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Attribute #50 Neutral Monism
Spinoza, William James, Bertrand Russell, Ernst Mach
Time · Extent Infinite
Time · Ontological Status Emergent
Time · Grain Continuous
Time · Freedom Non-Deterministic
Time · Traversability Linear
Time · Dimensionality One
Time · Direction Uni-directional
Space · Extent Infinite
Space · Ontological Status Emergent
Space · Curvature Undefined
Space · Dimensionality Three
Space · Locality Non-local
Matter · Extent Finite
Matter · Ontological Status Emergent
Matter · Conservation Conserved
Matter · Dimensionality Three
Matter · Locality Non-local
Observer · Time Instance Single
Observer · Space Instance Single
Observer · Knowledge Extent Immediate
Observer · Knowledge Retainment Total
Observer · Physicality Both
Observer · Agency Both
Observer · Number Plural
Energy · Extent Infinite
Energy · Ontological Status Emergent
Energy · Conservation Conserved
Energy · Dispersibility Irreversible
Information · Ontological Status Substantival
Information · Conservation Conserved
Information · Granularity Continuous
Observer Analysis (Full Text)
Neutral Monism The observer is a particular arrangement of neutral elements — the same fundamental "stuff" that, organized differently, constitutes what we call matter. Situated at one time and place, the observer has direct access only to the neutral elements composing its present experience; knowledge of other arrangements is inferential. Yet memory is itself a real arrangement that persists, so the observer cumulatively retains its experiential history. The observer is simultaneously both mental and physical — since the neutral substrate is neither purely one nor the other, the distinction between embodied and disembodied dissolves. Agency is likewise dual: the observer is active insofar as mental arrangements direct experience, and passive insofar as it is constituted by elements not of its choosing. Multiple observers are distinct configurations of the same underlying neutral reality.