Speculative Dialogues
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Speculative Dialogues is a philosophical and poetic work by British writer Lascelles Abercrombie that explores ideas through imagined conversations.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Speculative Dialogues canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9665618 — 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: Speculative Dialogues Context triple: [Lascelles Abercrombie, notableWork, Speculative Dialogues]
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A.
Speculations
Speculations is a posthumously published collection of T. E. Hulme’s influential essays and fragments on literature, philosophy, and modernist aesthetics.
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B.
Dialogues
Dialogues is a collection of hagiographical and miracle stories by Pope Gregory the Great, presenting the lives and wonders of Italian saints in late antiquity.
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C.
Adventures of the Dialectic
Adventures of the Dialectic is a philosophical work by Maurice Merleau-Ponty that critically examines Marxism, history, and the concept of dialectical reason in the context of mid-20th-century politics.
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D.
5000 B.C. and Other Philosophical Fantasies
5000 B.C. and Other Philosophical Fantasies is a collection of playful, logic-based philosophical essays and puzzles by Raymond Smullyan that explore paradoxes, metaphysics, and the nature of reasoning.
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E.
Discourses
Discourses is a collection of teachings by the Stoic philosopher Epictetus, recorded by his student Arrian, that outlines practical guidance for living a virtuous and rational life.
- 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: Speculative Dialogues Target entity description: Speculative Dialogues is a philosophical and poetic work by British writer Lascelles Abercrombie that explores ideas through imagined conversations.
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A.
Speculations
Speculations is a posthumously published collection of T. E. Hulme’s influential essays and fragments on literature, philosophy, and modernist aesthetics.
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B.
Dialogues
Dialogues is a collection of hagiographical and miracle stories by Pope Gregory the Great, presenting the lives and wonders of Italian saints in late antiquity.
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C.
Adventures of the Dialectic
Adventures of the Dialectic is a philosophical work by Maurice Merleau-Ponty that critically examines Marxism, history, and the concept of dialectical reason in the context of mid-20th-century politics.
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D.
5000 B.C. and Other Philosophical Fantasies
5000 B.C. and Other Philosophical Fantasies is a collection of playful, logic-based philosophical essays and puzzles by Raymond Smullyan that explore paradoxes, metaphysics, and the nature of reasoning.
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E.
Discourses
Discourses is a collection of teachings by the Stoic philosopher Epictetus, recorded by his student Arrian, that outlines practical guidance for living a virtuous and rational life.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (24)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
philosophical work
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poetic work ⓘ |
| author | Lascelles Abercrombie ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| explores |
philosophical ideas
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speculative thought ⓘ |
| genre |
philosophy
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poetry ⓘ |
| hasCreator | Lascelles Abercrombie ⓘ |
| hasSubject |
dialogic exploration of ideas
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philosophy in literary form ⓘ |
| hasTitle | Speculative Dialogues ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| literaryForm | dialogue ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | early 20th-century British literature ⓘ |
| literaryTechnique |
dramatic dialogue
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personification of ideas ⓘ |
| medium | print ⓘ |
| narrativeMode | imagined conversations ⓘ |
| partOfAuthorCareer | Lascelles Abercrombie's philosophical writings ⓘ |
| style |
philosophical
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poetic ⓘ |
| workOf | Lascelles Abercrombie ⓘ |
| writtenBy | Lascelles Abercrombie ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Subject: Speculative Dialogues Description of subject: Speculative Dialogues is a philosophical and poetic work by British writer Lascelles Abercrombie that explores ideas through imagined conversations.
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