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Attribute #6 Relativism
Protagoras, Rorty
Time · Extent Both
Time · Ontological Status Emergent
Time · Grain Continuous
Time · Freedom Non-Deterministic
Time · Traversability Linear
Time · Dimensionality N
Time · Direction Multi-directional
Space · Extent Both
Space · Ontological Status Emergent
Space · Curvature Undefined
Space · Dimensionality N
Space · Locality Local
Matter · Extent Finite
Matter · Ontological Status Emergent
Matter · Conservation Conserved
Matter · Dimensionality Three
Matter · Locality Non-local
Observer · Time Instance Multiple
Observer · Space Instance Multiple
Observer · Knowledge Extent Immediate
Observer · Knowledge Retainment Immediate
Observer · Physicality Variable
Observer · Agency Variable
Observer · Number Plural
Energy · Extent Both
Energy · Ontological Status Emergent
Energy · Conservation Variable
Energy · Dispersibility Irreversible
Information · Ontological Status Relational
Information · Conservation Non-conserved
Information · Granularity Continuous
Observer Analysis (Full Text)
Relativism There is no privileged vantage point — the observer's perspective shifts across time and space, and every such perspective is as valid as any other. No single observer stands at the center of reality; what counts as knowledge depends entirely on one's cultural, linguistic, and conceptual framework. Knowledge is always local, partial, and context-dependent, and it may not transfer intact across different frameworks. Even the observer's own nature — embodied or otherwise — is variable, shaped by the system of reference in which it is embedded. Multiple observers coexist, but they do not necessarily share a common world: each inhabits a reality colored by its own interpretive horizon.