School of Mind
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The School of Mind is a Neo-Confucian philosophical tradition, associated with Wang Yangming, that emphasizes the unity of knowledge and action and locates moral principle within the human mind itself.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| School of Mind canonical | 8 |
| School of the Mind | 3 |
| Mind School | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5449631 — 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: School of Mind Context triple: [Wang Yangming, philosophicalSchool, School of Mind]
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A.
The Law of Mind
The Law of Mind is an 1892 philosophical essay by Charles Sanders Peirce that develops his theory of mind as a continuum governed by laws of habit-taking and continuity, central to his pragmatist and semiotic thought.
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B.
Other Minds
Other Minds is a philosophical work by J. L. Austin that examines how we talk about and justify knowledge of other people's mental states.
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C.
A Mind with a Heart of Its Own
"A Mind with a Heart of Its Own" is a rock song by Tom Petty from his acclaimed 1989 solo album Full Moon Fever.
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D.
The Roving Mind
The Roving Mind is a collection of essays by Isaac Asimov that explores science, technology, humanism, and social issues with his characteristic clarity and wit.
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E.
Doctrina Lux Mentis
Doctrina Lux Mentis is the Latin motto of Centre College, expressing the ideal of education as the light of the mind.
- 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: School of Mind Target entity description: The School of Mind is a Neo-Confucian philosophical tradition, associated with Wang Yangming, that emphasizes the unity of knowledge and action and locates moral principle within the human mind itself.
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A.
The Law of Mind
The Law of Mind is an 1892 philosophical essay by Charles Sanders Peirce that develops his theory of mind as a continuum governed by laws of habit-taking and continuity, central to his pragmatist and semiotic thought.
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B.
Other Minds
Other Minds is a philosophical work by J. L. Austin that examines how we talk about and justify knowledge of other people's mental states.
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C.
A Mind with a Heart of Its Own
"A Mind with a Heart of Its Own" is a rock song by Tom Petty from his acclaimed 1989 solo album Full Moon Fever.
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D.
The Roving Mind
The Roving Mind is a collection of essays by Isaac Asimov that explores science, technology, humanism, and social issues with his characteristic clarity and wit.
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E.
Doctrina Lux Mentis
Doctrina Lux Mentis is the Latin motto of Centre College, expressing the ideal of education as the light of the mind.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (44)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Chinese philosophical tradition
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Neo-Confucian philosophical tradition ⓘ philosophical school ⓘ |
| aimsAt |
moral self-cultivation
ⓘ
realization of innate moral knowledge in action ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Ming dynasty Neo-Confucianism
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linked to:
Donglin movement
Wang Yangming ⓘ Yangming School ⓘ
linked to:
Yangming school
|
| contrastsWith |
Cheng-Zhu School
ⓘ
linked to:
Cheng-Zhu school
School of Principle ⓘ |
| developedFrom |
Lu Jiuyuan’s philosophy
ⓘ
Neo-Confucianism ⓘ |
| emphasizes |
immediacy of moral practice
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inner moral reflection ⓘ subjective moral intuition ⓘ unity of knowledge and action ⓘ |
| field |
Chinese philosophy
ⓘ
Neo-Confucianism ⓘ ethics ⓘ moral psychology ⓘ |
| geographicOrigin | China ⓘ |
| hasAlternativeName |
School of the Mind
ⓘ
linked to:
School of Mind
Yangming School ⓘ
linked to:
Yangming school
xinxue ⓘ |
| hasCoreDoctrine |
innate moral knowledge
ⓘ
moral principle is located within the human mind ⓘ the mind is principle ⓘ unity of knowledge and action ⓘ |
| historicalPeriod | Ming dynasty ⓘ |
| holdsView |
every person possesses innate moral knowledge
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external investigation of things is secondary to inner moral awareness ⓘ moral cultivation is achieved through rectifying the mind ⓘ |
| influenced |
Japanese Neo-Confucianism
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linked to:
Japanese Confucianism
Korean Neo-Confucianism ⓘ
linked to:
Korean Confucianism
later Confucian thought in East Asia ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Confucianism
ⓘ
Lu Jiuyuan ⓘ Mencius ⓘ |
| keyConcept |
innate knowing (liangzhi)
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li as inherent in the mind ⓘ unity of knowledge and action (zhi xing he yi) ⓘ |
| keyFigure | Wang Yangming ⓘ |
| languageOfExpression | Classical Chinese ⓘ |
| locates | moral principle within the human mind ⓘ |
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Subject: School of Mind Description of subject: The School of Mind is a Neo-Confucian philosophical tradition, associated with Wang Yangming, that emphasizes the unity of knowledge and action and locates moral principle within the human mind itself.
Referenced by (12)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
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Bo'an
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linked to: School of Mind
subject linked to:
Instructions for Practical Living (Chuanxilu)
linked to: School of Mind
linked to: School of Mind