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Work #590 · Late

Silent Spring

Rachel Carson
1962 · English
Environmental science / advocacy · American environmental philosophy

Carson's 1962 foundational text of the modern environmental movement — pesticides and the threat to ecological web

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Rows where works disagree are highlighted in gold. The full ontology grid is shown.

Attribute Silent Spring (Late)
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 None
Observer · Moral Authority Experience
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

Silent Spring

The ecological time of pesticide accumulation.

Space

Silent Spring

The interconnected ecological web.

Matter

Silent Spring

The material ecosystem and its inhabitants.

Observer

Silent Spring

Carson as scientist-activist.

Energy

Silent Spring

Energies of ecological destruction and resistance.

Information

Silent Spring

Foundational environmental-science framework.

Internal Tensions

Where each work's argument pulls against itself.

Silent Spring

Silent Spring catalyzed the modern environmental movement and continues to shape ecological-political thought.