The Problems of Philosophy
E4571
The Problems of Philosophy is a short, accessible 1912 book by Bertrand Russell that introduces key issues in epistemology and metaphysics, such as the nature of reality, knowledge, and appearance versus reality.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| The Problems of Philosophy canonical | 5 |
| "The Problems of Philosophy" | 3 |
| chapter "Knowledge by Acquaintance and Knowledge by Description" | 1 |
| chapter "The Value of Philosophy" | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T32488 — 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: The Problems of Philosophy Context triple: [Bertrand Russell, notableWork, The Problems of Philosophy]
-
A.
A History of Western Philosophy
A History of Western Philosophy is Bertrand Russell’s comprehensive survey of Western philosophical thought from the pre-Socratics to the early 20th century, combining exposition with critical commentary.
-
B.
Principia Mathematica
Principia Mathematica is a landmark three-volume work in mathematical logic and the foundations of mathematics, co-authored by Bertrand Russell and Alfred North Whitehead, which aimed to derive all mathematical truths from a formal system of symbolic logic.
-
C.
On Denoting
"On Denoting" is a seminal 1905 philosophical essay by Bertrand Russell that introduced his influential theory of descriptions and reshaped analytic philosophy of language.
-
D.
The Christian Philosopher
The Christian Philosopher is an early 18th-century work by Cotton Mather that attempts to reconcile and harmonize emerging scientific knowledge with Christian theology.
-
E.
On Human Nature
On Human Nature is a landmark 1978 book by biologist Edward O. Wilson that explores the biological and evolutionary foundations of human behavior and won the Pulitzer Prize for General Nonfiction.
- 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: The Problems of Philosophy Target entity description: The Problems of Philosophy is a short, accessible 1912 book by Bertrand Russell that introduces key issues in epistemology and metaphysics, such as the nature of reality, knowledge, and appearance versus reality.
-
A.
A History of Western Philosophy
A History of Western Philosophy is Bertrand Russell’s comprehensive survey of Western philosophical thought from the pre-Socratics to the early 20th century, combining exposition with critical commentary.
-
B.
Principia Mathematica
Principia Mathematica is a landmark three-volume work in mathematical logic and the foundations of mathematics, co-authored by Bertrand Russell and Alfred North Whitehead, which aimed to derive all mathematical truths from a formal system of symbolic logic.
-
C.
On Denoting
"On Denoting" is a seminal 1905 philosophical essay by Bertrand Russell that introduced his influential theory of descriptions and reshaped analytic philosophy of language.
-
D.
The Christian Philosopher
The Christian Philosopher is an early 18th-century work by Cotton Mather that attempts to reconcile and harmonize emerging scientific knowledge with Christian theology.
-
E.
On Human Nature
On Human Nature is a landmark 1978 book by biologist Edward O. Wilson that explores the biological and evolutionary foundations of human behavior and won the Pulitzer Prize for General Nonfiction.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
book
ⓘ
non-fiction book ⓘ philosophy book ⓘ |
| author | Bertrand Russell ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| describedAs |
accessible exposition of central philosophical problems
ⓘ
short introduction to philosophy ⓘ |
| firstPublisher | Williams and Norgate ⓘ |
| genre |
epistemology
ⓘ
metaphysics ⓘ philosophy ⓘ |
| hasISBN |
9780192854230
ⓘ
9780195115529 ⓘ |
| hasPart |
chapter "Appearance and Reality"
ⓘ
chapter "Idealism" ⓘ The Problems of Philosophy self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
chapter "Knowledge by Acquaintance and Knowledge by Description"
chapter "Knowledge, Error, and Probable Opinion" ⓘ chapter "On Induction" ⓘ chapter "On Our Knowledge of General Principles" ⓘ chapter "On Our Knowledge of the External World" ⓘ chapter "The Existence of Matter" ⓘ chapter "The Limits of Philosophical Knowledge" ⓘ chapter "The Existence of Matter" ⓘ
surface form:
chapter "The Nature of Matter"
The Problems of Philosophy self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
chapter "The Value of Philosophy"
chapter "The World of Universals" ⓘ chapter "Truth and Falsehood" ⓘ |
| influenced | 20th-century analytic philosophy education ⓘ |
| intendedAudience |
general readers
ⓘ
students of philosophy ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| notableFor |
clear prose style
ⓘ
systematic introduction to central philosophical problems ⓘ |
| philosophicalTradition | analytic philosophy ⓘ |
| placeOfPublication |
London, England
ⓘ
surface form:
London
|
| publicationYear | 1912 ⓘ |
| subject |
a priori knowledge
ⓘ
appearance versus reality ⓘ existence of matter ⓘ induction ⓘ knowledge by acquaintance ⓘ knowledge by description ⓘ nature of reality ⓘ philosophical method ⓘ sense-data ⓘ theory of knowledge ⓘ truth and falsehood ⓘ universals ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: The Problems of Philosophy Description of subject: The Problems of Philosophy is a short, accessible 1912 book by Bertrand Russell that introduces key issues in epistemology and metaphysics, such as the nature of reality, knowledge, and appearance versus reality.
Referenced by (10)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
chapter "Knowledge by Acquaintance and Knowledge by Description"
this entity surface form:
chapter "The Value of Philosophy"
subject surface form:
Bertrand Russell
subject surface form:
"The Existence of Matter"
this entity surface form:
"The Problems of Philosophy"
subject surface form:
"Knowledge, Error, and Probable Opinion"
this entity surface form:
"The Problems of Philosophy"
subject surface form:
"Knowledge, Error, and Probable Opinion"
this entity surface form:
"The Problems of Philosophy"
subject surface form:
On Our Knowledge of General Principles
subject surface form:
On Our Knowledge of General Principles
subject surface form:
On Our Knowledge of the External World (chapter)