Book III
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Book III is the section of John Locke’s "An Essay Concerning Human Understanding" that focuses on the nature, use, and limitations of language in human knowledge.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Book III canonical | 1 |
| Book III: Of Words | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Book III Context triple: [An Essay Concerning Human Understanding, hasPart, Book III]
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Book III
Book III is a section of Washington Irving’s satirical work *A History of New York*, continuing its humorous mock-historical narrative of the city’s early days.
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Book III
Book III is the section of Jean-Jacques Rousseau’s political treatise *The Social Contract* that focuses on the nature, forms, and functioning of government in relation to the sovereign people.
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Book IV
Book IV is the concluding section of Jean-Jacques Rousseau’s political treatise *The Social Contract*, where he further develops his ideas on sovereignty, civil religion, and the functioning of a legitimate political community.
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Book II
Book II is a major section of John Stuart Mill’s "Principles of Political Economy" that develops key arguments about production, distribution, and the functioning of economic systems.
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Book II
Book II is the section of John Locke’s "An Essay Concerning Human Understanding" in which he develops his influential theory that all human ideas originate from experience, particularly through sensation and reflection.
- 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: Book III Target entity description: Book III is the section of John Locke’s "An Essay Concerning Human Understanding" that focuses on the nature, use, and limitations of language in human knowledge.
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A.
Book III
Book III is a section of Washington Irving’s satirical work *A History of New York*, continuing its humorous mock-historical narrative of the city’s early days.
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B.
Book III
Book III is the section of Jean-Jacques Rousseau’s political treatise *The Social Contract* that focuses on the nature, forms, and functioning of government in relation to the sovereign people.
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C.
Book IV
Book IV is the concluding section of Jean-Jacques Rousseau’s political treatise *The Social Contract*, where he further develops his ideas on sovereignty, civil religion, and the functioning of a legitimate political community.
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D.
Book II
Book II is the section of John Locke’s "An Essay Concerning Human Understanding" in which he develops his influential theory that all human ideas originate from experience, particularly through sensation and reflection.
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E.
Book II
Book II is a section of Washington Irving’s satirical work *A History of New York*, continuing its humorous, mock-historical narrative of early New York.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
book section
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philosophical text ⓘ |
| arguesThat |
general terms are formed by abstraction
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misuse of words leads to confusion in knowledge ⓘ words are signs of ideas ⓘ |
| author | John Locke ⓘ |
| belongsToMovement | British empiricism ⓘ |
| concerns |
communication of knowledge
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problems caused by vague and ambiguous terms ⓘ relationship between words and ideas ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | England ⓘ |
| criticizes | scholastic use of language ⓘ |
| firstPublicationYear | 1690 ⓘ |
| focusesOn |
limitations of language
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nature of language ⓘ use of language ⓘ |
| hasChapter |
Of General Terms
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Of Particles ⓘ Of Words ⓘ Of the Abuse of Words ⓘ Of the Names of Mixed Modes and Relations ⓘ Of the Names of Simple Ideas ⓘ Of the Names of Substances ⓘ Of the Remedies of the Foregoing Imperfections and Abuses ⓘ Of the Signification of Words ⓘ |
| hasKeyConcept |
abuse of words
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communication and misunderstanding ⓘ general terms ⓘ nominal essence ⓘ real essence ⓘ signs of ideas ⓘ |
| hasWorkTitle |
An Essay Concerning Human Understanding
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surface form:
Of Words (Book III of An Essay Concerning Human Understanding)
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| influenced |
empiricist theories of meaning
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later philosophy of language ⓘ |
| isFollowedBy | Book IV ⓘ |
| isPrecededBy | Book II ⓘ |
| isSectionOf | Locke’s theory of knowledge ⓘ |
| mainTopic |
abuse of language
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language ⓘ limits of language in knowledge ⓘ signification of words ⓘ |
| originallyPublishedIn |
London, England
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surface form:
London
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| partOf | An Essay Concerning Human Understanding ⓘ |
| philosophicalDomain |
epistemology
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philosophy of language ⓘ |
| publicationCentury | 17th century ⓘ |
| workLanguage | English ⓘ |
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Subject: Book III Description of subject: Book III is the section of John Locke’s "An Essay Concerning Human Understanding" that focuses on the nature, use, and limitations of language in human knowledge.
Referenced by (2)
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this entity surface form:
Book III: Of Words