School of Names
E705272
The School of Names was an ancient Chinese philosophical tradition known for its focus on logic, language, and paradoxes, often compared to early forms of analytical philosophy.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| School of Names canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7984405 — 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: School of Names Context triple: [Hundred Schools of Thought, hasPart, School of Names]
-
A.
Book of the Eight Tones
The Book of the Eight Tones is a liturgical hymn book used in Eastern Christian worship that organizes chants according to eight musical modes.
-
B.
Order of Propitious Clouds
The Order of Propitious Clouds is a high-ranking civilian honor of the Republic of China (Taiwan), awarded for outstanding contributions to the nation and society.
-
C.
Shujing
Shujing is one of the oldest and most influential Chinese classics, traditionally regarded as a collection of historical documents and speeches that shaped early Chinese political and moral thought.
-
D.
Sesame and Lilies
"Sesame and Lilies" is a collection of influential Victorian-era lectures by John Ruskin that explore education, gender roles, and the moral responsibilities of men and women in society.
-
E.
Siku Quanshu
Siku Quanshu is an enormous 18th-century Chinese imperial encyclopedia and library collection that systematically compiled, edited, and classified the major works of Chinese literature, history, philosophy, and classics.
- 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: School of Names Target entity description: The School of Names was an ancient Chinese philosophical tradition known for its focus on logic, language, and paradoxes, often compared to early forms of analytical philosophy.
-
A.
Book of the Eight Tones
The Book of the Eight Tones is a liturgical hymn book used in Eastern Christian worship that organizes chants according to eight musical modes.
-
B.
Order of Propitious Clouds
The Order of Propitious Clouds is a high-ranking civilian honor of the Republic of China (Taiwan), awarded for outstanding contributions to the nation and society.
-
C.
Shujing
Shujing is one of the oldest and most influential Chinese classics, traditionally regarded as a collection of historical documents and speeches that shaped early Chinese political and moral thought.
-
D.
Sesame and Lilies
"Sesame and Lilies" is a collection of influential Victorian-era lectures by John Ruskin that explore education, gender roles, and the moral responsibilities of men and women in society.
-
E.
Siku Quanshu
Siku Quanshu is an enormous 18th-century Chinese imperial encyclopedia and library collection that systematically compiled, edited, and classified the major works of Chinese literature, history, philosophy, and classics.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | Chinese philosophical school ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Logicians
ⓘ
Míngjiā ⓘ School of Logicians ⓘ |
| associatedConcept |
bian (disputation)
ⓘ
ming (names) ⓘ paradox of the white horse ⓘ relativistic theses of Hui Shi ⓘ shi (actualities) ⓘ |
| comparedTo | analytic philosophy ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Ancient China ⓘ |
| debatedIssue |
criteria for correct naming
ⓘ
identity and difference ⓘ part–whole relations ⓘ relation between names and realities ⓘ |
| era | Warring States period ⓘ |
| field | Chinese philosophy ⓘ |
| focusesOn |
correct use of names
ⓘ
distinctions in names and things ⓘ logical puzzles ⓘ semantic analysis ⓘ |
| hasDomain | classical Chinese logic ⓘ |
| historicalContext | Hundred Schools of Thought ⓘ |
| influenced |
interpretations of language in Chinese philosophy
ⓘ
later Chinese logical thought ⓘ |
| influencedBy | Zhou dynasty intellectual culture ⓘ |
| knownFor |
analysis of reference and predication
ⓘ
sophisticated argumentation techniques ⓘ use of paradoxes to probe language ⓘ |
| language | Classical Chinese ⓘ |
| mainInterest |
argumentation
ⓘ
language ⓘ logic ⓘ paradox ⓘ |
| notablePhilosopher |
Deng Xi
ⓘ
Gongsun Long ⓘ Hui Shi ⓘ |
| opposedBy |
Confucian thinkers
ⓘ
Mohist critics ⓘ |
| philosophicalDiscipline |
epistemology
ⓘ
logic ⓘ philosophy of language ⓘ |
| region | states of the Warring States period ⓘ |
| relatedSchool |
Mohist school
ⓘ
linked to:
Mohism
|
| status | defunct philosophical school ⓘ |
| timePeriod | 5th century BCE to 3rd century BCE ⓘ |
| tradition | Chinese intellectual history ⓘ |
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: School of Names Description of subject: The School of Names was an ancient Chinese philosophical tradition known for its focus on logic, language, and paradoxes, often compared to early forms of analytical philosophy.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.