A Paradox of Existence
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"A Paradox of Existence" is a philosophical work by Stephen Yablo that explores self-reference, existence, and paradoxes in metaphysics and logic.
All labels observed (1)
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| A Paradox of Existence canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3390200 — 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: A Paradox of Existence Context triple: [Stephen Yablo, notableWork, A Paradox of Existence]
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A.
Paradox
Paradox is a relational database management system and development environment originally popular on DOS and Windows, known for its ease of use and integration with Borland’s programming tools.
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B.
The Meaning of Life
The Meaning of Life is a 1983 British comedy film by Monty Python that satirically explores the stages and absurdities of human existence through a series of surreal sketches.
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C.
“On What There Is”
“On What There Is” is a seminal philosophical essay by W.V.O. Quine that challenges traditional notions of ontology and argues for a criterion of ontological commitment based on the quantificational structure of our best scientific theories.
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D.
The Divine Relativity
The Divine Relativity is a seminal philosophical and theological work by Charles Hartshorne that articulates his process theism and argues for a dynamic, relational conception of God.
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E.
An Inquiry into Modes of Existence
An Inquiry into Modes of Existence is a philosophical work by Bruno Latour that proposes a pluralistic ontology to account for the diverse ways beings exist and gain legitimacy in modern societies.
- 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 Paradox of Existence Target entity description: "A Paradox of Existence" is a philosophical work by Stephen Yablo that explores self-reference, existence, and paradoxes in metaphysics and logic.
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A.
Paradox
Paradox is a relational database management system and development environment originally popular on DOS and Windows, known for its ease of use and integration with Borland’s programming tools.
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B.
The Meaning of Life
The Meaning of Life is a 1983 British comedy film by Monty Python that satirically explores the stages and absurdities of human existence through a series of surreal sketches.
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C.
“On What There Is”
“On What There Is” is a seminal philosophical essay by W.V.O. Quine that challenges traditional notions of ontology and argues for a criterion of ontological commitment based on the quantificational structure of our best scientific theories.
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D.
The Divine Relativity
The Divine Relativity is a seminal philosophical and theological work by Charles Hartshorne that articulates his process theism and argues for a dynamic, relational conception of God.
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E.
An Inquiry into Modes of Existence
An Inquiry into Modes of Existence is a philosophical work by Bruno Latour that proposes a pluralistic ontology to account for the diverse ways beings exist and gain legitimacy in modern societies.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (25)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
book
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philosophical work ⓘ |
| about |
ontology
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paradox theory ⓘ philosophy of language ⓘ |
| author | Stephen Yablo ⓘ |
| creator | Stephen Yablo ⓘ |
| discusses |
existence claims
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logical structure of paradoxes ⓘ metaphysical puzzles ⓘ self-referential paradoxes ⓘ |
| explores |
logical paradoxes
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ontological questions ⓘ self-referential structures in language ⓘ the relationship between existence and reference ⓘ |
| fieldOfStudy | analytic philosophy ⓘ |
| genre | philosophy ⓘ |
| hasAuthor | Stephen Yablo ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| mainTopic |
existence
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metaphysics ⓘ paradoxes ⓘ philosophical logic ⓘ self-reference ⓘ |
| workType | philosophical monograph ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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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 Paradox of Existence Description of subject: "A Paradox of Existence" is a philosophical work by Stephen Yablo that explores self-reference, existence, and paradoxes in metaphysics and logic.
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