Of Knowledge and Probability
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"Of Knowledge and Probability" is a section in John Locke’s *An Essay Concerning Human Understanding* that analyzes the nature, degrees, and limits of human knowledge in contrast with mere probability or belief.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Knowledge, Theory of | 1 |
| Of Knowledge and Probability canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4053562 — 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: Of Knowledge and Probability Context triple: [Book 1: Of the Understanding, hasSection, Of Knowledge and Probability]
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A.
Truth and Probability
Truth and Probability is a foundational 1926 essay by philosopher F. P. Ramsey that develops a subjective theory of probability and lays groundwork for modern Bayesian decision theory.
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B.
The Logic of Chance
The Logic of Chance is an influential 1866 book by John Venn that helped establish the frequency interpretation of probability and advanced the philosophical foundations of statistical reasoning.
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C.
Logical Foundations of Probability
Logical Foundations of Probability is a seminal philosophical work by Rudolf Carnap that develops a rigorous logical and formal account of probability and inductive reasoning.
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D.
A Treatise on Probability
A Treatise on Probability is John Maynard Keynes’s influential 1921 work that develops a logical and philosophical theory of probability, challenging classical and frequency-based interpretations.
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E.
Logic: The Theory of Inquiry
Logic: The Theory of Inquiry is John Dewey’s major work on logic, presenting a pragmatic account of reasoning as an experimental, inquiry-driven process grounded in experience.
- 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: Of Knowledge and Probability Target entity description: "Of Knowledge and Probability" is a section in John Locke’s *An Essay Concerning Human Understanding* that analyzes the nature, degrees, and limits of human knowledge in contrast with mere probability or belief.
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A.
Truth and Probability
Truth and Probability is a foundational 1926 essay by philosopher F. P. Ramsey that develops a subjective theory of probability and lays groundwork for modern Bayesian decision theory.
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B.
The Logic of Chance
The Logic of Chance is an influential 1866 book by John Venn that helped establish the frequency interpretation of probability and advanced the philosophical foundations of statistical reasoning.
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C.
Logical Foundations of Probability
Logical Foundations of Probability is a seminal philosophical work by Rudolf Carnap that develops a rigorous logical and formal account of probability and inductive reasoning.
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D.
A Treatise on Probability
A Treatise on Probability is John Maynard Keynes’s influential 1921 work that develops a logical and philosophical theory of probability, challenging classical and frequency-based interpretations.
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E.
Logic: The Theory of Inquiry
Logic: The Theory of Inquiry is John Dewey’s major work on logic, presenting a pragmatic account of reasoning as an experimental, inquiry-driven process grounded in experience.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (31)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
book section
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philosophical text ⓘ |
| analyzes |
certainty
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evidence ⓘ grounds of belief ⓘ rational assent ⓘ |
| author | John Locke ⓘ |
| contrastsWith |
mere belief
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probability ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | England ⓘ |
| discusses |
degrees of assent
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moral certainty ⓘ probable reasoning ⓘ |
| distinguishes |
knowledge from faith
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knowledge from opinion ⓘ |
| field | epistemology ⓘ |
| includedIn |
An Essay Concerning Human Understanding
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surface form:
Book IV of An Essay Concerning Human Understanding
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| influenced |
Enlightenment philosophy
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later epistemology ⓘ |
| influencedBy | empiricism ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| mainTopic |
belief
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degrees of knowledge ⓘ limits of human knowledge ⓘ nature of human knowledge ⓘ probability ⓘ |
| partOf | An Essay Concerning Human Understanding ⓘ |
| philosophicalConcern |
criteria for knowledge
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scope of human understanding ⓘ |
| philosophicalTradition | early modern philosophy ⓘ |
| workPeriod | 17th century ⓘ |
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: Of Knowledge and Probability Description of subject: "Of Knowledge and Probability" is a section in John Locke’s *An Essay Concerning Human Understanding* that analyzes the nature, degrees, and limits of human knowledge in contrast with mere probability or belief.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
Nouveaux essais sur l’entendement humain
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libraryOfCongressSubject
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Of Knowledge and Probability
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this entity surface form:
Knowledge, Theory of