The Place of Value in a World of Facts
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The Place of Value in a World of Facts is a philosophical work by Gestalt psychologist Wolfgang Köhler examining how human values and meanings relate to an empirically described, scientific world.
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How this entity was disambiguated
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
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Target entity: The Place of Value in a World of Facts Context triple: [Wolfgang Köhler, notableWork, The Place of Value in a World of Facts]
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A.
An Analysis of Knowledge and Valuation
An Analysis of Knowledge and Valuation is a major 1946 work in analytic philosophy by C. I. Lewis that develops a systematic theory of knowledge, meaning, and value grounded in conceptual pragmatism.
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Epistemological Problems of Economics
Epistemological Problems of Economics is a work by Ludwig von Mises that examines the philosophical foundations and methodological principles underlying economic science, particularly within the Austrian School tradition.
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C.
Between Facts and Norms
Between Facts and Norms is a major work of political and legal philosophy by Jürgen Habermas that develops a theory of deliberative democracy and the legitimacy of law through communicative rationality.
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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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E.
The Politics of Prudence
The Politics of Prudence is a collection of essays by conservative thinker Russell Kirk that articulates and defends the principles of traditionalist conservatism in modern political life.
- 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: The Place of Value in a World of Facts Target entity description: The Place of Value in a World of Facts is a philosophical work by Gestalt psychologist Wolfgang Köhler examining how human values and meanings relate to an empirically described, scientific world.
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A.
An Analysis of Knowledge and Valuation
An Analysis of Knowledge and Valuation is a major 1946 work in analytic philosophy by C. I. Lewis that develops a systematic theory of knowledge, meaning, and value grounded in conceptual pragmatism.
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B.
Epistemological Problems of Economics
Epistemological Problems of Economics is a work by Ludwig von Mises that examines the philosophical foundations and methodological principles underlying economic science, particularly within the Austrian School tradition.
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C.
Between Facts and Norms
Between Facts and Norms is a major work of political and legal philosophy by Jürgen Habermas that develops a theory of deliberative democracy and the legitimacy of law through communicative rationality.
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D.
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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E.
The Politics of Prudence
The Politics of Prudence is a collection of essays by conservative thinker Russell Kirk that articulates and defends the principles of traditionalist conservatism in modern political life.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (24)
| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf | philosophical work ⓘ |
| addresses |
meaning in a scientifically described world
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tension between scientific facts and human values ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
20th-century philosophy
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philosophy of mind ⓘ value theory ⓘ |
| author | Wolfgang Köhler ⓘ |
| examines |
how human values relate to an empirically described world
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the relation between meaning and scientific description ⓘ the status of values in a scientific worldview ⓘ |
| fieldOfStudy |
Gestalt psychology
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philosophy ⓘ psychology ⓘ |
| genre |
ethics
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philosophy of science ⓘ philosophy of value ⓘ |
| hasAuthorNationality | German ⓘ |
| hasAuthorOccupation | Gestalt psychologist ⓘ |
| hasPerspective | Gestalt psychological perspective ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| mainSubject |
facts
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relationship between values and empirical science ⓘ value ⓘ |
| philosophicalTradition | Gestalt tradition in psychology and philosophy ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
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.
Input
Subject: The Place of Value in a World of Facts Description of subject: The Place of Value in a World of Facts is a philosophical work by Gestalt psychologist Wolfgang Köhler examining how human values and meanings relate to an empirically described, scientific world.
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