Sens et non-sens
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Sens et non-sens is a collection of philosophical essays by Maurice Merleau-Ponty that explores themes of perception, art, politics, and meaning within the framework of existential phenomenology.
All labels observed (1)
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| Sens et non-sens canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Sens et non-sens Context triple: [Maurice Merleau-Ponty, wrote, Sens et non-sens]
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Chaise cassée
Chaise cassée is the French title of the monumental Broken Chair sculpture, a giant wooden chair with a broken leg symbolizing opposition to land mines and armed violence, located in Geneva.
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B.
Le Bon Sens
Le Bon Sens is an 18th-century philosophical work by Baron d'Holbach that presents a rigorous materialist and atheist critique of religion and superstition.
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L’Existence
L’Existence is a philosophical work by French thinker Georges Lacombe that explores the nature and conditions of human existence.
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D.
Le Bonheur de Vivre
Le Bonheur de Vivre is a seminal 1905–1906 Fauvist painting by Henri Matisse, celebrated for its vibrant colors and idyllic, Arcadian scene of nude figures in a landscape.
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E.
Pierre; or, The Ambiguities
Pierre; or, The Ambiguities is a dark, psychologically complex novel by Herman Melville that explores identity, morality, and family secrets in a Gothic, experimental style.
- 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: Sens et non-sens Target entity description: Sens et non-sens is a collection of philosophical essays by Maurice Merleau-Ponty that explores themes of perception, art, politics, and meaning within the framework of existential phenomenology.
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A.
Chaise cassée
Chaise cassée is the French title of the monumental Broken Chair sculpture, a giant wooden chair with a broken leg symbolizing opposition to land mines and armed violence, located in Geneva.
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B.
Le Bon Sens
Le Bon Sens is an 18th-century philosophical work by Baron d'Holbach that presents a rigorous materialist and atheist critique of religion and superstition.
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C.
L’Existence
L’Existence is a philosophical work by French thinker Georges Lacombe that explores the nature and conditions of human existence.
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D.
Le Bonheur de Vivre
Le Bonheur de Vivre is a seminal 1905–1906 Fauvist painting by Henri Matisse, celebrated for its vibrant colors and idyllic, Arcadian scene of nude figures in a landscape.
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E.
Pierre; or, The Ambiguities
Pierre; or, The Ambiguities is a dark, psychologically complex novel by Herman Melville that explores identity, morality, and family secrets in a Gothic, experimental style.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (40)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
essay collection
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philosophical work ⓘ |
| associatedConcept |
ambiguity
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lifeworld ⓘ pre-reflective experience ⓘ situated subjectivity ⓘ |
| associatedWith | Sartrean existentialism ⓘ |
| author | Maurice Merleau-Ponty ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | France ⓘ |
| explores |
embodiment
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intentionality ⓘ the lived body ⓘ the relation between art and perception ⓘ the relation between perception and meaning ⓘ the relation between politics and experience ⓘ |
| field |
humanities
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philosophy of perception ⓘ |
| genre |
existentialism
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phenomenology ⓘ philosophy ⓘ |
| hasAuthor | Maurice Merleau-Ponty ⓘ |
| hasPart | essay ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Edmund Husserl
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Gestalt psychology ⓘ Martin Heidegger ⓘ |
| language | French ⓘ |
| literaryForm | non-fiction ⓘ |
| mainSubject |
art
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meaning ⓘ perception ⓘ politics ⓘ |
| movement |
20th-century French philosophy
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continental philosophy ⓘ |
| philosophicalDiscipline |
aesthetics
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epistemology ⓘ ontology ⓘ political philosophy ⓘ |
| philosophicalSchool | existential phenomenology ⓘ |
| relatedWork |
La structure du comportement
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Phénoménologie de la perception ⓘ
linked to:
Phenomenology of Perception
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