Duplicate decision #1710

An Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding

Approved Unique 95% confidence · llm:qwen3.5:9b

Historical decision. This evidence came from index version 234 and is no longer actionable.

Why this decision was made

The candidate record is David Hume's 'An Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding', while the possible match is John Locke's 'An Essay Concerning Human Understanding'. Although the titles are very similar and share a common theme of epistemology, they are distinct works by different authors with different arguments. The metadata explicitly shows an author conflict (Hume vs. Locke) and a title token difference ('enquiry' vs 'essay'). According to the policy, these are materially different editions/works.

Index version: 234
Created: 2026-08-16 19:10 UTC
Last updated: 2026-09-08 09:27 UTC

Incoming candidate

An Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding

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Candidate

Authors: David Hume
Language: english
Volume or part: None detected
Edition markers: None detected
Source identifier: Not provided
Gutenberg ID: Not provided
Source URL: https://www.globalgreyebooks.com/ebooks/david-hume_enquiry-concerning-human-understanding.epub
Description: A foundational work of empiricist philosophy exploring human knowledge, causation, miracles, and the limits of reason, challenging assumptions about how we understand the world and form beliefs.

Local library

An Essay Concerning Human Understanding

Local book #72

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Authors: John Locke
Language: english
Volume or part: None detected
Edition markers: None detected
Local EPUB: data/epubs/url-fea9237f1446491c.epub File present
Source URL: https://www.globalgreyebooks.com/ebooks/john-locke_essay-concerning-human-understanding.epub
Description: John Locke's foundational treatise argues that the human mind begins as a blank slate, acquiring all knowledge through experience and reflection. This seminal work dismantles the notion of innate ideas, exploring how simple sensations combine into complex concepts, the nature of language, and the limits of human understanding.

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Title similarity91%

Author similarity20%

Decision evidence

Title	91
Author	20
Language Agreement	True
Volume Conflict	False
Edition Conflict	False
Author Conflict	True
Relationship	same_work_title_variant

LLM adjudication details

Decision	different
Confidence	0.95
Relationship	same_work_title_variant
Reason	The candidate record is David Hume's 'An Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding', while the possible match is John Locke's 'An Essay Concerning Human Understanding'. Although the titles are very similar and share a common theme of epistemology, they are distinct works by different authors with different arguments. The metadata explicitly shows an author conflict (Hume vs. Locke) and a title token difference ('enquiry' vs 'essay'). According to the policy, these are materially different editions/works.
Matched Fields	title_normalized, language
Conflicting Fields	authors_original, title_tokens

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