arguesThat
P2397
predicate
Indicates that one entity presents reasons or justification in support of a specific claim, position, or proposition held about another entity or topic.
All labels observed (32)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| arguesThat canonical | 838 |
| claims | 510 |
| argument | 270 |
| concludesThat | 37 |
| justifies | 36 |
| philosophicalPositionDefended | 34 |
| arguedThat | 24 |
| developsArgumentFor | 8 |
| proposedThat | 8 |
| arguedFor | 6 |
| prosecutionArgument | 6 |
| philosophicalArgument | 5 |
| argumentByPlaintiffs | 3 |
| criticsArgue | 3 |
| makesArgument | 3 |
| plaintiffArgument | 3 |
| argumentByAxelHonneth | 2 |
| argumentByNancyFraser | 2 |
| argumentInCase | 2 |
| argumentSupportedBy | 2 |
| famouslyArgues | 2 |
| supportArgument | 2 |
| AnthonyArgument | 1 |
| CleonArgues | 1 |
| TecumsehArgument | 1 |
| arguesWithin | 1 |
| argumentInJohn7 | 1 |
| basisOfArgument | 1 |
| impliesArgumentThat | 1 |
| justificationClaimedBy | 1 |
| supportersArgument | 1 |
| supportingArgument | 1 |
Description generation (PDg)
The one-sentence description above was generated by prompting gpt-5.1 with the predicate name and this instruction.
Instruction
Given a predicate that represents a relationship or action between entities, generate a one-sentence description explaining its meaning. # Instructions Focus on describing the relationship, not the entities themselves. # Response Format Begin the description with \' Indicates...\'
Input
Predicate: arguesThat
Generated description
Indicates that one entity presents reasons or justification in support of a specific claim, position, or proposition held about another entity or topic.
Sample triples (1,816)
| Subject | Object |
|---|---|
| Renly Baratheon | Iron Throne via predicate surface "claims" ⓘ |
| MQA | preserves timing information of original master via predicate surface "claims" ⓘ |
| MQA | authenticates provenance of master recording via predicate surface "claims" ⓘ |
| The Truth About Cinderella | stepchildren are at higher risk of abuse than genetic children via predicate surface "argument" ⓘ |
| The Truth About Cinderella | parental investment is biased toward genetic offspring via predicate surface "argument" ⓘ |
| On the Plurality of Worlds | individuals exist in exactly one possible world via predicate surface "claims" ⓘ |
| On the Plurality of Worlds | counterparts in other worlds represent how an individual could have been via predicate surface "claims" ⓘ |
| The Philosophy of the Bomb | violence is a legitimate tool against oppressive colonial regimes via predicate surface "argument" ⓘ |
| The Philosophy of the Bomb | dramatic acts of violence can awaken the masses via predicate surface "argument" ⓘ |
| Dialogues on Metaphysics and on Religion | occasionalism via predicate surface "philosophicalPositionDefended" ⓘ |
| Dialogues on Metaphysics and on Religion | vision in God theory of ideas via predicate surface "philosophicalPositionDefended" ⓘ |
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Democrates Secundus by Juan Ginés de Sepúlveda
surface form:
Democrates Secundus
|
Spanish colonization of the Americas
via predicate surface "justifies"
ⓘ
surface form:
Spanish conquest of the Americas
|
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Democrates Secundus by Juan Ginés de Sepúlveda
surface form:
Democrates Secundus
|
subjugation of Indigenous peoples via predicate surface "justifies" ⓘ |
| La Monadologie | monads are indivisible via predicate surface "claims" ⓘ |
| La Monadologie | monads do not interact causally via predicate surface "claims" ⓘ |
| La Monadologie | each monad reflects the entire universe from its point of view via predicate surface "claims" ⓘ |
| La Monadologie | God coordinates all monads through pre-established harmony via predicate surface "claims" ⓘ |
| La Monadologie | there are different degrees of perception among monads via predicate surface "claims" ⓘ |
| La Monadologie | souls are monads with distinct perception and memory via predicate surface "claims" ⓘ |
| La Monadologie | bodies correspond to aggregates of monads via predicate surface "claims" ⓘ |
