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.
Wholeness and the Implicate Order
Bohm's 1980 holistic philosophy of physics — the implicate order as alternative to fragmentary mechanism
Attribute Fingerprint
Rows where works disagree are highlighted in gold. The full ontology grid is shown.
| Attribute | Wholeness and the Implicate Order (Late) |
|---|---|
| Time · Extent | Infinite |
| Time · Ontological Status | Relational |
| Time · Grain | Continuous |
| Time · Freedom | Deterministic |
| Time · Traversability | Non-Linear |
| Time · Dimensionality | One |
| Time · Direction | Bi-directional |
| Space · Extent | Infinite |
| Space · Ontological Status | Relational |
| Space · Curvature | Flat |
| Space · Dimensionality | Three |
| Space · Locality | Non-Local |
| Matter · Extent | Infinite |
| Matter · Ontological Status | Relational |
| 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 | Partial |
| Observer · Physicality | Embodied |
| Observer · Agency | Active |
| Observer · Number | Plural |
| Observer · Metaphysical Agency | Impersonal |
| Observer · Moral Authority | Reason |
| Observer · Theological Method | — |
| Energy · Extent | Infinite |
| Energy · Ontological Status | Substantival |
| Energy · Conservation | Conserved |
| Energy · Dispersibility | Reversible |
| 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
Wholeness and the Implicate Order
The 1970s-80s period of Bohm's mature philosophical-physical synthesis.
Space
Wholeness and the Implicate Order
The non-local-implicate space that the doctrine describes.
Matter
Wholeness and the Implicate Order
The implicate-order foundation of all material phenomena.
Observer
Wholeness and the Implicate Order
The disciplined-physical-philosophical observer as proper subject.
Energy
Wholeness and the Implicate Order
The undivided cosmic-physical-philosophical energies.
Information
Wholeness and the Implicate Order
The implicate-order content as proper-philosophical-physical material.
Internal Tensions
Where each work's argument pulls against itself.
Bohm's holistic philosophy of physics has been variously assessed — defenders see proper foundational physics integrated with philosophical-mystical insight, mainstream-physics critics worry about non-falsifiable metaphysical commitments.