Facts and Propositions
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Facts and Propositions is a 1927 philosophical work by F. P. Ramsey that develops an influential account of truth, belief, and the nature of propositions within analytic philosophy.
All labels observed (1)
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| Facts and Propositions canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3725153 — 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: Facts and Propositions Context triple: [F. P. Ramsey, notableWork, Facts and Propositions]
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A.
The Challenge of Facts
"The Challenge of Facts" is an influential essay by American sociologist and classical liberal thinker William Graham Sumner that critiques moralistic interference in social and economic processes and defends empirical, scientific analysis of society.
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B.
The Criterion between truth and falsehood
"The Criterion between truth and falsehood" is the English rendering of the title of Surah Al-Furqan, a chapter of the Qur’an that emphasizes the distinction between guidance and misguidance through divine revelation.
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C.
On Brute Facts
"On Brute Facts" is a philosophical essay by Elizabeth Anscombe that examines the nature of so-called brute facts and their role in understanding actions, institutions, and descriptions of reality.
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D.
General Investigations on the Analysis of Notions and Truths
General Investigations on the Analysis of Notions and Truths is a philosophical work by Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz that explores the logical structure of concepts and the nature of necessary truths.
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E.
Logic and Knowledge
Logic and Knowledge is a collection of philosophical and logical essays by Bertrand Russell that includes influential papers on language, logic, and epistemology.
- 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: Facts and Propositions Target entity description: Facts and Propositions is a 1927 philosophical work by F. P. Ramsey that develops an influential account of truth, belief, and the nature of propositions within analytic philosophy.
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A.
The Challenge of Facts
"The Challenge of Facts" is an influential essay by American sociologist and classical liberal thinker William Graham Sumner that critiques moralistic interference in social and economic processes and defends empirical, scientific analysis of society.
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B.
The Criterion between truth and falsehood
"The Criterion between truth and falsehood" is the English rendering of the title of Surah Al-Furqan, a chapter of the Qur’an that emphasizes the distinction between guidance and misguidance through divine revelation.
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C.
On Brute Facts
"On Brute Facts" is a philosophical essay by Elizabeth Anscombe that examines the nature of so-called brute facts and their role in understanding actions, institutions, and descriptions of reality.
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D.
General Investigations on the Analysis of Notions and Truths
General Investigations on the Analysis of Notions and Truths is a philosophical work by Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz that explores the logical structure of concepts and the nature of necessary truths.
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E.
Logic and Knowledge
Logic and Knowledge is a collection of philosophical and logical essays by Bertrand Russell that includes influential papers on language, logic, and epistemology.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
book
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philosophical work ⓘ |
| associatedWithInstitution |
University of Cambridge
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linked to:
Cambridge University
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| author |
F. P. Ramsey
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Frank Plumpton Ramsey ⓘ
linked to:
F. P. Ramsey
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| concerns |
conditions for truth
ⓘ
nature of belief states ⓘ relationship between facts and propositions ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| era | 20th-century philosophy ⓘ |
| field |
analytic philosophy
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philosophy ⓘ |
| genre | philosophical essay ⓘ |
| hasAuthorPhilosopher | Cambridge philosopher ⓘ |
| hasInfluenceOn |
contemporary discussions of truthmakers
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formal semantics in philosophy of language ⓘ |
| influenced |
later analytic philosophy of language
ⓘ
philosophy of logic ⓘ theories of truth in analytic philosophy ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Bertrand Russell
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Ludwig Wittgenstein ⓘ logical atomism ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| mainTopic |
belief
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nature of propositions ⓘ propositions ⓘ theory of truth ⓘ truth ⓘ |
| movement | early analytic philosophy ⓘ |
| notableFor |
influential account of belief
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influential account of propositions ⓘ influential account of truth ⓘ |
| philosophicalApproach |
analysis of propositions in terms of facts
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realist approach to facts ⓘ |
| philosophicalSubject |
epistemology
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logic ⓘ metaphysics ⓘ |
| philosophicalTradition | analytic philosophy ⓘ |
| publicationForm | journal article ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 1927 ⓘ |
| relatedConcept |
atomic facts
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belief as a psychological state ⓘ correspondence theory of truth ⓘ logical form ⓘ propositional attitudes ⓘ |
| relatedWorkOfAuthor | Truth and Probability ⓘ |
| timePeriod | interwar period ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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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.
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Subject: Facts and Propositions Description of subject: Facts and Propositions is a 1927 philosophical work by F. P. Ramsey that develops an influential account of truth, belief, and the nature of propositions within analytic philosophy.
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