chapter "On Our Knowledge of General Principles"
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"On Our Knowledge of General Principles" is a chapter in Bertrand Russell's philosophical work The Problems of Philosophy that examines how we come to know abstract, foundational truths such as logical and mathematical principles.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
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Target entity: chapter "On Our Knowledge of General Principles" Context triple: [The Problems of Philosophy, hasPart, chapter "On Our Knowledge of General Principles"]
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chapter "Knowledge, Error, and Probable Opinion"
"Knowledge, Error, and Probable Opinion" is a chapter in Bertrand Russell's philosophical work The Problems of Philosophy that examines the nature and limits of human knowledge, the possibility of error, and the role of probability in our beliefs.
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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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Science of Knowledge (Wissenschaftslehre)
Science of Knowledge (Wissenschaftslehre) is Johann Gottlieb Fichte’s foundational philosophical work that systematically develops a transcendental idealist account of the self and its role in constituting knowledge and reality.
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History of the Inductive Sciences
History of the Inductive Sciences is William Whewell’s comprehensive 19th-century survey of the development of scientific knowledge and methods from antiquity to his own time.
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Principles of Cartesian Philosophy
Principles of Cartesian Philosophy is Baruch Spinoza’s early systematic exposition and critique of René Descartes’ philosophy, presented in a geometric, axiomatic style that anticipates his later work.
- 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: chapter "On Our Knowledge of General Principles" Target entity description: "On Our Knowledge of General Principles" is a chapter in Bertrand Russell's philosophical work The Problems of Philosophy that examines how we come to know abstract, foundational truths such as logical and mathematical principles.
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A.
chapter "Knowledge, Error, and Probable Opinion"
"Knowledge, Error, and Probable Opinion" is a chapter in Bertrand Russell's philosophical work The Problems of Philosophy that examines the nature and limits of human knowledge, the possibility of error, and the role of probability in our beliefs.
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B.
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.
-
C.
Science of Knowledge (Wissenschaftslehre)
Science of Knowledge (Wissenschaftslehre) is Johann Gottlieb Fichte’s foundational philosophical work that systematically develops a transcendental idealist account of the self and its role in constituting knowledge and reality.
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D.
History of the Inductive Sciences
History of the Inductive Sciences is William Whewell’s comprehensive 19th-century survey of the development of scientific knowledge and methods from antiquity to his own time.
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E.
Principles of Cartesian Philosophy
Principles of Cartesian Philosophy is Baruch Spinoza’s early systematic exposition and critique of René Descartes’ philosophy, presented in a geometric, axiomatic style that anticipates his later work.
- F. None of above. chosen
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| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
book chapter
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philosophical text ⓘ |
| aimsTo |
distinguish different kinds of knowledge
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explain how we justify belief in general principles ⓘ |
| argues |
that certain general principles are known a priori
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that some knowledge is independent of particular sense-data ⓘ |
| author | Bertrand Russell ⓘ |
| contrasts | knowledge of general principles with knowledge of particular facts ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| examines |
how we know logical truths
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how we know mathematical truths ⓘ the nature of general principles ⓘ |
| genre | philosophy ⓘ |
| hasAuthorialIntention | to clarify the status of logical and mathematical knowledge ⓘ |
| hasMainExample |
basic principles of arithmetic
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logical laws such as the law of non-contradiction ⓘ |
| includedIn | early 20th-century analytic philosophy canon ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
British empiricism
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Gottlob Frege ⓘ Immanuel Kant ⓘ logicism ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| partOf | The Problems of Philosophy ⓘ |
| philosophicalIssue |
certainty of logical and mathematical truths
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relation between experience and a priori knowledge ⓘ source of necessity in general principles ⓘ |
| philosophicalTradition | analytic philosophy ⓘ |
| positionInWork | later chapter ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 1912 ⓘ |
| publishedIn | 1912 ⓘ |
| publisherOfContainingWork | Williams and Norgate ⓘ |
| subgenre | epistemology ⓘ |
| topic |
a priori knowledge
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analytic truths ⓘ contingent truths ⓘ empiricism ⓘ epistemic justification ⓘ foundational truths ⓘ induction ⓘ knowledge of abstract truths ⓘ logical principles ⓘ mathematical principles ⓘ necessary truths ⓘ principles of logic ⓘ principles of mathematics ⓘ rationalism ⓘ self-evidence ⓘ synthetic truths ⓘ |
| workContainedIn | The Problems of Philosophy ⓘ |
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