L’Archéologie du savoir
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L’Archéologie du savoir is a 1969 methodological work by French philosopher Michel Foucault that outlines his approach to analyzing the history of ideas and discourses.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| L’Archéologie du savoir canonical | 3 |
| Une archéologie des sciences humaines | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7109379 — 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.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: L’Archéologie du savoir Context triple: [The Archaeology of Knowledge, originalTitle, L’Archéologie du savoir]
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A.
La Valeur de la science
La Valeur de la science is a 1905 philosophical work by French mathematician and physicist Henri Poincaré that explores the nature, methods, and limits of scientific knowledge.
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B.
La Vérité des sciences
La Vérité des sciences is a 17th-century philosophical treatise by Marin Mersenne that defends the reliability of scientific knowledge against skepticism and reconciles it with Christian theology.
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C.
The Wound of Knowledge
The Wound of Knowledge is a theological work by Rowan Williams that explores Christian spirituality and the experience of God through a close reading of early and medieval Christian writers.
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D.
Book of Knowledge
The Book of Knowledge is the opening section of Maimonides’ Mishneh Torah, systematically presenting the foundational principles of Jewish belief and law.
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E.
The Encyclopedists
"The Encyclopedists" is a science fiction story by Isaac Asimov set in his Foundation universe, focusing on a group of scholars whose faith in pure knowledge is challenged by the political and social realities of a collapsing Galactic Empire.
- 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: L’Archéologie du savoir Target entity description: L’Archéologie du savoir is a 1969 methodological work by French philosopher Michel Foucault that outlines his approach to analyzing the history of ideas and discourses.
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A.
La Valeur de la science
La Valeur de la science is a 1905 philosophical work by French mathematician and physicist Henri Poincaré that explores the nature, methods, and limits of scientific knowledge.
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B.
La Vérité des sciences
La Vérité des sciences is a 17th-century philosophical treatise by Marin Mersenne that defends the reliability of scientific knowledge against skepticism and reconciles it with Christian theology.
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C.
The Wound of Knowledge
The Wound of Knowledge is a theological work by Rowan Williams that explores Christian spirituality and the experience of God through a close reading of early and medieval Christian writers.
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D.
Book of Knowledge
The Book of Knowledge is the opening section of Maimonides’ Mishneh Torah, systematically presenting the foundational principles of Jewish belief and law.
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E.
The Encyclopedists
"The Encyclopedists" is a science fiction story by Isaac Asimov set in his Foundation universe, focusing on a group of scholars whose faith in pure knowledge is challenged by the political and social realities of a collapsing Galactic Empire.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
book
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methodological work ⓘ |
| author | Michel Foucault ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | France ⓘ |
| criticizes |
continuous, linear narratives of history
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traditional history of ideas ⓘ |
| developsConcept |
archaeology of discourse
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archive (as system of discursivity) ⓘ discursive formation ⓘ statement (énoncé) ⓘ |
| field |
history of science
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intellectual history ⓘ philosophy of history ⓘ |
| focusesOn |
analysis of discursive formations
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conditions of possibility of knowledge ⓘ method for writing history of ideas ⓘ rules of discourse ⓘ |
| genre |
epistemology
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historiography ⓘ history of ideas ⓘ philosophy ⓘ |
| hasEnglishTranslation | The Archaeology of Knowledge ⓘ |
| influenced |
cultural studies
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discourse analysis ⓘ literary theory ⓘ social theory ⓘ |
| mainSubject |
archaeology of knowledge
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linked to:
The Archaeology of Knowledge
discourse ⓘ history of knowledge ⓘ methodology ⓘ |
| notableIdea |
analysis of rules governing discourse
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discontinuity in the history of ideas ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | French ⓘ |
| philosophicalSubject |
knowledge
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power and knowledge relations ⓘ |
| philosophicalTradition |
continental philosophy
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post-structuralism ⓘ structuralism ⓘ |
| proposesMethod | archaeological method ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 1969 ⓘ |
| relatedWork |
Histoire de la folie à l’âge classique
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linked to:
Madness and Civilization
Les Mots et les choses ⓘ Surveiller et punir ⓘ
linked to:
Discipline and Punish
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| structure | series of methodological chapters ⓘ |
| title | L’Archéologie du savoir ⓘ |
| translatedTitle | The Archaeology of Knowledge ⓘ |
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linked to: L’Archéologie du savoir