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 Seminar of Jacques Lacan, Book XI: The Four Fundamental Concepts of Psychoanalysis
Lacan's 1964 foundational seminar on the four fundamental concepts of psychoanalysis
Attribute Fingerprint
Rows where works disagree are highlighted in gold. The full ontology grid is shown.
| Attribute | The Seminar of Jacques Lacan, Book XI: The Four Fundamental Concepts of Psychoanalysis (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 | Constructed |
| 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 Seminar of Jacques Lacan, Book XI: The Four Fundamental Concepts of Psychoanalysis
The temporal time of the four concepts.
Space
The Seminar of Jacques Lacan, Book XI: The Four Fundamental Concepts of Psychoanalysis
The psychic-symbolic space.
Matter
The Seminar of Jacques Lacan, Book XI: The Four Fundamental Concepts of Psychoanalysis
The embodied subject.
Observer
The Seminar of Jacques Lacan, Book XI: The Four Fundamental Concepts of Psychoanalysis
The subject of the gaze.
Energy
The Seminar of Jacques Lacan, Book XI: The Four Fundamental Concepts of Psychoanalysis
Energies of drives and gaze.
Information
The Seminar of Jacques Lacan, Book XI: The Four Fundamental Concepts of Psychoanalysis
Foundational four-concepts framework.
Internal Tensions
Where each work's argument pulls against itself.
Seminar XI is the most accessible major Lacanian text.