Carneades
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Carneades was a prominent 2nd-century BCE Greek philosopher and leading figure of the skeptical New Academy, renowned for his critiques of Stoicism and arguments about the uncertainty of knowledge.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Carneades canonical | 18 |
| Carneades of Cyrene | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1685533 — 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: Carneades Context triple: [Academy of Athens (ancient), headOfSchool, Carneades]
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A.
Panaetius of Rhodes
Panaetius of Rhodes was a 2nd-century BCE Greek Stoic philosopher who led the Stoic school in Athens and significantly reshaped Stoicism by integrating it with Platonic and Aristotelian ideas.
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Chrysippus of Soli
Chrysippus of Soli was a foundational Greek Stoic philosopher whose prolific writings and systematic thought shaped Stoicism into a major Hellenistic school.
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C.
Pyrrho
Pyrrho was an ancient Greek philosopher regarded as the founder of Pyrrhonism, a school of skepticism that questioned the possibility of certain knowledge.
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Gorgias
Gorgias is a Socratic dialogue by Plato that examines the nature of rhetoric, justice, and the good life through a debate between Socrates and the sophist Gorgias.
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Gorgias
Gorgias was a pre-Socratic Greek sophist and rhetorician renowned for his skillful, ornamental style of speech and his skeptical, paradoxical philosophical arguments.
- 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: Carneades Target entity description: Carneades was a prominent 2nd-century BCE Greek philosopher and leading figure of the skeptical New Academy, renowned for his critiques of Stoicism and arguments about the uncertainty of knowledge.
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A.
Panaetius of Rhodes
Panaetius of Rhodes was a 2nd-century BCE Greek Stoic philosopher who led the Stoic school in Athens and significantly reshaped Stoicism by integrating it with Platonic and Aristotelian ideas.
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B.
Chrysippus of Soli
Chrysippus of Soli was a foundational Greek Stoic philosopher whose prolific writings and systematic thought shaped Stoicism into a major Hellenistic school.
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C.
Pyrrho
Pyrrho was an ancient Greek philosopher regarded as the founder of Pyrrhonism, a school of skepticism that questioned the possibility of certain knowledge.
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D.
Gorgias
Gorgias is a Socratic dialogue by Plato that examines the nature of rhetoric, justice, and the good life through a debate between Socrates and the sophist Gorgias.
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E.
Gorgias
Gorgias was a pre-Socratic Greek sophist and rhetorician renowned for his skillful, ornamental style of speech and his skeptical, paradoxical philosophical arguments.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Academic skeptic
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Greek philosopher ⓘ Hellenistic philosopher ⓘ person ⓘ |
| activeInCentury | 2nd century BCE ⓘ |
| activity | delivered paired speeches for and against justice in Rome ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Clitomachus
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Metrodorus of Stratonicea ⓘ New Academy in Athens ⓘ |
| birthPlace | Cyrene ⓘ |
| citizenship | Cyrene ⓘ |
| deathPlace |
Athens (traditional attribution)
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linked to:
Athens
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| era | Hellenistic philosophy ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | Greek ⓘ |
| influenced |
Cicero
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Clitomachus ⓘ Philo of Larissa ⓘ later skeptical traditions ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Arcesilaus
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Plato ⓘ Stoic philosophy (as target of critique) ⓘ |
| knownFor |
arguments about the uncertainty of knowledge
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arguments against the possibility of certain knowledge ⓘ critiques of Stoicism ⓘ debates in Rome on justice and natural law ⓘ doctrine of the plausible (pithanon) ⓘ leading the skeptical New Academy ⓘ |
| mainInterest |
epistemology
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ethics ⓘ logic ⓘ philosophy of language ⓘ |
| movement | New Academy ⓘ |
| name | Carneades ⓘ |
| notableWork | oral arguments and lectures (no surviving written works) ⓘ |
| opposedView |
Stoic doctrine of natural law
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Stoic theory of kataleptic impressions ⓘ |
| philosophicalIdea |
graded plausibility of impressions
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probabilistic guidance of action instead of certainty ⓘ suspension of judgment (epoché) on matters beyond plausible evidence ⓘ |
| philosophicalSchool | New Academy ⓘ |
| positionHeld | scholarch of the Academy ⓘ |
| predecessor | Hegesinus of Pergamon ⓘ |
| schoolTradition |
Academic Skepticism
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linked to:
Skepticism
Platonism ⓘ |
| successor | Clitomachus ⓘ |
| teachingMethod | arguing both sides of a question ⓘ |
| viewOnKnowledge |
accepted degrees of plausibility as practical guide
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denied the possibility of certain knowledge ⓘ |
| visited | Rome ⓘ |
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