Cross-Dimensional Analysis
Dimension Quadruplets
All 15 four-way combinations of the six dimensions — each defined as much by the dimensions it excludes as by the four it includes.
Time, Space, Matter & Observer
The world as it is lived
This is the phenomenological world in full: a conscious being, embodied in matter, situated in space, living through time. It is the complete description of finite …
Time, Space, Matter & Energy
The complete physical universe
This is the complete physical universe as the natural sciences describe it: matter and energy distributed through space and evolving through time. Every equation of physics, …
Time, Space, Observer & Energy
The knowing subject in an energetic cosmos
The observer as a spatiotemporally situated, energetically active participant — abstracted from explicit matter. This quadruplet describes observation as a field of awareness in dynamic spacetime: …
Time, Matter, Observer & Energy
The metabolic, conscious, mortal being
The observer as a temporal, material, energetically metabolizing being — abstracted from spatial extension. This quadruplet captures biology, neuroscience, and philosophy of mind in their purest …
Space, Matter, Observer & Energy
The embodied, energetic observer in a spatial world
The observer as a material body, occupying space, participating in the world through energetic processes — abstracted from time. This quadruplet describes a world of matter, …
Time, Space, Matter & Information
The physical universe as a structured archive
Time, space, matter, and information together describe the physical universe as a structured archive: material objects distributed through space, changing over time, each encoding informational content. …
Time, Space, Observer & Information
The epistemic horizon of the situated knower
The observer situated in spacetime, gathering information — this quadruplet describes the epistemic condition of any knower. Light cones determine what information is accessible from any …
Time, Space, Energy & Information
Signal propagation and the physics of communication
This quadruplet describes the physics of communication in its purest form: information propagating through spacetime on energetic carriers. Electromagnetic waves carry information across cosmic distances; gravitational …
Time, Matter, Observer & Information
The mortal knower and the material record
The mortal observer, embodied in matter, accumulating information over time — this quadruplet describes the cognitive biography of any knowing being. The observer is born into …
Time, Matter, Energy & Information
The informational physics of the material world
Time, matter, energy, and information together constitute the informational physics of the material world: matter and energy transforming over time according to laws that are themselves …
Time, Observer, Energy & Information
The metabolic biography of the knowing mind
The observer as a temporal, energy-consuming information processor — this quadruplet describes the metabolic biography of the knowing mind. Over time, the observer expends energy to …
Space, Matter, Observer & Information
The embodied knower in an informational landscape
The observer as a material body in space, surrounded by informational content — this quadruplet describes the embodied knower in an informational landscape. The observer reads …
Space, Matter, Energy & Information
The complete physical data layer
Space, matter, energy, and information together constitute the complete physical data layer of reality: the spatial distribution of material-energetic systems and the informational content they encode. …
Space, Observer, Energy & Information
The energetic perceiver in an informational field
The observer as an energetically active perceiver distributed in an informational spatial field — this quadruplet describes the act of perception abstracted from matter and time. …
Matter, Observer, Energy & Information
The cognitive engine: embodied information processing
The observer as a material, energy-consuming information processor — this quadruplet is the domain of cognitive science, neuroscience, and artificial intelligence. The brain is matter; its …
The Logic of Exclusion
Each quadruplet is defined as much by what it leaves out as by what it includes. The missing dimension acts as a philosophical probe: its absence reveals what role it plays in the full six-dimensional picture, and whether the remaining four can form a coherent account of reality on their own.
The natural next step is quintuplets →