The Age of the World Picture
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The Age of the World Picture is a philosophical essay by Martin Heidegger that analyzes how, in modernity, the world comes to be understood and dominated as a representable “picture” for human subjects.
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| The Age of the World Picture canonical | 1 |
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This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8058033 — 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.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Age of the World Picture Context triple: [The Question Concerning Technology, relatedWork, The Age of the World Picture]
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A.
Caput Mundi
Caput Mundi is a Latin epithet meaning "capital of the world," historically used to emphasize Rome’s central importance in politics, culture, and civilization.
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B.
The World Unseen
The World Unseen is a 2007 period drama film set in 1950s apartheid-era South Africa that explores forbidden love and social oppression within the Indian South African community.
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C.
A World Between
A World Between is a science fiction novel by Norman Spinrad that explores political manipulation and media control on a distant, idealistic colony world.
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D.
The Edges of the World
The Edges of the World is a large-scale, immersive installation by Brazilian artist Ernesto Neto that invites viewers to walk through a sensorial environment of organic forms, textiles, and spices.
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E.
Die Weltalter
Die Weltalter is an unfinished philosophical work by Friedrich Wilhelm Joseph Schelling in which he develops a speculative history of the cosmos and the stages of divine and worldly existence.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Age of the World Picture Target entity description: The Age of the World Picture is a philosophical essay by Martin Heidegger that analyzes how, in modernity, the world comes to be understood and dominated as a representable “picture” for human subjects.
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A.
Caput Mundi
Caput Mundi is a Latin epithet meaning "capital of the world," historically used to emphasize Rome’s central importance in politics, culture, and civilization.
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B.
The World Unseen
The World Unseen is a 2007 period drama film set in 1950s apartheid-era South Africa that explores forbidden love and social oppression within the Indian South African community.
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C.
A World Between
A World Between is a science fiction novel by Norman Spinrad that explores political manipulation and media control on a distant, idealistic colony world.
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D.
The Edges of the World
The Edges of the World is a large-scale, immersive installation by Brazilian artist Ernesto Neto that invites viewers to walk through a sensorial environment of organic forms, textiles, and spices.
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E.
Die Weltalter
Die Weltalter is an unfinished philosophical work by Friedrich Wilhelm Joseph Schelling in which he develops a speculative history of the cosmos and the stages of divine and worldly existence.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
philosophical essay
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work by Martin Heidegger ⓘ |
| arguesThat |
in modernity the world is grasped primarily as a representable picture for a human subject
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modern science presupposes the world as a set of objects for calculation and control ⓘ the dominance of representation transforms the way beings appear ⓘ the essence of modernity is not technological devices but a specific understanding of being ⓘ |
| author | Martin Heidegger NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| centralConcept |
calculative thinking
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domination of beings ⓘ modern subjectivity ⓘ objectification of the world ⓘ scientific representation ⓘ setting-upon of beings ⓘ world as picture ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Germany ⓘ |
| criticizes |
Cartesian subject–object metaphysics
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modern scientific worldview ⓘ reduction of being to representation ⓘ |
| discipline | philosophy ⓘ |
| influencedField |
art theory
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critical theory ⓘ hermeneutics ⓘ media theory ⓘ philosophy of technology ⓘ |
| mainTopic |
enframing
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history of being ⓘ metaphysics ⓘ modernity ⓘ representation ⓘ subject–object relation ⓘ technology ⓘ world picture ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | German ⓘ |
| originalTitle | Die Zeit des Weltbildes NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| philosophicalMovement |
existentialism
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phenomenology ⓘ |
| philosophicalQuestion |
how representation structures human relation to beings
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how the world becomes a picture in modernity ⓘ what characterizes the essence of modernity ⓘ |
| philosophicalSchool | Heideggerian philosophy ⓘ |
| philosophicalTradition | continental philosophy NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| relatedWork |
Being and Time
NERFINISHED
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The Origin of the Work of Art NERFINISHED ⓘ The Question Concerning Technology NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| subdiscipline |
ontology
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philosophy of history ⓘ |
| timePeriodDiscussed | modern age ⓘ |
| viewsModernityAs | epoch of the world as picture ⓘ |
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