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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.

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Time

Silent Spring

The ecological time of pesticide accumulation.

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Space

Silent Spring

The interconnected ecological web.

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Matter

Silent Spring

The material ecosystem and its inhabitants.

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Observer

Silent Spring

Carson as scientist-activist.

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Energy

Silent Spring

Energies of ecological destruction and resistance.

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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.