Walden Two
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Walden Two is a utopian novel by behaviorist B. F. Skinner that depicts a community engineered through behavioral principles to maximize social harmony and individual well-being.
All labels observed (6)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Walden Two canonical | 11 |
| Walden Two community | 4 |
| "Walden Two" | 1 |
| "Walden Two" (1948) | 1 |
| Community of Walden Two | 1 |
| Utopian community of Walden Two | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T169283 — 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: Walden Two Context triple: [B. F. Skinner, notableWork, Walden Two]
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A.
MaddAddam
MaddAddam is a dystopian science fiction novel by Margaret Atwood that concludes her speculative trilogy exploring genetic engineering, ecological collapse, and post-apocalyptic survival.
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B.
Mens et Manus
Mens et Manus is the Latin motto of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, expressing the union of mind and hand in the pursuit of knowledge and practical application.
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C.
The Great Commoner
The Great Commoner was the popular nickname of William Pitt the Elder, a prominent 18th-century British statesman celebrated for his leadership during the Seven Years' War and his advocacy for parliamentary reform.
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D.
The Elders
The Elders is an independent group of global leaders founded by Nelson Mandela to promote peace, human rights, and ethical leadership worldwide.
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E.
Zoonomia; or, The Laws of Organic Life
Zoonomia; or, The Laws of Organic Life is an influential late-18th-century medical and biological treatise by Erasmus Darwin that proposed early ideas about evolution, physiology, and the organization of living beings.
- 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: Walden Two Target entity description: Walden Two is a utopian novel by behaviorist B. F. Skinner that depicts a community engineered through behavioral principles to maximize social harmony and individual well-being.
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A.
MaddAddam
MaddAddam is a dystopian science fiction novel by Margaret Atwood that concludes her speculative trilogy exploring genetic engineering, ecological collapse, and post-apocalyptic survival.
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B.
Mens et Manus
Mens et Manus is the Latin motto of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, expressing the union of mind and hand in the pursuit of knowledge and practical application.
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C.
The Great Commoner
The Great Commoner was the popular nickname of William Pitt the Elder, a prominent 18th-century British statesman celebrated for his leadership during the Seven Years' War and his advocacy for parliamentary reform.
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D.
The Elders
The Elders is an independent group of global leaders founded by Nelson Mandela to promote peace, human rights, and ethical leadership worldwide.
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E.
Zoonomia; or, The Laws of Organic Life
Zoonomia; or, The Laws of Organic Life is an influential late-18th-century medical and biological treatise by Erasmus Darwin that proposed early ideas about evolution, physiology, and the organization of living beings.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
novel
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science fiction novel ⓘ utopian novel ⓘ |
| author |
B. F. Skinner (born Burrhus Frederic Skinner)
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surface form:
B. F. Skinner
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| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| critiques |
capitalist economic structures
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conventional family structures ⓘ traditional notions of free will ⓘ |
| depicts |
communal child-rearing
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labor credits system ⓘ minimal use of punishment ⓘ positive reinforcement as social control ⓘ |
| describes | planned community based on behavioral principles ⓘ |
| featuresCharacter |
Barbara
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Frazier ⓘ Jamnik ⓘ Mary ⓘ Professor Burris ⓘ Rogers ⓘ |
| genre |
social science fiction
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utopian fiction ⓘ |
| hasAdaptation | Walden Two stage adaptations ⓘ |
| hasSetting |
Walden Two
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
Walden Two community
|
| influencedBy |
B. F. Skinner's operant conditioning theory
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behaviorism ⓘ |
| inspired |
Los Horcones community
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Twin Oaks Community ⓘ |
| inspiredBy |
Walden; or, Life in the Woods
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surface form:
Henry David Thoreau's Walden
|
| language | English ⓘ |
| libraryOfCongressClassification | PS3537.K56 W3 ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | behaviorism ⓘ |
| mainTheme |
behavioral engineering
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freedom and control ⓘ individual well-being ⓘ social harmony ⓘ social planning ⓘ utopian community ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | first-person ⓘ |
| narrator | Professor Burris ⓘ |
| oclcNumber | 290781 ⓘ |
| philosophicalPosition | determinism ⓘ |
| proposes | technology of behavior ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 1948 ⓘ |
| publisher | Macmillan Publishers ⓘ |
| relatedWork |
Beyond Freedom and Dignity
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Walden Two Revisited ⓘ |
| setIn |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| subjectOf |
critical debates on ethics of behavioral control
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scholarly analysis in psychology and philosophy ⓘ |
| titleInspiredBy |
Walden; or, Life in the Woods
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surface form:
Walden
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How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Walden Two Description of subject: Walden Two is a utopian novel by behaviorist B. F. Skinner that depicts a community engineered through behavioral principles to maximize social harmony and individual well-being.
Referenced by (19)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
B. F. Skinner
this entity surface form:
Walden Two community
this entity surface form:
Walden Two community
this entity surface form:
"Walden Two"
this entity surface form:
Walden Two community
this entity surface form:
"Walden Two" (1948)
this entity surface form:
Utopian community of Walden Two