Work Classification Layer
Compare Works
Pick two or more works to set their attribute fingerprints, dimension-by-dimension passages, and shared school embodiments side by side. Especially useful for author-stage comparisons (Wittgenstein early vs late) and for setting a single tradition's foundational texts against each other.
Three Dialogues Between Hylas and Philonous
The dialogue-form defence of Berkeleyan immaterialism — the more accessible companion to the 1710 Principles
Attribute Fingerprint
Rows where works disagree are highlighted in gold. The full ontology grid is shown.
| Attribute | Three Dialogues Between Hylas and Philonous (Early) |
|---|---|
| Time · Extent | Infinite |
| Time · Ontological Status | Relational |
| 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 | Flat |
| Space · Dimensionality | Three |
| Space · Locality | Local |
| Matter · Extent | Infinite |
| Matter · Ontological Status | Emergent |
| Matter · Conservation | Non-conserved |
| Matter · Dimensionality | Three |
| Matter · Locality | Local |
| Observer · Time Instance | Single |
| Observer · Space Instance | Single |
| Observer · Knowledge Extent | Partial |
| Observer · Knowledge Retainment | Total |
| Observer · Physicality | Embodied |
| Observer · Agency | Active |
| Observer · Number | Plural |
| Observer · Metaphysical Agency | Personal |
| Observer · Moral Authority | Scripture |
| Observer · Theological Method | — |
| Energy · Extent | Infinite |
| Energy · Ontological Status | Substantival |
| Energy · Conservation | Conserved |
| Energy · Dispersibility | Irreversible |
| Information · Ontological Status | Substantival |
| Information · Cosmic Conservation | Conserved |
| Information · Personal Conservation | Conserved |
| Information · Granularity | Continuous |
Dimension-by-Dimension Evidence
What each work's passages reveal about its stance on each of the six dimensions.
Time
Three Dialogues Between Hylas and Philonous
Time as temporal order of ideas in minds.
Space
Three Dialogues Between Hylas and Philonous
Space as emerging from order of perceived ideas.
Matter
Three Dialogues Between Hylas and Philonous
Material reality reduced to ideas in minds.
Observer
Three Dialogues Between Hylas and Philonous
Perceiving mind as basic ontological category; God's infinite mind sustaining reality.
Energy
Three Dialogues Between Hylas and Philonous
Not Berkeley's focus.
Information
Three Dialogues Between Hylas and Philonous
Ideas as basic informational content.
Internal Tensions
Where each work's argument pulls against itself.
Berkeley's immaterialism was contentious and remains so. Hume develops from Berkeleyan foundations while modifying. Kantian transcendental idealism develops as more sophisticated alternative.