American philosophy
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American philosophy is a diverse tradition of philosophical thought in the United States, shaped by movements such as pragmatism, transcendentalism, and analytic philosophy, and concerned with issues of democracy, individualism, and social reform.
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| American philosophy canonical | 1 |
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
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Target entity: American philosophy Context triple: [Spiritual Laws, hasInfluenced, American philosophy]
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Western philosophy
Western philosophy is the intellectual tradition that originated in ancient Greece and developed through European thought, encompassing major movements such as rationalism, empiricism, idealism, and existentialism and shaping modern science, politics, ethics, and metaphysics.
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Continental philosophy
Continental philosophy is a broad tradition of European thought that includes movements such as phenomenology, existentialism, structuralism, and post-structuralism, often emphasizing history, culture, and critique of modernity.
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American Philosophical Association
The American Philosophical Association is the primary professional organization for philosophers in the United States, dedicated to promoting scholarly research, teaching, and the exchange of ideas in philosophy.
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analytic philosophy
Analytic philosophy is a 20th-century philosophical tradition, strongly associated with figures like Bertrand Russell, that emphasizes logical analysis, clarity of language, and rigorous argumentation in addressing philosophical problems.
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Enlightenment philosophy
Enlightenment philosophy was an 18th-century intellectual movement emphasizing reason, individual rights, empirical inquiry, and skepticism of traditional authority in politics, religion, and society.
- 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: American philosophy Target entity description: American philosophy is a diverse tradition of philosophical thought in the United States, shaped by movements such as pragmatism, transcendentalism, and analytic philosophy, and concerned with issues of democracy, individualism, and social reform.
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A.
Western philosophy
Western philosophy is the intellectual tradition that originated in ancient Greece and developed through European thought, encompassing major movements such as rationalism, empiricism, idealism, and existentialism and shaping modern science, politics, ethics, and metaphysics.
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B.
Continental philosophy
Continental philosophy is a broad tradition of European thought that includes movements such as phenomenology, existentialism, structuralism, and post-structuralism, often emphasizing history, culture, and critique of modernity.
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C.
American Philosophical Association
The American Philosophical Association is the primary professional organization for philosophers in the United States, dedicated to promoting scholarly research, teaching, and the exchange of ideas in philosophy.
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D.
analytic philosophy
Analytic philosophy is a 20th-century philosophical tradition, strongly associated with figures like Bertrand Russell, that emphasizes logical analysis, clarity of language, and rigorous argumentation in addressing philosophical problems.
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E.
Enlightenment philosophy
Enlightenment philosophy was an 18th-century intellectual movement emphasizing reason, individual rights, empirical inquiry, and skepticism of traditional authority in politics, religion, and society.
- F. None of above. chosen
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| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf | philosophical tradition ⓘ |
| associatedWithPhilosopher |
Alain Locke
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Angela Davis NERFINISHED ⓘ C. I. Lewis NERFINISHED ⓘ Charles Sanders Peirce NERFINISHED ⓘ Charles W. Morris NERFINISHED ⓘ Cornel West NERFINISHED ⓘ Donald Davidson NERFINISHED ⓘ George Santayana NERFINISHED ⓘ Henry David Thoreau NERFINISHED ⓘ Hilary Putnam NERFINISHED ⓘ Jane Addams NERFINISHED ⓘ John Dewey NERFINISHED ⓘ John Rawls NERFINISHED ⓘ John Searle NERFINISHED ⓘ Josiah Royce NERFINISHED ⓘ Judith Butler NERFINISHED ⓘ Martha Nussbaum NERFINISHED ⓘ Nelson Goodman NERFINISHED ⓘ Ralph Waldo Emerson NERFINISHED ⓘ Richard Rorty NERFINISHED ⓘ Robert Nozick NERFINISHED ⓘ Saul Kripke NERFINISHED ⓘ Sidney Hook NERFINISHED ⓘ Stanley Cavell NERFINISHED ⓘ Susan Haack NERFINISHED ⓘ Thomas Nagel NERFINISHED ⓘ W. V. O. Quine NERFINISHED ⓘ Wilfrid Sellars NERFINISHED ⓘ William James NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| developedSignificantlyInCentury |
19th century
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20th century ⓘ |
| emergedInCentury | 18th century ⓘ |
| hasCharacteristic | diverse ⓘ |
| hasInstitutionalCenter |
Columbia University
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Harvard University NERFINISHED ⓘ Princeton University NERFINISHED ⓘ University of Chicago NERFINISHED ⓘ Yale University NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasKeyConcept |
American exceptionalism
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civil disobedience ⓘ communitarianism ⓘ fallibilism ⓘ instrumentalism ⓘ liberalism ⓘ meliorism ⓘ pluralism ⓘ pragmatic naturalism ⓘ pragmatic theory of truth ⓘ public philosophy ⓘ republicanism ⓘ social justice ⓘ |
| influencedByMovement |
African-American philosophy
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American idealism ⓘ American realism NERFINISHED ⓘ Latin American philosophy ⓘ Native American philosophy ⓘ analytic philosophy ⓘ feminist philosophy ⓘ personalism ⓘ pragmatic naturalism ⓘ pragmatism ⓘ process philosophy ⓘ transcendentalism ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| mainInterest |
democracy
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education ⓘ epistemology ⓘ ethics ⓘ individualism ⓘ metaphysics ⓘ philosophy of education ⓘ philosophy of language ⓘ philosophy of mind ⓘ political philosophy ⓘ religion ⓘ science ⓘ social philosophy ⓘ social reform ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
American intellectual history
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American literature NERFINISHED ⓘ American political thought ⓘ American religious history ⓘ |
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