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.
The Undivided Universe
Bohm and Hiley's 1993 systematic statement — the ontological interpretation of quantum theory
Attribute Fingerprint
Rows where works disagree are highlighted in gold. The full ontology grid is shown.
| Attribute | The Undivided Universe (Late) |
|---|---|
| Time · Extent | Infinite |
| Time · Ontological Status | Relational |
| Time · Grain | Continuous |
| Time · Freedom | Deterministic |
| Time · Traversability | Linear |
| Time · Dimensionality | One |
| Time · Direction | Uni-directional |
| Space · Extent | Infinite |
| Space · Ontological Status | Relational |
| Space · Curvature | Flat |
| Space · Dimensionality | Three |
| Space · Locality | Non-Local |
| Matter · Extent | Infinite |
| Matter · Ontological Status | Substantival |
| Matter · Conservation | Conserved |
| Matter · Dimensionality | Three |
| Matter · Locality | Non-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 | None |
| Observer · Moral Authority | Reason |
| 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 | Discrete |
Dimension-by-Dimension Evidence
What each work's passages reveal about its stance on each of the six dimensions.
Time
The Undivided Universe
The 1990-92 late-Bohm period; the 1993 posthumous publication.
Space
The Undivided Universe
The Birkbeck-London setting of the late-Bohm/Hiley collaboration.
Matter
The Undivided Universe
The proper-microphysical-ontological reality the interpretation describes.
Observer
The Undivided Universe
The disciplined-physical-philosophical investigator as proper subject.
Energy
The Undivided Universe
The proper-quantum-mechanical energies described.
Information
The Undivided Universe
The systematic-ontological-interpretive content of the book.
Internal Tensions
Where each work's argument pulls against itself.
The Bohmian-mechanics tradition has gained increasing mainstream-philosophical-physics attention since the 1990s; defenders see proper realist interpretation, mainstream-Copenhagen critics maintain ongoing methodological-philosophical reservations.