Nouveaux essais sur l’entendement humain
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Nouveaux essais sur l’entendement humain is a major philosophical work by Leibniz in which he systematically responds to John Locke’s Essay Concerning Human Understanding and develops his own theory of knowledge, innate ideas, and the nature of the mind.
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| Nouveaux essais sur l’entendement humain canonical | 3 |
| New Essays on Human Understanding | 2 |
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
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Target entity: Nouveaux essais sur l’entendement humain Context triple: [Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz, notableWork, Nouveaux essais sur l’entendement humain]
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Treatise on the Emendation of the Intellect
Treatise on the Emendation of the Intellect is an unfinished philosophical work by Baruch Spinoza that outlines a method for improving the mind to attain true knowledge and intellectual perfection.
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The Analysis of Sensations
The Analysis of Sensations is Ernst Mach’s influential philosophical and scientific treatise that examines perception and experience to argue for an empiricist, anti-metaphysical view of the physical world.
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An Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding
An Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding is a seminal philosophical work by David Hume that critically examines the nature and limits of human knowledge, especially our beliefs about causation, induction, and miracles.
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Course of Positive Philosophy
Course of Positive Philosophy is Auguste Comte’s foundational multi-volume work that systematically outlines positivism and the hierarchy of the sciences, laying the groundwork for modern sociology.
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A Treatise of Human Nature
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- 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: Nouveaux essais sur l’entendement humain Target entity description: Nouveaux essais sur l’entendement humain is a major philosophical work by Leibniz in which he systematically responds to John Locke’s Essay Concerning Human Understanding and develops his own theory of knowledge, innate ideas, and the nature of the mind.
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A.
Treatise on the Emendation of the Intellect
Treatise on the Emendation of the Intellect is an unfinished philosophical work by Baruch Spinoza that outlines a method for improving the mind to attain true knowledge and intellectual perfection.
-
B.
The Analysis of Sensations
The Analysis of Sensations is Ernst Mach’s influential philosophical and scientific treatise that examines perception and experience to argue for an empiricist, anti-metaphysical view of the physical world.
-
C.
An Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding
An Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding is a seminal philosophical work by David Hume that critically examines the nature and limits of human knowledge, especially our beliefs about causation, induction, and miracles.
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D.
Course of Positive Philosophy
Course of Positive Philosophy is Auguste Comte’s foundational multi-volume work that systematically outlines positivism and the hierarchy of the sciences, laying the groundwork for modern sociology.
-
E.
A Treatise of Human Nature
A Treatise of Human Nature is an influential 18th-century philosophical work by David Hume that systematically develops his empiricist account of human psychology, knowledge, and morality.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
book
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philosophical work ⓘ |
| author | Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz ⓘ |
| comparesWith | An Essay Concerning Human Understanding ⓘ |
| completedIn | 1704 ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
Duchy of Brunswick-Lüneburg
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surface form:
Electorate of Brunswick-Lüneburg
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| criticizes |
An Essay Concerning Human Understanding
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empiricism ⓘ |
| featuresCharacter |
Philalèthe
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Théophile ⓘ |
| firstPublishedIn | 1765 ⓘ |
| genre | early modern philosophy ⓘ |
| hasPart |
Book I
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Book II ⓘ Book III ⓘ Book IV ⓘ |
| influenced |
18th-century philosophy
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later rationalist epistemology ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
An Essay Concerning Human Understanding
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John Locke ⓘ |
| libraryOfCongressSubject |
Of Knowledge and Probability
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surface form:
Knowledge, Theory of
Mind and body ⓘ |
| mainSubject |
epistemology
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innate ideas ⓘ metaphysics ⓘ philosophy of mind ⓘ theory of knowledge ⓘ |
| modeledOn | four-book structure of Locke’s Essay ⓘ |
| notableIdea |
distinction between necessary and contingent truths
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doctrine of innate dispositions ⓘ small perceptions (petites perceptions) ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | French ⓘ |
| philosophicalEra | Early Modern period ⓘ |
| philosophicalSchool | rationalism ⓘ |
| philosophicalTopic |
freedom and necessity
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innateness of ideas ⓘ language ⓘ nature of ideas ⓘ nature of the mind ⓘ perception ⓘ personal identity ⓘ substance ⓘ |
| placeOfPublication | Leipzig ⓘ |
| publicationStatus | posthumous ⓘ |
| publisher | Rudolph Raspe ⓘ |
| structure | dialogue ⓘ |
| supports | rationalism ⓘ |
| title | Nouveaux essais sur l’entendement humain self-link ⓘ |
| writtenInResponseTo | An Essay Concerning Human Understanding ⓘ |
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New Essays on Human Understanding
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New Essays on Human Understanding
Nouveaux essais sur l’entendement humain
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Nouveaux essais sur l’entendement humain
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