Darwinism
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Darwinism is the scientific theory of biological evolution by natural selection, explaining how species change over time through heritable variation and differential survival and reproduction.
All labels observed (8)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Darwinism canonical | 20 |
| Darwinian evolution | 5 |
| Darwinian natural selection | 3 |
| Darwinian revolution | 1 |
| Darwinian selection | 1 |
| German Darwinism | 1 |
| the theory of evolution by natural selection | 1 |
| theory of evolution by natural selection | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T16041 — 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.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Darwinism Context triple: [Charles Darwin, knownFor, Darwinism]
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Charles Darwin
Charles Darwin was a 19th-century English naturalist whose theory of evolution by natural selection revolutionized biology and our understanding of life on Earth.
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B.
The Diversity of Life
The Diversity of Life is a landmark book by biologist Edward O. Wilson that explores the richness of Earth’s species, the processes that generate biodiversity, and the threats posed by human activity.
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Sociobiology: The New Synthesis
Sociobiology: The New Synthesis is a landmark 1975 book by biologist Edward O. Wilson that founded the modern field of sociobiology by applying evolutionary theory to the study of social behavior in animals and humans.
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Consilience: The Unity of Knowledge
Consilience: The Unity of Knowledge is a 1998 book by biologist Edward O. Wilson that argues for the unification of the natural sciences, social sciences, and humanities into a single, coherent framework of knowledge.
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E.
Edward O. Wilson
Edward O. Wilson was a pioneering American biologist and naturalist renowned for his work on biodiversity, sociobiology, and the study of ants.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Darwinism Target entity description: Darwinism is the scientific theory of biological evolution by natural selection, explaining how species change over time through heritable variation and differential survival and reproduction.
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A.
Charles Darwin
Charles Darwin was a 19th-century English naturalist whose theory of evolution by natural selection revolutionized biology and our understanding of life on Earth.
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B.
The Diversity of Life
The Diversity of Life is a landmark book by biologist Edward O. Wilson that explores the richness of Earth’s species, the processes that generate biodiversity, and the threats posed by human activity.
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C.
Sociobiology: The New Synthesis
Sociobiology: The New Synthesis is a landmark 1975 book by biologist Edward O. Wilson that founded the modern field of sociobiology by applying evolutionary theory to the study of social behavior in animals and humans.
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D.
Consilience: The Unity of Knowledge
Consilience: The Unity of Knowledge is a 1998 book by biologist Edward O. Wilson that argues for the unification of the natural sciences, social sciences, and humanities into a single, coherent framework of knowledge.
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E.
Edward O. Wilson
Edward O. Wilson was a pioneering American biologist and naturalist renowned for his work on biodiversity, sociobiology, and the study of ants.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
biological theory
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scientific theory ⓘ theory of evolution ⓘ |
| associatedWork | On the Origin of Species ⓘ |
| assumes |
inheritance of traits
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struggle for existence ⓘ variation within populations ⓘ |
| componentOf | modern evolutionary theory ⓘ |
| contrastsWith |
Lamarckism
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creationism ⓘ intelligent design ⓘ |
| coreConcept |
descent with modification
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differential reproduction ⓘ differential survival ⓘ heritable variation ⓘ natural selection ⓘ |
| criticizedFor | social Darwinism misinterpretations ⓘ |
| domain | biology ⓘ |
| evidenceFrom |
biogeography
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comparative anatomy ⓘ embryology ⓘ fossil record ⓘ molecular biology ⓘ |
| explains |
adaptation
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change in allele frequencies over time ⓘ evolution of species ⓘ speciation ⓘ |
| field | evolutionary biology ⓘ |
| historicalForm |
classical Darwinism
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neo-Darwinism ⓘ
linked to:
modern evolutionary synthesis
|
| influenced |
evolutionary psychology
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modern evolutionary synthesis ⓘ population genetics ⓘ sociobiology ⓘ |
| languageOfTerm | English ⓘ |
| mechanism |
natural selection
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sexual selection ⓘ |
| misappliedAs | social Darwinism ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Charles Darwin ⓘ |
| proposedBy | Charles Darwin ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 1859 ⓘ |
| rejects |
fixity of species
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special creation of species ⓘ |
| relatedConcept |
adaptationism
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fitness ⓘ survival of the fittest ⓘ |
| status | central paradigm of evolutionary biology ⓘ |
| supports |
common descent
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gradual evolution ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Darwinism Description of subject: Darwinism is the scientific theory of biological evolution by natural selection, explaining how species change over time through heritable variation and differential survival and reproduction.
Referenced by (33)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
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aphorism "Nothing in biology makes sense except in the light of evolution"
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Naturalism
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"Missing the Revolution: Darwinism for Social Scientists"