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Carneades (Wikipedia)

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Wikipedia's article on Carneades. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

Facts
Publisher
Wikipedia
URL
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carneades
Source Type
Encyclopedia
Reliability Tier
3
Sources
Carneades (Wikipedia)
Wikipediaself-citation
Quote, self-citation
Carneades (214/3-129/8 BC) was a Greek philosopher, perhaps the most prominent head of the Skeptical Academy in Ancient Greece.
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Claims Backed By This Source (21 claims)

This source backs 21 claims across the atlas. As facts: 11 well-attested, 2 scholarly debate. As cited relationships: 3 holds. Plus 5 entities citing it as a general reference with no single fact or relationship attached.

Disposition By Topic

  • Philosophers, 16 claims: 6 well-attested, 2 scholarly debate, 3 holds, 5 general references.
  • Sources, 5 claims: 5 well-attested.

Well-attested

11

Philosophers

Scholarly debate

2

Philosophers

Holds

3

Philosophers

General References

5

Philosophers

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