DM
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DM is the standard abbreviation for Francisco Suárez’s influential late 16th-century scholastic work *Disputationes metaphysicae*, a foundational text in early modern metaphysics.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| DM canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10646961 — 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: DM Context triple: [Disputationes metaphysicae, hasAbbreviation, DM]
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DM
DM is the commonly used abbreviation for the Deutsche Mark, the former official currency of West Germany and later unified Germany before the adoption of the euro.
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DM
DM is the abbreviated name commonly used for the Department of Management in an academic or organizational context.
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.dm
.dm is the country code top-level domain (ccTLD) assigned to the Caribbean island nation of Dominica for use in internet addresses.
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DN
DN is the official vehicle registration code used for the Indian union territory of Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu.
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DN
DN is a UK postcode area covering Doncaster and surrounding parts of South Yorkshire and Lincolnshire, including North East Lincolnshire.
- 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: DM Target entity description: DM is the standard abbreviation for Francisco Suárez’s influential late 16th-century scholastic work *Disputationes metaphysicae*, a foundational text in early modern metaphysics.
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A.
DM
DM is the commonly used abbreviation for the Deutsche Mark, the former official currency of West Germany and later unified Germany before the adoption of the euro.
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B.
DM
DM is the abbreviated name commonly used for the Department of Management in an academic or organizational context.
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C.
.dm
.dm is the country code top-level domain (ccTLD) assigned to the Caribbean island nation of Dominica for use in internet addresses.
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D.
DN
DN is the official vehicle registration code used for the Indian union territory of Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu.
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E.
DN
DN is a UK postcode area covering Doncaster and surrounding parts of South Yorkshire and Lincolnshire, including North East Lincolnshire.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
metaphysics treatise
ⓘ
scholastic philosophical work ⓘ |
| abbreviation | DM ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Jesuit education
ⓘ
University of Coimbra tradition ⓘ |
| author |
Francisco Suárez
ⓘ
Franciscus Suárez ⓘ
linked to:
Francisco Suárez
|
| countryOfFirstPublication | Spain ⓘ |
| field | metaphysics ⓘ |
| hasGenre | scholastic disputation ⓘ |
| hasPart |
individual disputations on God
ⓘ
individual disputations on being ⓘ individual disputations on causes ⓘ |
| historicalSignificance | first comprehensive early modern textbook of metaphysics ⓘ |
| influenced |
Baroque scholasticism
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Christian Wolff ⓘ Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz ⓘ Jesuit scholasticism ⓘ Protestant scholasticism ⓘ René Descartes ⓘ early modern metaphysics ⓘ scholastic manuals of metaphysics ⓘ |
| language | Latin ⓘ |
| mainTopic |
God as first cause
ⓘ
being as being ⓘ causality ⓘ essence and existence ⓘ substance and accident ⓘ transcendentals ⓘ universals ⓘ |
| numberOfDisputations | 54 ⓘ |
| philosophicalApproach |
Aristotelian scholasticism
ⓘ
linked to:
Scholasticism
systematic metaphysics ⓘ |
| philosophicalDiscipline |
natural theology
ⓘ
ontology ⓘ |
| philosophicalMethod |
disputation method
ⓘ
systematic commentary on Aristotle ⓘ |
| philosophicalSchool | Second Scholasticism ⓘ |
| publicationCentury | 16th century ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 1597 ⓘ |
| regionOfEarlyReception |
Catholic Europe
ⓘ
linked to:
Western Christianity
Protestant German universities ⓘ |
| religiousOrderContext | Society of Jesus ⓘ |
| structure | series of disputations ⓘ |
| timePeriod | late 16th century ⓘ |
| titleInEnglish |
Metaphysical Disputations
ⓘ
linked to:
Disputationes metaphysicae
|
| tradition | Scholasticism ⓘ |
| usedAs | university textbook ⓘ |
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: DM Description of subject: DM is the standard abbreviation for Francisco Suárez’s influential late 16th-century scholastic work *Disputationes metaphysicae*, a foundational text in early modern metaphysics.
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