A Way of Being
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A Way of Being is a reflective book by humanistic psychologist Carl Rogers that explores his person-centered approach to therapy, relationships, and personal growth.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| A Way of Being canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T147710 — 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: A Way of Being Context triple: [Carl Rogers, notableWork, A Way of Being]
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A.
The Shores of the Cosmic Ocean
"The Shores of the Cosmic Ocean" is the opening episode of Carl Sagan’s documentary series *Cosmos: A Personal Voyage*, introducing viewers to the scale, structure, and wonder of the universe.
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B.
The Long Dark Tea-Time of the Soul
The Long Dark Tea-Time of the Soul is a comic fantasy detective novel by Douglas Adams featuring the eccentric holistic detective Dirk Gently as he becomes entangled with Norse gods and bizarre supernatural events in modern-day London.
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C.
The Light We Carry
The Light We Carry is a 2022 nonfiction book by Michelle Obama that offers personal reflections and practical wisdom on resilience, hope, and navigating uncertainty.
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D.
A Path Where No Man Thought
A Path Where No Man Thought is a science book by Carl Sagan and Ann Druyan that explores nuclear winter and the catastrophic global consequences of nuclear war.
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E.
Their Pilgrimage
"Their Pilgrimage" is a late-19th-century travel novel by American author Charles Dudley Warner that satirically portrays fashionable society through the journeys of two young protagonists.
- 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: A Way of Being Target entity description: A Way of Being is a reflective book by humanistic psychologist Carl Rogers that explores his person-centered approach to therapy, relationships, and personal growth.
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A.
The Shores of the Cosmic Ocean
"The Shores of the Cosmic Ocean" is the opening episode of Carl Sagan’s documentary series *Cosmos: A Personal Voyage*, introducing viewers to the scale, structure, and wonder of the universe.
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B.
The Long Dark Tea-Time of the Soul
The Long Dark Tea-Time of the Soul is a comic fantasy detective novel by Douglas Adams featuring the eccentric holistic detective Dirk Gently as he becomes entangled with Norse gods and bizarre supernatural events in modern-day London.
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C.
The Light We Carry
The Light We Carry is a 2022 nonfiction book by Michelle Obama that offers personal reflections and practical wisdom on resilience, hope, and navigating uncertainty.
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D.
A Path Where No Man Thought
A Path Where No Man Thought is a science book by Carl Sagan and Ann Druyan that explores nuclear winter and the catastrophic global consequences of nuclear war.
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E.
Their Pilgrimage
"Their Pilgrimage" is a late-19th-century travel novel by American author Charles Dudley Warner that satirically portrays fashionable society through the journeys of two young protagonists.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
book
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non-fiction book ⓘ psychology book ⓘ |
| appliesTo |
conflict resolution
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education ⓘ group work ⓘ organizational development ⓘ psychotherapy ⓘ |
| author | Carl Rogers ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| describedAs |
autobiographical
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reflective ⓘ theoretical ⓘ |
| focusesOn |
conditions of therapeutic change
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congruence ⓘ empathy ⓘ person-centered approach ⓘ personal development ⓘ therapeutic relationships ⓘ unconditional positive regard ⓘ |
| genre |
humanistic psychology
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psychology ⓘ |
| hasPerspective | first-person ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
applications beyond therapy
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authenticity ⓘ client autonomy ⓘ experiential learning ⓘ facilitative conditions ⓘ non-directive therapy ⓘ openness to experience ⓘ trust in the organism ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| mainSubject |
client-centered therapy
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counseling ⓘ education ⓘ encounter groups ⓘ facilitation ⓘ humanistic psychology ⓘ interpersonal relationships ⓘ Client-Centered Therapy ⓘ
surface form:
person-centered therapy
personal growth ⓘ psychotherapy ⓘ self-actualization ⓘ therapeutic relationship ⓘ |
| notableFor |
articulation of person-centered philosophy
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integration of theory and personal reflection ⓘ |
| relatedConcept |
client-centered therapy
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person-centered approach ⓘ |
| relatedWork | On Becoming a Person ⓘ |
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: A Way of Being Description of subject: A Way of Being is a reflective book by humanistic psychologist Carl Rogers that explores his person-centered approach to therapy, relationships, and personal growth.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.