On Religion and Philosophy
E926694
On Religion and Philosophy is a posthumously published collection of philosophical essays by Rush Rhees that explores the nature of religious belief, language, and practice in dialogue with Wittgensteinian themes.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| On Religion and Philosophy canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T11440192 — 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: On Religion and Philosophy Context triple: [Rush Rhees, notableWork, On Religion and Philosophy]
-
A.
Religion: A Critic and a Philosophy
"Religion: A Critic and a Philosophy" is a philosophical work by Goldsworthy Lowes Dickinson that critically examines the nature, role, and rational basis of religious belief.
-
B.
Lectures on the Philosophy of Religion
Lectures on the Philosophy of Religion is a posthumously published collection of G. W. F. Hegel’s university lectures that systematically interpret the historical religions through the lens of his idealist philosophical system.
-
C.
Three Essays on Religion
Three Essays on Religion is a posthumously published collection of philosophical essays by John Stuart Mill that critically examines religious belief, theism, and the role of religion in moral life.
-
D.
On Faith and Reason
"On Faith and Reason" is a section of the First Vatican Council’s dogmatic constitution *Dei Filius* that articulates the Catholic Church’s teaching on the harmonious relationship between human reason and divine revelation.
-
E.
The Essence of Religion
The Essence of Religion is a philosophical work by Ludwig Feuerbach that analyzes religion as a human projection and explores its roots in human nature and consciousness.
- 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: On Religion and Philosophy Target entity description: On Religion and Philosophy is a posthumously published collection of philosophical essays by Rush Rhees that explores the nature of religious belief, language, and practice in dialogue with Wittgensteinian themes.
-
A.
Religion: A Critic and a Philosophy
"Religion: A Critic and a Philosophy" is a philosophical work by Goldsworthy Lowes Dickinson that critically examines the nature, role, and rational basis of religious belief.
-
B.
Lectures on the Philosophy of Religion
Lectures on the Philosophy of Religion is a posthumously published collection of G. W. F. Hegel’s university lectures that systematically interpret the historical religions through the lens of his idealist philosophical system.
-
C.
Three Essays on Religion
Three Essays on Religion is a posthumously published collection of philosophical essays by John Stuart Mill that critically examines religious belief, theism, and the role of religion in moral life.
-
D.
On Faith and Reason
"On Faith and Reason" is a section of the First Vatican Council’s dogmatic constitution *Dei Filius* that articulates the Catholic Church’s teaching on the harmonious relationship between human reason and divine revelation.
-
E.
The Essence of Religion
The Essence of Religion is a philosophical work by Ludwig Feuerbach that analyzes religion as a human projection and explores its roots in human nature and consciousness.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (25)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
book
ⓘ
collection of essays ⓘ |
| author | Rush Rhees ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| explores |
the nature of religious belief
ⓘ
the nature of religious language ⓘ the nature of religious practice ⓘ |
| fieldOfStudy |
philosophy
ⓘ
philosophy of language ⓘ philosophy of religion ⓘ |
| genre |
philosophy
ⓘ
philosophy of religion ⓘ |
| hasAuthorialBackground | student of Ludwig Wittgenstein ⓘ |
| hasForm | essay collection ⓘ |
| hasPhilosophicalPerspective | Wittgensteinian ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
relationship between language and religion
ⓘ
understanding religious forms of life ⓘ |
| influencedBy | Ludwig Wittgenstein ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| mainSubject |
Wittgensteinian philosophy
ⓘ
religious belief ⓘ religious language ⓘ religious practice ⓘ |
| philosophicalTradition | analytic philosophy ⓘ |
| publicationStatus | posthumous ⓘ |
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: On Religion and Philosophy Description of subject: On Religion and Philosophy is a posthumously published collection of philosophical essays by Rush Rhees that explores the nature of religious belief, language, and practice in dialogue with Wittgensteinian themes.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.