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 General Theory of Employment, Interest and Money
Keynes's 1936 founding treatise of modern macroeconomics — aggregate demand and the role of the state
Attribute Fingerprint
Rows where works disagree are highlighted in gold. The full ontology grid is shown.
| Attribute | The General Theory of Employment, Interest and Money (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 | 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 | 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 General Theory of Employment, Interest and Money
The macroeconomic time of investment and demand.
Space
The General Theory of Employment, Interest and Money
The aggregate economic space.
Matter
The General Theory of Employment, Interest and Money
Capital, labor, and output.
Observer
The General Theory of Employment, Interest and Money
The macroeconomic theorist.
Energy
The General Theory of Employment, Interest and Money
Energies of investment and aggregate demand.
Information
The General Theory of Employment, Interest and Money
Expectations and liquidity preference.
Internal Tensions
Where each work's argument pulls against itself.
Keynes's General Theory: foundational for twentieth-century macroeconomics and policy; central reference for both Keynesian and anti-Keynesian (monetarist, new classical, real business cycle) traditions.