Thinking
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Thinking is the first volume of Hannah Arendt’s philosophical work *The Life of the Mind*, in which she explores the nature, role, and implications of the activity of thought.
All labels observed (1)
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| Thinking canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6823240 — 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: Thinking Context triple: [The Life of the Mind, hasPart, Thinking]
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Think
"Think" is a 1968 soul anthem by Aretha Franklin, celebrated for its powerful vocals and feminist, freedom-focused message.
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Think
Think is IBM’s iconic corporate slogan encapsulating its emphasis on innovation, problem-solving, and forward-looking technology.
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Deep Thinking
Deep Thinking is a book by former world chess champion Garry Kasparov that reflects on his matches against IBM’s Deep Blue and explores the broader implications of artificial intelligence for chess and human creativity.
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Thoughts
"Thoughts" is a philosophical work by Stephen Yablo that explores the nature of thought, content, and representation in the philosophy of mind and language.
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Man Thinking
Man Thinking is Ralph Waldo Emerson’s ideal of the fully engaged, independent intellectual who actively interprets and shapes the world through thought.
- 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: Thinking Target entity description: Thinking is the first volume of Hannah Arendt’s philosophical work *The Life of the Mind*, in which she explores the nature, role, and implications of the activity of thought.
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A.
Think
"Think" is a 1968 soul anthem by Aretha Franklin, celebrated for its powerful vocals and feminist, freedom-focused message.
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B.
Think
Think is IBM’s iconic corporate slogan encapsulating its emphasis on innovation, problem-solving, and forward-looking technology.
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C.
Deep Thinking
Deep Thinking is a book by former world chess champion Garry Kasparov that reflects on his matches against IBM’s Deep Blue and explores the broader implications of artificial intelligence for chess and human creativity.
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D.
Thoughts
"Thoughts" is a philosophical work by Stephen Yablo that explores the nature of thought, content, and representation in the philosophy of mind and language.
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E.
Man Thinking
Man Thinking is Ralph Waldo Emerson’s ideal of the fully engaged, independent intellectual who actively interprets and shapes the world through thought.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (41)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | philosophical work ⓘ |
| author | Hannah Arendt NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| deathOfAuthorDuringProject | true ⓘ |
| explores |
the distinction between thinking and knowing
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the relation between thinking and moral judgment ⓘ the relation between thinking and willing ⓘ the role of thinking in preventing evil ⓘ the solitude of the thinking ego NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| followedBy | Willing (book) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre | philosophy ⓘ |
| hasAfterwordBy | Mary McCarthy NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasPart |
Appearance and reality
NERFINISHED
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Prologue ⓘ The activity of thinking ⓘ The problem of evil NERFINISHED ⓘ Two-in-one of the thinking ego ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
inner dialogue of the self
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limits of cognition ⓘ responsibility of the thinker ⓘ |
| inSeries | The Life of the Mind NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| inspiredBy |
Immanuel Kant
NERFINISHED
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Martin Heidegger NERFINISHED ⓘ Socrates NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| libraryOfCongressClassification | B945.A74 ⓘ |
| mainSubject |
ethics
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philosophical anthropology ⓘ political philosophy ⓘ theory of mind ⓘ thinking ⓘ |
| notableConcept |
banality of evil (reconsidered)
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two-in-one of the self in thinking ⓘ |
| partOf | The Life of the Mind NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| philosophicalTradition | continental philosophy ⓘ |
| posthumouslyPublished | true ⓘ |
| publicationDate | 1978 ⓘ |
| publisher | Harcourt Brace Jovanovich NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| relatedWork |
Eichmann in Jerusalem
NERFINISHED
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The Human Condition NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| volumeNumber | 1 ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Thinking Description of subject: Thinking is the first volume of Hannah Arendt’s philosophical work *The Life of the Mind*, in which she explores the nature, role, and implications of the activity of thought.
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