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.
Psychology from an Empirical Standpoint (Psychologie vom empirischen Standpunkt)
Brentano's 1874 foundational text — introducing intentionality as the mark of the mental
Attribute Fingerprint
Rows where works disagree are highlighted in gold. The full ontology grid is shown.
| Attribute | Psychology from an Empirical Standpoint (Psychologie vom empirischen Standpunkt) (Early) |
|---|---|
| Time · Extent | Infinite |
| Time · Ontological Status | Substantival |
| Time · Grain | Continuous |
| Time · Freedom | Non-Deterministic |
| Time · Traversability | Linear |
| Time · Dimensionality | One |
| Time · Direction | Uni-directional |
| Space · Extent | Infinite |
| Space · Ontological Status | Substantival |
| Space · Curvature | Flat |
| Space · Dimensionality | Three |
| Space · Locality | Local |
| Matter · Extent | Infinite |
| Matter · Ontological Status | Substantival |
| Matter · Conservation | 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 | Both |
| Observer · Number | Plural |
| Observer · Metaphysical Agency | Personal |
| 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 | Continuous |
Dimension-by-Dimension Evidence
What each work's passages reveal about its stance on each of the six dimensions.
Time
Psychology from an Empirical Standpoint (Psychologie vom empirischen Standpunkt)
The temporal life of intentional consciousness.
Space
Psychology from an Empirical Standpoint (Psychologie vom empirischen Standpunkt)
The space of intentional acts and their objects.
Matter
Psychology from an Empirical Standpoint (Psychologie vom empirischen Standpunkt)
Material substrate of psychic acts.
Observer
Psychology from an Empirical Standpoint (Psychologie vom empirischen Standpunkt)
The intentional consciousness.
Energy
Psychology from an Empirical Standpoint (Psychologie vom empirischen Standpunkt)
Energies of intentional directedness.
Information
Psychology from an Empirical Standpoint (Psychologie vom empirischen Standpunkt)
Foundational intentionality-psychology framework.
Internal Tensions
Where each work's argument pulls against itself.
Brentano's intentionality thesis is the foundational notion for phenomenology and analytic philosophy of mind.