The Sense of Reality
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The Sense of Reality is a collection of essays by philosopher Isaiah Berlin that explores themes of political thought, history, and the nature of human understanding.
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| The Sense of Reality canonical | 1 |
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Sense of Reality Context triple: [Henry Hardy, hasEdited, The Sense of Reality]
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A.
The Bounds of Sense
The Bounds of Sense is a major work of analytic philosophy by P. F. Strawson that critically examines and partially reconstructs Immanuel Kant’s Critique of Pure Reason.
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B.
A Mind That Found Itself
A Mind That Found Itself is an influential 1908 autobiographical account by Clifford Whittingham Beers that exposed the abuses of mental institutions and helped launch the modern mental health reform movement.
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C.
On the Senses
On the Senses is an ancient philosophical treatise by Theophrastus that examines the nature and functioning of human perception and the five senses.
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D.
The Reality Dysfunction
The Reality Dysfunction is a sprawling space opera novel by Peter F. Hamilton that blends hard science fiction with horror elements in a far-future, galaxy-spanning setting.
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E.
The Dance of Reality
The Dance of Reality is a surreal, autobiographical film by Alejandro Jodorowsky that blends magical realism, philosophy, and personal memory to explore his childhood and spiritual worldview.
- 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: The Sense of Reality Target entity description: The Sense of Reality is a collection of essays by philosopher Isaiah Berlin that explores themes of political thought, history, and the nature of human understanding.
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A.
The Bounds of Sense
The Bounds of Sense is a major work of analytic philosophy by P. F. Strawson that critically examines and partially reconstructs Immanuel Kant’s Critique of Pure Reason.
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B.
A Mind That Found Itself
A Mind That Found Itself is an influential 1908 autobiographical account by Clifford Whittingham Beers that exposed the abuses of mental institutions and helped launch the modern mental health reform movement.
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C.
On the Senses
On the Senses is an ancient philosophical treatise by Theophrastus that examines the nature and functioning of human perception and the five senses.
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D.
The Reality Dysfunction
The Reality Dysfunction is a sprawling space opera novel by Peter F. Hamilton that blends hard science fiction with horror elements in a far-future, galaxy-spanning setting.
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E.
The Dance of Reality
The Dance of Reality is a surreal, autobiographical film by Alejandro Jodorowsky that blends magical realism, philosophy, and personal memory to explore his childhood and spiritual worldview.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
essay collection
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non-fiction book ⓘ |
| author | Isaiah Berlin ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| exploresTheme |
conflict of values
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freedom and necessity in history ⓘ limits of historical knowledge ⓘ nature of political judgment ⓘ objectivity and subjectivity in historical interpretation ⓘ relationship between ideas and politics ⓘ role of imagination in understanding history ⓘ |
| focusesOn |
European intellectual history
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modern political thought ⓘ twentieth-century political ideas ⓘ |
| genre |
intellectual history
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philosophy ⓘ political philosophy ⓘ |
| hasAuthor | Isaiah Berlin ⓘ |
| hasAuthorEthnicity | Russian-Jewish ⓘ |
| hasAuthorNationality | British ⓘ |
| hasAuthorPhilosophicalTradition |
anti-determinism
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liberalism ⓘ pluralism ⓘ |
| hasAuthorProfession |
historian of ideas
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philosopher ⓘ |
| hasForm | collection of essays ⓘ |
| hasPerspective |
anti-historicist
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anti-utopian ⓘ liberal pluralist ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| mainSubject |
epistemology
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historical understanding ⓘ history of ideas ⓘ human understanding ⓘ liberalism ⓘ political judgment ⓘ political thought ⓘ value pluralism ⓘ |
| philosophicalDiscipline |
epistemology of the social sciences
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philosophy of history ⓘ political philosophy ⓘ |
| relatedWorkByAuthor |
Against the Current
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Four Essays on Liberty ⓘ Liberty ⓘ The Crooked Timber of Humanity ⓘ |
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