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.
Pali Canon: Abhidhamma Pitaka
Philosophical-systematic basket of the Pali Canon
Attribute Fingerprint
Rows where works disagree are highlighted in gold. The full ontology grid is shown.
| Attribute | Pali Canon: Abhidhamma Pitaka (Early-Mid) |
|---|---|
| Time · Extent | Infinite |
| Time · Ontological Status | Relational |
| Time · Grain | Discrete |
| Time · Freedom | Non-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 | Local |
| Matter · Extent | Infinite |
| Matter · Ontological Status | Relational |
| Matter · Conservation | Variable |
| Matter · Dimensionality | Three |
| Matter · Locality | Local |
| Observer · Time Instance | Multiple |
| Observer · Space Instance | Single |
| Observer · Knowledge Extent | Total |
| 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 | Variable |
| Energy · Dispersibility | Reversible |
| Information · Ontological Status | Substantival |
| Information · Cosmic Conservation | Variable |
| Information · Personal Conservation | Variable |
| Information · Granularity | Discrete |
Dimension-by-Dimension Evidence
What each work's passages reveal about its stance on each of the six dimensions.
Time
Pali Canon: Abhidhamma Pitaka
The c. 3rd-1st c. BCE compilation period.
Space
Pali Canon: Abhidhamma Pitaka
The Theravada-monastic setting.
Matter
Pali Canon: Abhidhamma Pitaka
The dhammas as proper-philosophical objects.
Observer
Pali Canon: Abhidhamma Pitaka
The proper-Buddhist-philosophical analyst.
Energy
Pali Canon: Abhidhamma Pitaka
The Buddhist-philosophical-analytical energies.
Information
Pali Canon: Abhidhamma Pitaka
The seven Abhidhamma texts.
Internal Tensions
Where each work's argument pulls against itself.
The Abhidhamma is canonical in Theravada; some early Buddhist schools (Mahasanghika) considered it non-canonical.