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.
The Philosophy of Symbolic Forms
Cassirer's three-volume neo-Kantian philosophy of symbolic forms (1923-29)
Attribute Fingerprint
Rows where works disagree are highlighted in gold. The full ontology grid is shown.
| Attribute | The Philosophy of Symbolic Forms (Mid) |
|---|---|
| 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 | 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
The Philosophy of Symbolic Forms
The historical-cultural time of symbolic forms.
Space
The Philosophy of Symbolic Forms
The cultural-symbolic space mediated by forms.
Matter
The Philosophy of Symbolic Forms
The material reality mediated through symbolic forms.
Observer
The Philosophy of Symbolic Forms
The animal symbolicum.
Energy
The Philosophy of Symbolic Forms
Energies of symbolic-mediating activity.
Information
The Philosophy of Symbolic Forms
Three-volume framework of symbolic forms (language, myth-religion, science).
Internal Tensions
Where each work's argument pulls against itself.
Cassirer's Neo-Kantian synthesis eclipsed by the existential turn (Heidegger, Davos 1929 debate).