Objective Knowledge
E69417
Objective Knowledge is a 1972 philosophical work by Karl Popper that develops his theory of knowledge as an objective, evolutionary process grounded in conjectures and refutations.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Objective Knowledge canonical | 5 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T554827 — 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: Objective Knowledge Context triple: [Karl Popper, notableWork, Objective Knowledge]
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A.
Logic and Knowledge
Logic and Knowledge is a collection of philosophical and logical essays by Bertrand Russell that includes influential papers on language, logic, and epistemology.
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B.
Usable Knowledge
Usable Knowledge is an online resource from the Harvard Graduate School of Education that translates education research into practical insights and tools for educators, policymakers, and the public.
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C.
Frontiers of Knowledge
Frontiers of Knowledge is a concept emphasizing the advancement and expansion of human understanding across scientific, technological, and cultural domains.
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D.
Quantitative Reasoning
Quantitative Reasoning is a section of the GRE that evaluates a test taker’s ability to understand, interpret, and analyze quantitative information and solve problems using mathematical concepts.
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E.
Science of Knowledge (Wissenschaftslehre)
Science of Knowledge (Wissenschaftslehre) is Johann Gottlieb Fichte’s foundational philosophical work that systematically develops a transcendental idealist account of the self and its role in constituting knowledge and reality.
- 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: Objective Knowledge Target entity description: Objective Knowledge is a 1972 philosophical work by Karl Popper that develops his theory of knowledge as an objective, evolutionary process grounded in conjectures and refutations.
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A.
Logic and Knowledge
Logic and Knowledge is a collection of philosophical and logical essays by Bertrand Russell that includes influential papers on language, logic, and epistemology.
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B.
Usable Knowledge
Usable Knowledge is an online resource from the Harvard Graduate School of Education that translates education research into practical insights and tools for educators, policymakers, and the public.
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C.
Frontiers of Knowledge
Frontiers of Knowledge is a concept emphasizing the advancement and expansion of human understanding across scientific, technological, and cultural domains.
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D.
Quantitative Reasoning
Quantitative Reasoning is a section of the GRE that evaluates a test taker’s ability to understand, interpret, and analyze quantitative information and solve problems using mathematical concepts.
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E.
Science of Knowledge (Wissenschaftslehre)
Science of Knowledge (Wissenschaftslehre) is Johann Gottlieb Fichte’s foundational philosophical work that systematically develops a transcendental idealist account of the self and its role in constituting knowledge and reality.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
book
ⓘ
philosophical work ⓘ |
| arguesAgainst |
justificationism
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psychologism in epistemology ⓘ subjectivist theories of knowledge ⓘ |
| author | Karl Popper ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| developsTheory |
Conjectures and Refutations
ⓘ
surface form:
conjectures and refutations
fallibilism ⓘ knowledge as an evolutionary process ⓘ non-justificationist epistemology ⓘ objective knowledge as World 3 objects ⓘ |
| genre |
epistemology
ⓘ
philosophy of science ⓘ |
| hasCentralThesis |
knowledge can exist independently of any knowing subject as objective contents
ⓘ
knowledge grows through an objective process of conjectures and refutations ⓘ |
| hasPart |
Epistemology Without a Knowing Subject
ⓘ
Evolutionary Epistemology ⓘ Knowledge Without Authority ⓘ On the Sources of Knowledge and of Ignorance ⓘ On the Status of Science and of Metaphysics ⓘ On the Theory of Objective Mind ⓘ The Rationality of Scientific Revolutions ⓘ Truth, Rationality, and the Growth of Scientific Knowledge ⓘ Two Faces of Common Sense ⓘ |
| influenced |
debates in philosophy of science
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later work on evolutionary epistemology ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Conjectures and Refutations
ⓘ
The Logic of Scientific Discovery ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| mainSubject |
World 3
ⓘ
Conjectures and Refutations ⓘ
surface form:
conjectures and refutations
epistemology ⓘ evolutionary epistemology ⓘ objective knowledge ⓘ scientific knowledge ⓘ |
| notableIdea |
epistemology without a knowing subject
ⓘ
objective contents of thought ⓘ |
| philosophicalDiscipline |
metaphysics of mind
ⓘ
theory of knowledge ⓘ |
| philosophicalTradition | critical rationalism ⓘ |
| proposesConcept |
World 1
ⓘ
World 2 ⓘ World 3 ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 1972 ⓘ |
| publisher | Oxford University Press ⓘ |
| relatedWork |
Conjectures and Refutations
ⓘ
The Logic of Scientific Discovery ⓘ The Open Society and Its Enemies ⓘ |
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: Objective Knowledge Description of subject: Objective Knowledge is a 1972 philosophical work by Karl Popper that develops his theory of knowledge as an objective, evolutionary process grounded in conjectures and refutations.
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Karl Popper