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 World as I See It
Einstein's 1934 collection of essays and addresses — philosophical, political, personal — the most accessible non-technical statement of his worldview
Attribute Fingerprint
Rows where works disagree are highlighted in gold. The full ontology grid is shown.
| 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.
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.