New Academy in Athens
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The New Academy in Athens was a later phase of Plato’s Academy known for its skeptical philosophical approach, prominently developed under the leadership of Carneades.
All labels observed (1)
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| New Academy in Athens canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8409274 — 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: New Academy in Athens Context triple: [Carneades, associatedWith, New Academy in Athens]
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A.
Academy of Athens
The Academy of Athens was an influential ancient Greek philosophical school in Athens that became the center of Plato’s teachings and a cornerstone of Western intellectual tradition.
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Lyceum of Aristotle
The Lyceum of Aristotle was an influential philosophical school in ancient Athens where Aristotle taught and developed many foundational ideas in logic, science, and metaphysics.
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Platonic Academy of Florence
The Platonic Academy of Florence was a 15th-century humanist circle in Renaissance Florence that revived and interpreted Plato’s philosophy, heavily influenced by the work and leadership of Marsilio Ficino.
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D.
Mouseion
Mouseion was an ancient scholarly institution and research center in Alexandria that housed the famed Library of Alexandria and supported a community of learned scholars.
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E.
School of Socrates
The School of Socrates was the informal circle of students and followers gathered around the philosopher Socrates in classical Athens, which later gave rise to several major Socratic schools of thought.
- 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: New Academy in Athens Target entity description: The New Academy in Athens was a later phase of Plato’s Academy known for its skeptical philosophical approach, prominently developed under the leadership of Carneades.
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A.
Academy of Athens
The Academy of Athens was an influential ancient Greek philosophical school in Athens that became the center of Plato’s teachings and a cornerstone of Western intellectual tradition.
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B.
Lyceum of Aristotle
The Lyceum of Aristotle was an influential philosophical school in ancient Athens where Aristotle taught and developed many foundational ideas in logic, science, and metaphysics.
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C.
Platonic Academy of Florence
The Platonic Academy of Florence was a 15th-century humanist circle in Renaissance Florence that revived and interpreted Plato’s philosophy, heavily influenced by the work and leadership of Marsilio Ficino.
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D.
Mouseion
Mouseion was an ancient scholarly institution and research center in Alexandria that housed the famed Library of Alexandria and supported a community of learned scholars.
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E.
School of Socrates
The School of Socrates was the informal circle of students and followers gathered around the philosopher Socrates in classical Athens, which later gave rise to several major Socratic schools of thought.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (35)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
phase of Plato's Academy
ⓘ
philosophical school ⓘ |
| coreDoctrine |
impossibility of certain knowledge
ⓘ
probabilistic assent ⓘ suspension of judgment (epochē) ⓘ |
| developedUnderLeadershipOf | Carneades ⓘ |
| engagedIn | polemics against Stoic epistemology ⓘ |
| field | philosophy ⓘ |
| follows | Old Academy ⓘ |
| hasKeyFigure |
Arcesilaus
ⓘ
Carneades ⓘ Clitomachus ⓘ |
| hasPhilosophicalOrientation |
Academic skepticism
ⓘ
linked to:
Skepticism
epistemological skepticism ⓘ |
| hasSuccessor |
Late Academy
ⓘ
linked to:
New Academy
Middle Academy ⓘ |
| influenced |
Cicero
ⓘ
later Hellenistic skepticism ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Plato
ⓘ
Socratic method ⓘ earlier Platonism ⓘ |
| knownFor | skeptical philosophical approach ⓘ |
| languageOfInstruction | Ancient Greek ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Ancient Greece
ⓘ
linked to:
Greek Antiquity
Athens ⓘ |
| namedAfter |
original Academy of Plato
ⓘ
linked to:
Academy (Platonic school)
|
| opposedTo | Stoicism ⓘ |
| partOf |
Plato's Academy
ⓘ
linked to:
Academy of Athens
|
| precedes | Middle Academy ⓘ |
| region | Attica ⓘ |
| subfield |
epistemology
ⓘ
ethics ⓘ |
| timePeriod | Hellenistic period ⓘ |
| tradition | Platonic tradition ⓘ |
| traditionBranch |
Academic skepticism
ⓘ
linked to:
Skepticism
|
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