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Work #1053 · Mid-mature

The World as I See It

Albert Einstein
1934 (German: Mein Weltbild, Querido Verlag, Amsterdam; English: Covici Friede, New York) · German
Essay and address collection · Twentieth-century scientific humanism / philosophy of science

Einstein's 1934 collection of essays and addresses — philosophical, political, personal — the most accessible non-technical statement of his worldview

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Attribute The World as I See It (Mid-mature)
Time · Extent Infinite
Time · Ontological Status Substantival
Time · Grain Continuous
Time · Freedom Deterministic
Time · Traversability Linear
Time · Dimensionality One
Time · Direction Uni-directional
Space · Extent Infinite
Space · Ontological Status Substantival
Space · Curvature Curved
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 Cosmic-ordering
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 World as I See It

The 1933-34 moment of Einstein's flight from Nazi Germany.

Space

The World as I See It

Europe and America — the geographic spaces of Einstein's scientific-political life.

Matter

The World as I See It

The embodied Einstein — scientist, public figure, Jewish refugee.

Observer

The World as I See It

Einstein as cosmic-religious and political observer.

Energy

The World as I See It

The intellectual energies of scientific inquiry; the political energies of disarmament and Zionism.

Information

The World as I See It

The catalogue of essays and addresses on diverse topics.

Internal Tensions

Where each work's argument pulls against itself.

The World as I See It

Einstein's religious-philosophical positions have been variously interpreted — Jewish-pantheist, Spinozist, religious-without-religion, or various other characterisations. The political-ethical positions were sharpened by the rise of Nazism and the development of nuclear weapons.