British Enlightenment

All labels observed (4)

Label	Occurrences
Enlightenment	7
British Enlightenment canonical	5
English Enlightenment	2
Enlightenment movement	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T521342 — 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: British Enlightenment
Context triple: [American Enlightenment, influencedBy, British Enlightenment]

A. French Enlightenment
The French Enlightenment was an 18th-century intellectual movement in France characterized by figures like Voltaire, Rousseau, and Diderot, who championed reason, secularism, and political and social reform, laying ideological foundations for the French Revolution.
B. American Enlightenment
The American Enlightenment was an intellectual and cultural movement in 18th-century America that emphasized reason, science, and individual rights, profoundly shaping the ideals of the American Revolution and the founding of the United States.
C. Scottish Enlightenment
The Scottish Enlightenment was an 18th-century intellectual and cultural movement in Scotland marked by major advances in philosophy, economics, science, and literature, associated with figures such as David Hume and Adam Smith.
D. Age of Enlightenment
The Age of Enlightenment was an 18th-century intellectual movement in Europe and the Americas that emphasized reason, science, and individual rights, profoundly shaping modern democratic and political thought.
E. Enlightenment encyclopedism
Enlightenment encyclopedism was an 18th-century intellectual movement that sought to systematically collect, organize, and disseminate all human knowledge in accessible reference works, epitomized by projects like Diderot and d’Alembert’s Encyclopédie.
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: British Enlightenment
Target entity description: The British Enlightenment was an intellectual movement in 17th- and 18th-century Britain characterized by empiricism, political liberalism, and scientific progress, associated with thinkers such as John Locke, David Hume, and Adam Smith.

A. French Enlightenment
The French Enlightenment was an 18th-century intellectual movement in France characterized by figures like Voltaire, Rousseau, and Diderot, who championed reason, secularism, and political and social reform, laying ideological foundations for the French Revolution.
B. American Enlightenment
The American Enlightenment was an intellectual and cultural movement in 18th-century America that emphasized reason, science, and individual rights, profoundly shaping the ideals of the American Revolution and the founding of the United States.
C. Scottish Enlightenment
The Scottish Enlightenment was an 18th-century intellectual and cultural movement in Scotland marked by major advances in philosophy, economics, science, and literature, associated with figures such as David Hume and Adam Smith.
D. Age of Enlightenment
The Age of Enlightenment was an 18th-century intellectual movement in Europe and the Americas that emphasized reason, science, and individual rights, profoundly shaping modern democratic and political thought.
E. Enlightenment encyclopedism
Enlightenment encyclopedism was an 18th-century intellectual movement that sought to systematically collect, organize, and disseminate all human knowledge in accessible reference works, epitomized by projects like Diderot and d’Alembert’s Encyclopédie.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (70)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	historical period ⓘ intellectual movement ⓘ
associatedWith	Adam Smith ⓘ David Hartley ⓘ David Hume ⓘ Edmund Burke ⓘ Francis Bacon ⓘ George Berkeley ⓘ Isaac Newton ⓘ James Mill ⓘ Jeremy Bentham ⓘ John Locke ⓘ John Stuart Mill ⓘ Joseph Priestley ⓘ Thomas Hobbes ⓘ
coreIdea	associationist psychology ⓘ experimental method in science ⓘ free trade ⓘ freedom of the press ⓘ laissez-faire economics ⓘ moral sense theory ⓘ natural rights ⓘ parliamentary sovereignty ⓘ religious toleration ⓘ separation of powers ⓘ social contract theory ⓘ
country	England ⓘ Kingdom of Great Britain ⓘ Scotland ⓘ
hasCharacteristic	commercial society theory ⓘ constitutionalism ⓘ emphasis on experience ⓘ emphasis on reason ⓘ empiricism ⓘ individual rights ⓘ political liberalism ⓘ religious toleration ⓘ scientific progress ⓘ skepticism about authority ⓘ
influenced	American Enlightenment ⓘ Scottish Enlightenment ⓘ classical economics ⓘ liberalism ⓘ modern constitutional democracy ⓘ modern empiricism ⓘ utilitarianism ⓘ
influencedBy	English Civil War ⓘ Glorious Revolution ⓘ Newtonian mechanics ⓘ surface form: Newtonian physics Reformation ⓘ Scientific Revolution ⓘ
language	English ⓘ
movementDomain	economics ⓘ education ⓘ philosophy ⓘ political theory ⓘ religion ⓘ science ⓘ
notableWork	A Treatise of Human Nature ⓘ An Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding ⓘ An Essay Concerning Human Understanding ⓘ An Introduction to the Principles of Morals and Legislation ⓘ Principia Mathematica ⓘ The Theory of Moral Sentiments ⓘ The Wealth of Nations ⓘ Two Treatises of Government ⓘ
overlapsWith	Age of Reason ⓘ
partOf	Age of Enlightenment ⓘ surface form: European Enlightenment
temporalLocation	17th century ⓘ 18th century ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (15)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

American Enlightenment → influencedBy → British Enlightenment ⓘ

Deutsche Aufklärung → influencedBy → British Enlightenment ⓘ

French Enlightenment → influencedBy → British Enlightenment ⓘ

this entity surface form: English Enlightenment

Economic Sentiments: Adam Smith, Condorcet, and the Enlightenment → mainSubject → British Enlightenment ⓘ