An Essay in Cosmology
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An Essay in Cosmology is the subtitle of Alfred North Whitehead’s major philosophical work *Process and Reality*, which presents his influential process philosophy and metaphysical system.
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How this entity was disambiguated
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: An Essay in Cosmology Context triple: [Process and Reality, subtitle, An Essay in Cosmology]
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A.
Essai de cosmologie
Essai de cosmologie is an 18th-century philosophical and scientific treatise by Pierre-Louis Moreau de Maupertuis that explores the structure and origins of the universe within the framework of early Enlightenment cosmology.
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The Origin and Fate of the Universe
The Origin and Fate of the Universe is a chapter in Stephen Hawking’s popular science book A Brief History of Time that explores cosmological models for how the universe began, evolves, and might ultimately end.
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C.
Principles of Physical Cosmology
Principles of Physical Cosmology is a foundational textbook that systematically develops the theoretical framework and observational basis of modern cosmology, including the Big Bang model, structure formation, and the large-scale properties of the universe.
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The Restless Universe
The Restless Universe is a popular science book by physicist Max Born that explains modern physics and quantum theory to a general audience in clear, accessible language.
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The Expanding Universe
"The Expanding Universe" is a chapter in Stephen Hawking’s popular science book *A Brief History of Time* that explains how observations and cosmological theory reveal that the universe is growing larger over time.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: An Essay in Cosmology Target entity description: An Essay in Cosmology is the subtitle of Alfred North Whitehead’s major philosophical work *Process and Reality*, which presents his influential process philosophy and metaphysical system.
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A.
Essai de cosmologie
Essai de cosmologie is an 18th-century philosophical and scientific treatise by Pierre-Louis Moreau de Maupertuis that explores the structure and origins of the universe within the framework of early Enlightenment cosmology.
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B.
The Origin and Fate of the Universe
The Origin and Fate of the Universe is a chapter in Stephen Hawking’s popular science book A Brief History of Time that explores cosmological models for how the universe began, evolves, and might ultimately end.
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C.
Principles of Physical Cosmology
Principles of Physical Cosmology is a foundational textbook that systematically develops the theoretical framework and observational basis of modern cosmology, including the Big Bang model, structure formation, and the large-scale properties of the universe.
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D.
The Restless Universe
The Restless Universe is a popular science book by physicist Max Born that explains modern physics and quantum theory to a general audience in clear, accessible language.
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E.
The Expanding Universe
"The Expanding Universe" is a chapter in Stephen Hawking’s popular science book *A Brief History of Time* that explains how observations and cosmological theory reveal that the universe is growing larger over time.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (29)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
book subtitle
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philosophical work subtitle ⓘ |
| associatedWithField |
metaphysics
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ontology ⓘ philosophy of religion ⓘ |
| associatedWithPhilosophy | process philosophy ⓘ |
| author | Alfred North Whitehead ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| describes |
metaphysical system
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process philosophy ⓘ |
| hasAuthorProfession |
mathematician
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philosopher ⓘ |
| influenced |
American pragmatism
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analytic process philosophy ⓘ philosophy of science ⓘ process theology ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| partOf | Process and Reality ⓘ |
| philosophicalTradition | speculative metaphysics ⓘ |
| relatedWork |
Adventures of Ideas
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Science and the Modern World ⓘ |
| subtitleOf | Process and Reality ⓘ |
| topic |
God and the world
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actual occasions ⓘ cosmology ⓘ creativity ⓘ eternal objects ⓘ organism as metaphysical category ⓘ process ontology ⓘ |
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