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.
Foundations of the Science of Knowledge (Grundlage der gesamten Wissenschaftslehre)
Fichte's 1794-95 foundational German idealist work — the self-positing I (Ich)
Attribute Fingerprint
Rows where works disagree are highlighted in gold. The full ontology grid is shown.
| Attribute | Foundations of the Science of Knowledge (Grundlage der gesamten Wissenschaftslehre) (Early) |
|---|---|
| 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 | Singular |
| Observer · Metaphysical Agency | Personal |
| 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
Foundations of the Science of Knowledge (Grundlage der gesamten Wissenschaftslehre)
The self-positing temporal activity of the I.
Space
Foundations of the Science of Knowledge (Grundlage der gesamten Wissenschaftslehre)
The I-not-I positional space.
Matter
Foundations of the Science of Knowledge (Grundlage der gesamten Wissenschaftslehre)
Matter posited as not-I.
Observer
Foundations of the Science of Knowledge (Grundlage der gesamten Wissenschaftslehre)
The self-positing transcendental I.
Energy
Foundations of the Science of Knowledge (Grundlage der gesamten Wissenschaftslehre)
Energies of self-positing I-activity.
Information
Foundations of the Science of Knowledge (Grundlage der gesamten Wissenschaftslehre)
Foundational German-idealist systematic framework.
Internal Tensions
Where each work's argument pulls against itself.
Fichte's I-philosophy critically extended by Schelling, Hegel, and the broader German idealist tradition.