Society of Mind
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Society of Mind is a seminal book by Marvin Minsky that proposes a theory of human intelligence as emerging from the interactions of many simple, non-intelligent agents within the mind.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| The Society of Mind | 3 |
| Society of Mind canonical | 2 |
| Society of Mind theory | 2 |
| society of mind theory | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T655413 — 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: Society of Mind Context triple: [MIT Press, notablePublication, Society of Mind]
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A.
The Dragons of Eden
The Dragons of Eden is a Pulitzer Prize–winning 1977 book by Carl Sagan that explores the evolution of human intelligence and the brain through a blend of science, anthropology, and speculative thought.
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B.
The Sciences of the Artificial
The Sciences of the Artificial is a seminal 1969 book by Herbert A. Simon that explores the nature, design, and study of artificial systems such as organizations, computers, and complex artifacts.
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C.
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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D.
As We May Think
As We May Think is a seminal 1945 essay by Vannevar Bush that envisioned hypertext-like information systems and profoundly influenced the development of modern computing and the internet.
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E.
Broca's Brain
Broca's Brain is a popular science book by Carl Sagan that explores the nature of scientific thought, the brain, and the cosmos through essays on astronomy, philosophy, and skepticism.
- 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: Society of Mind Target entity description: Society of Mind is a seminal book by Marvin Minsky that proposes a theory of human intelligence as emerging from the interactions of many simple, non-intelligent agents within the mind.
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A.
The Dragons of Eden
The Dragons of Eden is a Pulitzer Prize–winning 1977 book by Carl Sagan that explores the evolution of human intelligence and the brain through a blend of science, anthropology, and speculative thought.
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B.
The Sciences of the Artificial
The Sciences of the Artificial is a seminal 1969 book by Herbert A. Simon that explores the nature, design, and study of artificial systems such as organizations, computers, and complex artifacts.
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C.
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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D.
As We May Think
As We May Think is a seminal 1945 essay by Vannevar Bush that envisioned hypertext-like information systems and profoundly influenced the development of modern computing and the internet.
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E.
Broca's Brain
Broca's Brain is a popular science book by Carl Sagan that explores the nature of scientific thought, the brain, and the cosmos through essays on astronomy, philosophy, and skepticism.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (43)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
book
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cognitive science book ⓘ non-fiction book ⓘ |
| author | Marvin Minsky ⓘ |
| centralIdea |
intelligence emerges from interactions of simple processes
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mind is a society of smaller processes ⓘ |
| countryOfPublication |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| describesConcept |
non-intelligent agents forming intelligent behavior
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society of agents in the mind ⓘ |
| genre | scientific popularization ⓘ |
| hasForm | collection of short chapters ⓘ |
| hasISBN | 9780671657130 ⓘ |
| hasNotableConcept |
K-lines
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agents ⓘ frames ⓘ mental societies ⓘ resources ⓘ self-reflective processes ⓘ |
| hasPageCount | ~336 ⓘ |
| influencedField |
artificial intelligence research
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cognitive architectures ⓘ philosophy of mind ⓘ robotics ⓘ |
| intendedAudience |
general educated readers
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researchers in AI and cognitive science ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| mediaType |
hardcover
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paperback ⓘ print ⓘ |
| notableFor |
agent-based theory of mind
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influencing later AI architectures ⓘ |
| proposesTheoryOf | human intelligence as emerging from interactions of many simple agents ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 1986 ⓘ |
| publisher | Simon & Schuster ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
connectionism
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modular theories of mind ⓘ multi-agent systems ⓘ |
| structure | series of interconnected essays ⓘ |
| subject |
artificial intelligence
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cognitive science ⓘ philosophy of mind ⓘ psychology ⓘ theory of intelligence ⓘ |
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: Society of Mind Description of subject: Society of Mind is a seminal book by Marvin Minsky that proposes a theory of human intelligence as emerging from the interactions of many simple, non-intelligent agents within the mind.
Referenced by (9)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
The Society of Mind
this entity surface form:
society of mind theory
subject surface form:
Marvin Minsky
this entity surface form:
The Society of Mind
subject surface form:
Marvin Minsky
this entity surface form:
society of mind theory
this entity surface form:
Society of Mind theory
this entity surface form:
The Society of Mind