“Sensations and Brain Processes”
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“Sensations and Brain Processes” is a landmark 1959 philosophical paper in which J. J. C. Smart defends the mind–brain identity theory by arguing that sensations are nothing over and above brain processes.
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How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T15788610 — 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: “Sensations and Brain Processes” Context triple: [J. J. C. Smart, notableWork, “Sensations and Brain Processes”]
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The Analysis of Sensations
The Analysis of Sensations is Ernst Mach’s influential philosophical and scientific treatise that examines perception and experience to argue for an empiricist, anti-metaphysical view of the physical world.
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The Mind and Its Place in Nature
The Mind and Its Place in Nature is a 1925 philosophical work by C. D. Broad that systematically analyzes theories of mind–body relations and helped shape early 20th-century philosophy of mind.
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C.
Analysis of the Phenomena of the Human Mind
Analysis of the Phenomena of the Human Mind is an influential 1829 work of associationist psychology and philosophy by James Mill that systematically examines mental processes through the principles of association.
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D.
Principles of Physiological Psychology
Principles of Physiological Psychology is Wilhelm Wundt’s foundational work that helped establish psychology as an experimental and scientific discipline by linking mental processes to physiological mechanisms.
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E.
Mind: An Essay on Human Feeling
Mind: An Essay on Human Feeling is a multi-volume philosophical work by Susanne Langer that explores the nature of mind, emotion, and human experience through a symbolic and process-oriented framework.
- 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: “Sensations and Brain Processes” Target entity description: “Sensations and Brain Processes” is a landmark 1959 philosophical paper in which J. J. C. Smart defends the mind–brain identity theory by arguing that sensations are nothing over and above brain processes.
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A.
The Analysis of Sensations
The Analysis of Sensations is Ernst Mach’s influential philosophical and scientific treatise that examines perception and experience to argue for an empiricist, anti-metaphysical view of the physical world.
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B.
The Mind and Its Place in Nature
The Mind and Its Place in Nature is a 1925 philosophical work by C. D. Broad that systematically analyzes theories of mind–body relations and helped shape early 20th-century philosophy of mind.
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C.
Analysis of the Phenomena of the Human Mind
Analysis of the Phenomena of the Human Mind is an influential 1829 work of associationist psychology and philosophy by James Mill that systematically examines mental processes through the principles of association.
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D.
Principles of Physiological Psychology
Principles of Physiological Psychology is Wilhelm Wundt’s foundational work that helped establish psychology as an experimental and scientific discipline by linking mental processes to physiological mechanisms.
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E.
Mind: An Essay on Human Feeling
Mind: An Essay on Human Feeling is a multi-volume philosophical work by Susanne Langer that explores the nature of mind, emotion, and human experience through a symbolic and process-oriented framework.
- F. None of above. chosen
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