Alciphron
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Alciphron is the titular character of George Berkeley’s philosophical dialogue "Alciphron, or The Minute Philosopher," representing a skeptical free-thinker whose views are examined and challenged throughout the work.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Alciphron canonical | 3 |
| Alciphron (character) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4769567 — 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: Alciphron Context triple: [Alciphron, or The Minute Philosopher, featuresCharacter, Alciphron]
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A.
Demologos
Demologos was the world's first steam-powered warship, designed by Robert Fulton for the United States Navy during the War of 1812.
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Phalaecus
Phalaecus was a 4th-century BCE Phocian military leader and general who played a key role in the later stages of the Third Sacred War in ancient Greece.
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C.
Pythias
Pythias was the first wife of the ancient Greek philosopher Aristotle and the mother of his daughter, also named Pythias.
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D.
Prothoos
Prothoos is a figure from Greek mythology known as the leader of the Magnetes in the Trojan War.
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E.
Dorotheus
Dorotheus was a 6th-century Byzantine jurist who helped systematize and codify Roman law under Emperor Justinian I.
- 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: Alciphron Target entity description: Alciphron is the titular character of George Berkeley’s philosophical dialogue "Alciphron, or The Minute Philosopher," representing a skeptical free-thinker whose views are examined and challenged throughout the work.
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A.
Demologos
Demologos was the world's first steam-powered warship, designed by Robert Fulton for the United States Navy during the War of 1812.
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B.
Phalaecus
Phalaecus was a 4th-century BCE Phocian military leader and general who played a key role in the later stages of the Third Sacred War in ancient Greece.
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C.
Pythias
Pythias was the first wife of the ancient Greek philosopher Aristotle and the mother of his daughter, also named Pythias.
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D.
Prothoos
Prothoos is a figure from Greek mythology known as the leader of the Magnetes in the Trojan War.
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E.
Dorotheus
Dorotheus was a 6th-century Byzantine jurist who helped systematize and codify Roman law under Emperor Justinian I.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (33)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fictional character
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literary character ⓘ philosophical dialogue character ⓘ |
| appearsInWork | Alciphron, or The Minute Philosopher ⓘ |
| associatedMovement | 18th-century freethought ⓘ |
| createdBy | George Berkeley ⓘ |
| creatorNationality | Irish ⓘ |
| creatorOccupation |
Anglican bishop
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philosopher ⓘ |
| dialogueForm | multi-day conversation ⓘ |
| discussesTopic |
evidence for Christianity
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existence of God ⓘ morality and virtue ⓘ nature of religion ⓘ |
| functionInWork |
foil for Christian apologetics
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spokesman for skeptical arguments ⓘ |
| literaryPeriod | Early modern philosophy ⓘ |
| nameOfWork | Alciphron, or The Minute Philosopher ⓘ |
| opposedByCharacter |
Crito
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Euphranor ⓘ |
| philosophicalStance |
freethinker
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skeptic ⓘ |
| represents |
deism
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freethought ⓘ religious skepticism ⓘ |
| roleInWork | titular character ⓘ |
| workGenre | philosophical dialogue ⓘ |
| workLanguage | English ⓘ |
| workPublicationYear | 1732 ⓘ |
| workSetting | rural countryside ⓘ |
| workTheme |
critique of minute philosophers
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limits of skepticism ⓘ relationship between faith and reason ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Alciphron Description of subject: Alciphron is the titular character of George Berkeley’s philosophical dialogue "Alciphron, or The Minute Philosopher," representing a skeptical free-thinker whose views are examined and challenged throughout the work.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.