Prejudices: A Philosophical Dictionary
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Prejudices: A Philosophical Dictionary is a collection of incisive, often skeptical essays in which sociologist Robert Nisbet explores and critiques key ideas, institutions, and assumptions in modern Western thought.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
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Target entity: Prejudices: A Philosophical Dictionary Context triple: [Robert Nisbet, notableWork, Prejudices: A Philosophical Dictionary]
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A.
A Preface to Morals
A Preface to Morals is a 1929 philosophical work by American writer Walter Lippmann that examines the challenges of finding ethical guidance in a secular, modern society.
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B.
Course of Positive Philosophy
Course of Positive Philosophy is Auguste Comte’s foundational multi-volume work that systematically outlines positivism and the hierarchy of the sciences, laying the groundwork for modern sociology.
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C.
Études philosophiques
Études philosophiques is a section of Honoré de Balzac’s La Comédie humaine that groups together his more overtly philosophical and metaphysical novels and tales.
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D.
The Incoherence of the Philosophers
The Incoherence of the Philosophers is a landmark 11th-century work of Islamic philosophy and theology by Al-Ghazali that critiques the metaphysical doctrines of earlier Muslim philosophers and helped reshape the course of Islamic thought.
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E.
A Philosophical Sketch
A Philosophical Sketch is the influential 1795 essay by Immanuel Kant in which he outlines a framework of political and moral principles aimed at achieving lasting peace between states.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Prejudices: A Philosophical Dictionary Target entity description: Prejudices: A Philosophical Dictionary is a collection of incisive, often skeptical essays in which sociologist Robert Nisbet explores and critiques key ideas, institutions, and assumptions in modern Western thought.
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A.
A Preface to Morals
A Preface to Morals is a 1929 philosophical work by American writer Walter Lippmann that examines the challenges of finding ethical guidance in a secular, modern society.
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B.
Course of Positive Philosophy
Course of Positive Philosophy is Auguste Comte’s foundational multi-volume work that systematically outlines positivism and the hierarchy of the sciences, laying the groundwork for modern sociology.
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C.
Études philosophiques
Études philosophiques is a section of Honoré de Balzac’s La Comédie humaine that groups together his more overtly philosophical and metaphysical novels and tales.
-
D.
The Incoherence of the Philosophers
The Incoherence of the Philosophers is a landmark 11th-century work of Islamic philosophy and theology by Al-Ghazali that critiques the metaphysical doctrines of earlier Muslim philosophers and helped reshape the course of Islamic thought.
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E.
A Philosophical Sketch
A Philosophical Sketch is the influential 1795 essay by Immanuel Kant in which he outlines a framework of political and moral principles aimed at achieving lasting peace between states.
- F. None of above. chosen
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| instanceOf |
book
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essay collection ⓘ |
| author | Robert Nisbet ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| fieldOfStudy |
political philosophy
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social philosophy ⓘ |
| genre |
philosophy
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social criticism ⓘ |
| hasContributor | Robert Nisbet ⓘ |
| hasPart | essay ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| literaryForm | non-fiction ⓘ |
| mainSubject |
authority
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bureaucracy ⓘ community ⓘ conservatism ⓘ cultural assumptions ⓘ equality ⓘ freedom ⓘ intellectual history ⓘ liberalism ⓘ modern Western thought ⓘ modernity ⓘ philosophy of culture ⓘ political ideas ⓘ progress ⓘ religion ⓘ secularization ⓘ social institutions ⓘ sociology ⓘ the state ⓘ tradition ⓘ |
| notableFor |
analysis of institutions
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critique of modern Western ideas ⓘ incisive essays ⓘ reflection on cultural assumptions ⓘ |
| perspective |
conservative
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skeptical ⓘ sociological ⓘ |
| structure | alphabetical entries ⓘ |
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