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.
Relative State Formulation of Quantum Mechanics
Everett's 1957 paper founding the many-worlds (relative-state) interpretation of quantum mechanics
Attribute Fingerprint
Rows where works disagree are highlighted in gold. The full ontology grid is shown.
| Attribute | Relative State Formulation of Quantum Mechanics (Early) |
|---|---|
| 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 | Flat |
| Space · Dimensionality | Three |
| Space · Locality | Non-Local |
| Matter · Extent | Infinite |
| Matter · Ontological Status | Substantival |
| Matter · Conservation | Conserved |
| Matter · Dimensionality | Three |
| Matter · Locality | Non-Local |
| Observer · Time Instance | Multiple |
| Observer · Space Instance | Multiple |
| Observer · Knowledge Extent | Partial |
| Observer · Knowledge Retainment | Partial |
| 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 | Reversible |
| 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
Relative State Formulation of Quantum Mechanics
The unitary time of the universal wave function.
Space
Relative State Formulation of Quantum Mechanics
The branching space of many worlds.
Matter
Relative State Formulation of Quantum Mechanics
The wave function as physical reality.
Observer
Relative State Formulation of Quantum Mechanics
The observer entangled with the system, branching into multiple relative states.
Energy
Relative State Formulation of Quantum Mechanics
Energies of the universal wave function.
Information
Relative State Formulation of Quantum Mechanics
The branching information of the universal state.
Internal Tensions
Where each work's argument pulls against itself.
Everett's Relative State Formulation: founding paper of the many-worlds interpretation; central reference for foundations-of-quantum-mechanics debate.