Existence
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Existence is a science fiction novel by David Brin that explores themes of first contact, the future of humanity, and the implications of advanced technology on civilization.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Existence canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7657711 — 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: Existence Context triple: [David Brin, notableWork, Existence]
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A.
Existence and Existents
"Existence and Existents" is a philosophical work by Emmanuel Levinas that explores the nature of being, subjectivity, and the ethical implications of existence.
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B.
existentialism
Existentialism is a philosophical movement that emphasizes individual existence, freedom, and responsibility in a world often seen as inherently meaningless or absurd.
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C.
On Non-Existence
On Non-Existence is a lost sophistic treatise, attributed to the ancient Greek philosopher Gorgias, that famously argues in paradoxical fashion that nothing exists, that if anything did exist it would be unknowable, and that if it were knowable it could not be communicated.
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D.
Philosophy of Existence
Philosophy of Existence is a major work by Karl Jaspers that explores existential themes such as freedom, transcendence, and the limits of human understanding.
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E.
Doctrine of Being
The Doctrine of Being is the first major section of Hegel’s *Science of Logic*, where he analyzes the most basic categories of thought such as pure being, nothing, and becoming.
- 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: Existence Target entity description: Existence is a science fiction novel by David Brin that explores themes of first contact, the future of humanity, and the implications of advanced technology on civilization.
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A.
Existence and Existents
"Existence and Existents" is a philosophical work by Emmanuel Levinas that explores the nature of being, subjectivity, and the ethical implications of existence.
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B.
existentialism
Existentialism is a philosophical movement that emphasizes individual existence, freedom, and responsibility in a world often seen as inherently meaningless or absurd.
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C.
On Non-Existence
On Non-Existence is a lost sophistic treatise, attributed to the ancient Greek philosopher Gorgias, that famously argues in paradoxical fashion that nothing exists, that if anything did exist it would be unknowable, and that if it were knowable it could not be communicated.
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D.
Philosophy of Existence
Philosophy of Existence is a major work by Karl Jaspers that explores existential themes such as freedom, transcendence, and the limits of human understanding.
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E.
Doctrine of Being
The Doctrine of Being is the first major section of Hegel’s *Science of Logic*, where he analyzes the most basic categories of thought such as pure being, nothing, and becoming.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | science fiction novel ⓘ |
| author | David Brin ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States
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linked to:
United States of America
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| explores |
ethics of enhancement technologies
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impact of automation on employment ⓘ implications of contact with extraterrestrial intelligences ⓘ long-term survival of technological civilizations ⓘ memetics and information warfare ⓘ relationship between humans and artificial intelligences ⓘ role of elites and oligarchs in future society ⓘ |
| genre | science fiction ⓘ |
| hasMainCharacter |
Gerald Livingstone
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Hacker Sander ⓘ Lacey ⓘ Pan ⓘ Tor Povlov ⓘ |
| hasReception | generally positive critical reviews ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| mediaType |
audiobook
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ebook ⓘ print ⓘ |
| narrativeStyle | multi-viewpoint narrative ⓘ |
| notableElement |
depiction of augmented reality overlays
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depiction of global social networks ⓘ depiction of uploaded consciousness ⓘ discovery of alien artifacts in orbit ⓘ |
| notableFor |
dense world-building
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philosophical exploration of existence and survival ⓘ speculative treatment of future technologies ⓘ |
| numberOfPages | approximately 800 ⓘ |
| partOf | David Brin bibliography ⓘ |
| precededBy | Kiln People ⓘ |
| publicationDate | 2012 ⓘ |
| publisher | Tor Books ⓘ |
| setting |
near-future Earth
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space ⓘ |
| structure | interwoven storylines ⓘ |
| theme |
Fermi paradox
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advanced technology ⓘ artificial intelligence ⓘ environmental degradation ⓘ existential risk ⓘ first contact ⓘ future of humanity ⓘ post-human civilization ⓘ socioeconomic inequality ⓘ surveillance ⓘ transhumanism ⓘ virtual reality ⓘ |
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.
Input
Subject: Existence Description of subject: Existence is a science fiction novel by David Brin that explores themes of first contact, the future of humanity, and the implications of advanced technology on civilization.
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