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Work #1269 · Mid

Keeping Faith: Memoirs of a President

James Earl Carter Jr.
1982 · English
Presidential memoir · American liberal-Democratic / Evangelical-Protestant political tradition

Carter's 1982 presidential memoir of the 1977-81 single term

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Attribute Keeping Faith: Memoirs of a President (Mid)
Time · Extent Finite
Time · Ontological Status Substantival
Time · Grain Continuous
Time · Freedom Non-Deterministic
Time · Traversability Linear
Time · Dimensionality One
Time · Direction Uni-directional
Space · Extent Finite
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 Active
Observer · Number Plural
Observer · Metaphysical Agency Personal
Observer · Moral Authority Revelation
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 Discrete

Dimension-by-Dimension Evidence

What each work's passages reveal about its stance on each of the six dimensions.

Time

Keeping Faith: Memoirs of a President

The 1977-81 presidential period; the 1982 memoir publication.

Space

Keeping Faith: Memoirs of a President

The American presidential setting.

Matter

Keeping Faith: Memoirs of a President

The presidential administration as proper-historical subject.

Observer

Keeping Faith: Memoirs of a President

Carter as presidential-memoirist.

Energy

Keeping Faith: Memoirs of a President

The presidential-political energies.

Information

Keeping Faith: Memoirs of a President

The systematic memoir content.

Internal Tensions

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Keeping Faith: Memoirs of a President

Keeping Faith has been variously assessed alongside the broader Carter-presidential historical-political record.