Essais de philosophie
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Essais de philosophie is a philosophical work by René Descartes that collects several of his treatises, including the one on meteors.
All labels observed (1)
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| Essais de philosophie canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4547269 — 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: Essais de philosophie Context triple: [Météores, partOf, Essais de philosophie]
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A.
Études philosophiques
Études philosophiques is a section of Honoré de Balzac’s La Comédie humaine that groups together his more overtly philosophical and metaphysical novels and tales.
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B.
Pensées philosophiques
Pensées philosophiques is an early 18th-century philosophical work by Denis Diderot that challenges religious dogma and advocates for deism and rational inquiry.
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C.
Pensées
Pensées is a posthumously published collection of philosophical and theological reflections by Blaise Pascal, best known for its exploration of faith, reason, and the famous “Pascal’s Wager.”
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D.
Logique ou l’art de penser
Logique ou l’art de penser is a seminal 17th-century treatise on logic and rational method, central to the Port-Royal tradition and influential in the development of modern philosophy and logic.
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E.
Course of Positive Philosophy
Course of Positive Philosophy is Auguste Comte’s foundational multi-volume work that systematically outlines positivism and the hierarchy of the sciences, laying the groundwork for modern sociology.
- 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: Essais de philosophie Target entity description: Essais de philosophie is a philosophical work by René Descartes that collects several of his treatises, including the one on meteors.
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A.
Études philosophiques
Études philosophiques is a section of Honoré de Balzac’s La Comédie humaine that groups together his more overtly philosophical and metaphysical novels and tales.
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B.
Pensées philosophiques
Pensées philosophiques is an early 18th-century philosophical work by Denis Diderot that challenges religious dogma and advocates for deism and rational inquiry.
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C.
Pensées
Pensées is a posthumously published collection of philosophical and theological reflections by Blaise Pascal, best known for its exploration of faith, reason, and the famous “Pascal’s Wager.”
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D.
Logique ou l’art de penser
Logique ou l’art de penser is a seminal 17th-century treatise on logic and rational method, central to the Port-Royal tradition and influential in the development of modern philosophy and logic.
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E.
Course of Positive Philosophy
Course of Positive Philosophy is Auguste Comte’s foundational multi-volume work that systematically outlines positivism and the hierarchy of the sciences, laying the groundwork for modern sociology.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (26)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
book
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philosophical work ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Cartesian philosophy
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early modern philosophy ⓘ |
| author | René Descartes ⓘ |
| authorNationality | French ⓘ |
| centuryOfPublication | 17th century ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | France ⓘ |
| field |
philosophy of nature
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science ⓘ |
| genre | philosophy ⓘ |
| hasAuthor | René Descartes ⓘ |
| hasInfluenced |
history of science
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philosophy of science ⓘ |
| hasPart |
Traité de la lumière
ⓘ
Traité de l’homme ⓘ
linked to:
De Homine
Traité des météores ⓘ |
| language | French ⓘ |
| mainSubject |
meteorology
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natural philosophy ⓘ optics ⓘ physiology ⓘ |
| philosophicalTradition | rationalism ⓘ |
| workIncluded |
Traité de la lumière
ⓘ
Traité de l’homme ⓘ
linked to:
De Homine
Traité des météores ⓘ |
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Instruction
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Subject: Essais de philosophie Description of subject: Essais de philosophie is a philosophical work by René Descartes that collects several of his treatises, including the one on meteors.
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