Treatise on Basic Philosophy
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Treatise on Basic Philosophy is Mario Bunge’s comprehensive multi-volume systematic work that develops a rigorous, scientific realist approach to all major branches of philosophy.
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| Treatise on Basic Philosophy canonical | 2 |
| Treatise on Basic Philosophy by Mario Bunge | 1 |
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Target entity: Treatise on Basic Philosophy Context triple: [Mario Bunge, notableWork, Treatise on Basic Philosophy]
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Encyclopaedia of the Philosophical Sciences
The Encyclopaedia of the Philosophical Sciences is a major systematic work by G. W. F. Hegel that presents his comprehensive account of logic, nature, and spirit within a unified philosophical framework.
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Wissenschaft der Logik
Wissenschaft der Logik is Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel’s foundational philosophical work that systematically develops his dialectical logic as the core of his idealist system.
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Beiträge zur Philosophie des deutschen Idealismus
Beiträge zur Philosophie des deutschen Idealismus is a scholarly journal devoted to research and discussion on German Idealist philosophy and its historical and systematic significance.
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Course of Positive Philosophy
Course of Positive Philosophy is Auguste Comte’s foundational multi-volume work that systematically outlines positivism and the hierarchy of the sciences, laying the groundwork for modern sociology.
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The World as Will and Representation
The World as Will and Representation is Arthur Schopenhauer’s major philosophical work, presenting a pessimistic metaphysical system that interprets reality as driven by an irrational will and accessible to us through representation.
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- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Treatise on Basic Philosophy Target entity description: Treatise on Basic Philosophy is Mario Bunge’s comprehensive multi-volume systematic work that develops a rigorous, scientific realist approach to all major branches of philosophy.
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A.
Encyclopaedia of the Philosophical Sciences
The Encyclopaedia of the Philosophical Sciences is a major systematic work by G. W. F. Hegel that presents his comprehensive account of logic, nature, and spirit within a unified philosophical framework.
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B.
Wissenschaft der Logik
Wissenschaft der Logik is Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel’s foundational philosophical work that systematically develops his dialectical logic as the core of his idealist system.
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C.
Beiträge zur Philosophie des deutschen Idealismus
Beiträge zur Philosophie des deutschen Idealismus is a scholarly journal devoted to research and discussion on German Idealist philosophy and its historical and systematic significance.
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D.
Course of Positive Philosophy
Course of Positive Philosophy is Auguste Comte’s foundational multi-volume work that systematically outlines positivism and the hierarchy of the sciences, laying the groundwork for modern sociology.
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E.
The World as Will and Representation
The World as Will and Representation is Arthur Schopenhauer’s major philosophical work, presenting a pessimistic metaphysical system that interprets reality as driven by an irrational will and accessible to us through representation.
- F. None of above. chosen
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| instanceOf |
book series
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philosophical work ⓘ |
| aim |
to construct a unified, coherent philosophical system compatible with contemporary science
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to provide a rigorous foundation for scientific realism ⓘ |
| author | Mario Bunge ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Canada ⓘ |
| coversDiscipline |
epistemology
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ethics ⓘ methodology of science ⓘ ontology ⓘ philosophy of science ⓘ philosophy of technology ⓘ semantics ⓘ |
| developsConcept |
levels of reality and emergence
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objective, secular ethics grounded in human needs and social systems ⓘ scientific concept of truth and reference ⓘ systemism as an ontology of systems ⓘ |
| genre | philosophy ⓘ |
| hasPart |
Volume 1: Semantics I – Sense and Reference
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Volume 2: Semantics II – Interpretation and Truth ⓘ Volume 3: Ontology I – The Furniture of the World ⓘ
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Neue Wege der Ontologie
Volume 4: Ontology II – A World of Systems ⓘ Volume 5: Epistemology and Methodology I – Exploring the World ⓘ Volume 6: Epistemology and Methodology II – Understanding the World ⓘ Volume 7: Epistemology and Methodology III – Philosophy of Science and Technology ⓘ Volume 8: Ethics – The Good and the Right ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
analytic philosophy
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classical rationalism ⓘ modern science ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| mainTheme |
defense of realism in all major philosophical domains
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integration of science and philosophy ⓘ systematic reconstruction of philosophy on scientific grounds ⓘ |
| notableFor |
formal and systematic style
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integration of ontology, semantics, epistemology, and ethics into one system ⓘ scope covering all major branches of philosophy ⓘ |
| numberOfVolumes | 8 ⓘ |
| opposes |
instrumentalism
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logical positivism ⓘ relativism in epistemology ⓘ subjectivist ethics ⓘ |
| philosophicalStance |
anti‑positivism
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anti‑relativism ⓘ emergentism ⓘ fallibilism ⓘ materialism ⓘ scientific realism ⓘ systematic philosophy ⓘ systemism ⓘ |
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linked to: Treatise on Basic Philosophy