| La Monadologie | there are no purely material substances via predicate surface "claims" ⓘ |
| La Monadologie | change in monads is internal and based on appetition via predicate surface "claims" ⓘ |
| La Monadologie | space and time are orders of coexistence and succession, not absolute entities via predicate surface "claims" ⓘ |
| La Monadologie |
God as Necessary Existent
via predicate surface "claims"
ⓘ
surface form:
God is the necessary being and the source of all contingent beings
|
| Leibnizian rationalism | that every true proposition has a sufficient reason via predicate surface "claims" ⓘ |
| Leibnizian rationalism | that truths of reason are necessary via predicate surface "claims" ⓘ |
| Leibnizian rationalism | that truths of fact are contingent but grounded in sufficient reasons via predicate surface "claims" ⓘ |
| Leibniz's metaphysics of modality | God surveys all possible worlds via predicate surface "claims" ⓘ |
| Leibniz's metaphysics of modality | God actualizes the best of all compossible worlds via predicate surface "claims" ⓘ |
| Leibniz's metaphysics of modality | the actual world is the best possible world via predicate surface "claims" ⓘ |
| Juan Ginés de Sepúlveda |
indigenous peoples of the Americas
via predicate surface "arguedThat"
ⓘ
surface form:
Indigenous peoples of the Americas could be considered natural slaves
|
| Juan Ginés de Sepúlveda | Spanish wars in the Americas could be just wars via predicate surface "arguedThat" ⓘ |
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"The Unity of Science as a Working Hypothesis" by Oppenheim and Putnam
surface form:
The Unity of Science as a Working Hypothesis
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progress in science tends toward increasing unification of theories via predicate surface "claims" ⓘ |
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"The Unity of Science as a Working Hypothesis" by Oppenheim and Putnam
surface form:
The Unity of Science as a Working Hypothesis
|
apparent disunity of sciences may be temporary and due to current limitations of knowledge via predicate surface "claims" ⓘ |
| Art and Scholasticism | art is ordered to the good of the work made ⓘ |
| Art and Scholasticism | beauty is a transcendental property of being ⓘ |
| Art and Scholasticism | art has its own autonomy distinct from morality ⓘ |
| Art and Scholasticism | the artist is a craftsman subordinated to the work ⓘ |
| argument from degrees of perfection | there exists something that is maximum in being via predicate surface "concludesThat" ⓘ |
| argument from degrees of perfection | there exists something that is maximum in truth via predicate surface "concludesThat" ⓘ |
| argument from degrees of perfection | there exists something that is maximum in goodness via predicate surface "concludesThat" ⓘ |
| argument from degrees of perfection | there exists something that is maximum in nobility via predicate surface "concludesThat" ⓘ |
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Power and Progress (short title)
surface form:
Power and Progress
|
Historically, many major technological advances initially increased inequality and empowered elites before broader social coalitions redirected technology toward shared prosperity via predicate surface "argument" ⓘ |
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Power and Progress (short title)
surface form:
Power and Progress
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The direction of artificial intelligence and digital technologies can be shaped by policy and collective action to support workers and democracy via predicate surface "argument" ⓘ |
| Jump-Starting America | public investment in R&D is essential for long-run growth ⓘ |
| Jump-Starting America | market forces alone will not adequately support basic research ⓘ |
| Jump-Starting America | targeted federal investment can help struggling regions ⓘ |
| The Mirage of Social Justice | the concept of social justice is incoherent ⓘ |
| The Mirage of Social Justice | social justice is incompatible with a free-market order ⓘ |
| The Mirage of Social Justice | market outcomes are not morally assessable as just or unjust ⓘ |