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 Expression of the Emotions in Man and Animals
Comparative emotional expression — Darwin's foundational study of facial expression across humans and animals, with photographs of emotional states
Attribute Fingerprint
Rows where works disagree are highlighted in gold. The full ontology grid is shown.
| Attribute | The Expression of the Emotions in Man and Animals (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 | Active |
| 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 | Discrete |
Dimension-by-Dimension Evidence
What each work's passages reveal about its stance on each of the six dimensions.
Time
The Expression of the Emotions in Man and Animals
Evolutionary time across which emotional expressions developed.
Space
The Expression of the Emotions in Man and Animals
Geographic-comparative space of human cultures and animal species.
Matter
The Expression of the Emotions in Man and Animals
Embodied facial muscles, photographed and described.
Observer
The Expression of the Emotions in Man and Animals
Darwin as comparative observer; ethnographic correspondents.
Energy
The Expression of the Emotions in Man and Animals
Neural-muscular energies of emotional expression.
Information
The Expression of the Emotions in Man and Animals
Catalogue of expressions; three principles organising them.
Internal Tensions
Where each work's argument pulls against itself.
Eclipsed for much of the early twentieth century under behaviourism and cultural-anthropological constructivism; revived by Ekman's 1970s-2000s work confirming Darwin's universal-expressions thesis. Cross-cultural universality remains contested (Russell, Barrett) against the Ekman-Darwinian consensus.