Dialectical Materialism
Dialectical Materialism, a Marxist concept, views reality as a dynamic and contradictory process driven by material conditions and class struggles.
I. Time
| Extent | Infinite |
| Ontological Status | Substantival |
| Grain | Continuous |
| Freedom | Deterministic |
| Traversability | Linear |
| Dimensionality | One |
| Direction | Uni-directional |
Time is substantival and infinite — it is the real medium in which the dialectical development of material reality unfolds. History moves through time via the dialectical process: thesis, antithesis, synthesis. Time is continuous, linear, and deterministic in the sense that historical development follows necessary laws of material contradiction and resolution.
II. Space
| Extent | Finite |
| Ontological Status | Substantival |
| Curvature | Flat |
| Dimensionality | Three |
| Locality | Local |
Space is substantival, finite, and flat — it is the real, material environment in which social relations of production are organized. Space is local and three-dimensional: material conditions and class structures are always concretely situated in particular places. The spatial organization of production shapes all aspects of social life.
III. Matter
| Extent | Finite |
| Ontological Status | Substantival |
| Conservation | Conserved |
| Dimensionality | Three |
| Locality | Local |
Matter is substantival and finite — it is the fundamental reality from which all phenomena arise through dialectical interaction. Matter is conserved and local: material conditions are the base on which all superstructure (law, culture, ideology) rests. The dialectical laws of nature — the unity and struggle of opposites, the transformation of quantity into quality — govern all material processes.
IV. Observer
| Time Instance | Single |
| Space Instance | Single |
| Extent of Knowledge | Immediate |
| Retainment of Knowledge | Total |
| Physicality | Embodied |
| Agency | Active |
| Number | Plural |
V. Energy
Energy is substantival and finite — it is a real, material quantity governed by natural law. Conservation is strict: the dialectical transformation of matter and energy follows necessary physical laws. Dispersibility is irreversible, reflecting the directional development of material processes through dialectical contradictions.
VI. Information
Information is an emergent property of material processes — it arises from the dialectical interactions of matter in motion.