Postmodernism
Postmodernism challenges the idea of a single, objective reality, suggesting instead that reality is fragmented and subjective, constructed through language and cultural contexts.
I. Time
| Extent | Both |
| Ontological Status | Emergent |
| Grain | Continuous |
| Freedom | Non-Deterministic |
| Traversability | Linear |
| Dimensionality | N |
| Direction | Multi-directional |
Time is emergent and constructed through language, narrative, and power — there is no single, objective temporal order. Multiple temporal frameworks coexist and no meta-narrative of time is privileged. Time's extent is both finite and infinite depending on the discourse. Direction is multi-directional because different narratives arrange temporal events differently.
II. Space
| Extent | Both |
| Ontological Status | Emergent |
| Curvature | Undefined |
| Dimensionality | N |
| Locality | Local |
Space is emergent and socially constructed — it is produced through power relations, discourse, and cultural practice (Foucault's heterotopias, Lefebvre's social production of space). Its curvature is undefined because the postmodernist rejects any single authoritative spatial description. Space is local in the sense that spatial meaning is always situated and particular.
III. Matter
| Extent | Finite |
| Ontological Status | Emergent |
| Conservation | Conserved |
| Dimensionality | N |
| Locality | Non-local |
Matter is emergent and discursively constructed — what counts as "material" is shaped by the conceptual frameworks, power structures, and narratives of a given culture. Matter is conserved within the framework of physics, but the postmodernist treats physics as one language game among many. Matter's locality is non-local because material meanings circulate through discourse without fixed spatial boundaries.
IV. Observer
| Time Instance | Multiple |
| Space Instance | Multiple |
| Extent of Knowledge | Immediate |
| Retainment of Knowledge | Immediate |
| Physicality | Variable |
| Agency | Active |
| Number | Plural |
V. Energy
Energy is emergent and discursively constructed — its meaning varies across cultural and scientific contexts. Conservation is variable because different discourses may treat energy differently. Dispersibility is irreversible within the physics discourse, but the postmodernist resists granting this universal status.
VI. Information
Information is constructed, contested, and deconstructible — there are no fixed informational truths. All information is embedded in power relations and cultural contexts.