Der Gedanke
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Der Gedanke is a seminal philosophical essay by Gottlob Frege that analyzes the nature of thoughts, sense, and truth in the philosophy of language and logic.
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| Der Gedanke canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T403553 — 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.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Der Gedanke Context triple: [Gottlob Frege, notableWork, Der Gedanke]
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The Roving Mind
The Roving Mind is a collection of essays by Isaac Asimov that explores science, technology, humanism, and social issues with his characteristic clarity and wit.
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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.
La Espero
La Espero is the poem by L. L. Zamenhof that serves as the de facto anthem of the international language Esperanto, expressing its ideals of peace and global understanding.
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The Scapegoat
The Scapegoat is a famous 1856 painting by Pre-Raphaelite artist William Holman Hunt depicting a lone goat symbolically burdened with the sins of the people in a desolate landscape.
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E.
The Confessions of Felix Krull
The Confessions of Felix Krull is a picaresque novel by Thomas Mann that humorously chronicles the rise of a charming con artist through society by means of deception and role‑playing.
- 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: Der Gedanke Target entity description: Der Gedanke is a seminal philosophical essay by Gottlob Frege that analyzes the nature of thoughts, sense, and truth in the philosophy of language and logic.
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A.
The Roving Mind
The Roving Mind is a collection of essays by Isaac Asimov that explores science, technology, humanism, and social issues with his characteristic clarity and wit.
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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.
La Espero
La Espero is the poem by L. L. Zamenhof that serves as the de facto anthem of the international language Esperanto, expressing its ideals of peace and global understanding.
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D.
The Scapegoat
The Scapegoat is a famous 1856 painting by Pre-Raphaelite artist William Holman Hunt depicting a lone goat symbolically burdened with the sins of the people in a desolate landscape.
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E.
The Confessions of Felix Krull
The Confessions of Felix Krull is a picaresque novel by Thomas Mann that humorously chronicles the rise of a charming con artist through society by means of deception and role‑playing.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
philosophical essay
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work on logic ⓘ work on philosophy of language ⓘ |
| analyzes |
the nature of sense (Sinn)
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the nature of thoughts ⓘ the nature of truth ⓘ |
| argues |
that thoughts are neither mental events nor physical objects
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that thoughts are objective and shareable ⓘ that truth is an objective property of thoughts ⓘ |
| author | Gottlob Frege ⓘ |
| concerns |
the conditions for the possibility of judgment
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the logical structure of thought ⓘ the relation between thought and language ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Germany ⓘ |
| developsConcept |
objective thoughts (Gedanken)
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the distinction between thought and its linguistic expression ⓘ the objectivity of truth ⓘ the timelessness of truth-values ⓘ |
| field |
analytic philosophy
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philosophy of logic ⓘ |
| genre | academic article ⓘ |
| hasForm | prose ⓘ |
| influenced |
20th-century analytic philosophy
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discussions of objectivity and truth ⓘ philosophy of language in the analytic tradition ⓘ theories of propositional content ⓘ |
| keyTerm |
Behauptung (assertion)
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Gedanke (thought) ⓘ Sinn (sense) ⓘ Urteil (judgment) ⓘ Wahrheit (truth) ⓘ |
| language | German ⓘ |
| mainTopic |
philosophical logic
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philosophy of language ⓘ sense ⓘ thoughts ⓘ truth ⓘ |
| originalTitle | Der Gedanke. Eine logische Untersuchung ⓘ |
| philosophicalPosition |
objectivism about truth
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realism about thoughts ⓘ |
| philosophicalTradition | Fregean semantics ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 1918 ⓘ |
| publishedIn | Beiträge zur Philosophie des deutschen Idealismus ⓘ |
| relatedWork |
Die Verneinung
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Gedankengefüge ⓘ Über Sinn und Bedeutung ⓘ |
| title | Der Gedanke self-link ⓘ |
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