Aesthetica
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Aesthetica is an 18th-century philosophical treatise by Alexander Gottlieb Baumgarten that helped establish aesthetics as a distinct field of philosophical inquiry.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Aesthetica canonical | 3 |
| Aesthethica | 1 |
| Aesthetica, Part I | 1 |
| Aesthetica, Part II | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4645432 — 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: Aesthetica Context triple: [Alexander Gottlieb Baumgarten, notableWork, Aesthetica]
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A.
Aesthetica in nuce
Aesthetica in nuce is a brief but influential 1762 philosophical treatise by Johann Georg Hamann that critiques Enlightenment rationalism and emphasizes the primacy of language, faith, and aesthetic experience.
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B.
Curiosités esthétiques
Curiosités esthétiques is a collection of art criticism and aesthetic essays by Charles Baudelaire that explores his influential views on modern art and beauty.
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C.
La Libre Esthétique
La Libre Esthétique was a progressive Brussels-based art society and exhibition group active at the turn of the 20th century, known for promoting avant-garde and neo-impressionist artists.
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D.
Prism magazine
Prism magazine is a publication focused on engineering education, produced by the American Society for Engineering Education for educators, researchers, and professionals in the field.
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E.
the Form of Beauty
The Form of Beauty is Plato’s eternal, unchanging, and perfect archetype of beauty itself, which all beautiful things imperfectly imitate and which the soul ultimately seeks to contemplate.
- 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: Aesthetica Target entity description: Aesthetica is an 18th-century philosophical treatise by Alexander Gottlieb Baumgarten that helped establish aesthetics as a distinct field of philosophical inquiry.
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A.
Aesthetica in nuce
Aesthetica in nuce is a brief but influential 1762 philosophical treatise by Johann Georg Hamann that critiques Enlightenment rationalism and emphasizes the primacy of language, faith, and aesthetic experience.
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B.
Curiosités esthétiques
Curiosités esthétiques is a collection of art criticism and aesthetic essays by Charles Baudelaire that explores his influential views on modern art and beauty.
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C.
La Libre Esthétique
La Libre Esthétique was a progressive Brussels-based art society and exhibition group active at the turn of the 20th century, known for promoting avant-garde and neo-impressionist artists.
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D.
Prism magazine
Prism magazine is a publication focused on engineering education, produced by the American Society for Engineering Education for educators, researchers, and professionals in the field.
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E.
the Form of Beauty
The Form of Beauty is Plato’s eternal, unchanging, and perfect archetype of beauty itself, which all beautiful things imperfectly imitate and which the soul ultimately seeks to contemplate.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (38)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
book
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philosophical treatise ⓘ |
| associatedWithMovement | German Enlightenment ⓘ |
| author | Alexander Gottlieb Baumgarten ⓘ |
| bibliographicCategory |
18th-century philosophical literature
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Latin philosophical works ⓘ |
| contributedTo |
concept of aesthetics as science of sensuous knowledge
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terminology of aesthetics ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Prussia ⓘ |
| fieldOfStudy | philosophy ⓘ |
| genre |
philosophy of art
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theoretical aesthetics ⓘ |
| hasInfluenceOn |
19th-century aesthetics
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philosophy of art education ⓘ |
| hasPart |
Aesthetica, Part I
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linked to:
Aesthetica
Aesthetica, Part II ⓘ
linked to:
Aesthetica
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| hasScholarlyReception | extensively studied in history of aesthetics ⓘ |
| influenced |
German aesthetics
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Immanuel Kant ⓘ modern aesthetics ⓘ |
| language | Latin ⓘ |
| mainSubject | aesthetics ⓘ |
| notableFor |
helping establish aesthetics as an autonomous philosophical discipline
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systematic treatment of sensuous cognition ⓘ |
| originalTitle | Aesthetica ⓘ |
| period | Enlightenment ⓘ |
| philosophicalTradition |
early modern philosophy
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rationalism ⓘ |
| placeInHistoryOfPhilosophy | foundational work in aesthetics ⓘ |
| publicationCentury | 18th century ⓘ |
| publicationEndYear | 1758 ⓘ |
| publicationStartYear | 1750 ⓘ |
| subject |
art
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beauty ⓘ perception ⓘ sensory cognition ⓘ taste ⓘ |
| writtenByPhilosopher | Alexander Gottlieb Baumgarten ⓘ |
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Referenced by (6)
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linked to: Aesthetica
linked to: Aesthetica
linked to: Aesthetica