface form:
Ancient Greece
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| doctrineCharacteristic |
emphasis on the one Good identified with reason
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reliance on paradoxes to test concepts ⓘ use of refutation through questioning ⓘ |
| era | Classical antiquity ⓘ |
| flourishedInCentury | 4th century BCE ⓘ |
| foundedBy | Euclid of Megara ⓘ |
| hasNotableMember |
Clinomachus
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Diodorus Cronus ⓘ Eubulides of Miletus ⓘ Euclid of Megara ⓘ Ichthyas ⓘ Stilpo ⓘ |
| influenced |
Hellenistic philosophy
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Stoic logic ⓘ later theories of conditionals ⓘ |
| influencedBy | Socrates ⓘ |
| knownFor |
development of propositional logic ideas
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dialectical method ⓘ focus on language and meaning ⓘ rigorous logical puzzles ⓘ |
| mainInterest |
dialectic
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logic ⓘ meaning ⓘ nature of propositions ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Megara ⓘ |
| notableIdea |
conditional propositions
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eristic argumentation ⓘ logical puzzles ⓘ paradoxes of implication ⓘ strict use of definitions ⓘ |
| philosophicalTradition |
Classical Greek philosophy
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surface form:
Greek logic
Socratic philosophy ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
Dialectical school
ⓘ
Eristic school ⓘ |
| sourceOfInformation |
Diogenes Laertius, Lives and Opinions of Eminent Philosophers
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surface form:
Diogenes Laertius
later doxographical reports ⓘ |
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