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.
Experiments on Plant Hybridization
Mendel's 1866 founding paper of genetics — laws of inheritance from pea-plant experiments
Attribute Fingerprint
Rows where works disagree are highlighted in gold. The full ontology grid is shown.
| Attribute | Experiments on Plant Hybridization (Late) |
|---|---|
| Time · Extent | Infinite |
| Time · Ontological Status | Substantival |
| Time · Grain | Discrete |
| 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 | Theistic |
| Observer · Moral Authority | Scripture |
| 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 | Discrete |
Dimension-by-Dimension Evidence
What each work's passages reveal about its stance on each of the six dimensions.
Time
Experiments on Plant Hybridization
The generational time of plant breeding.
Space
Experiments on Plant Hybridization
The abbey garden as experimental space.
Matter
Experiments on Plant Hybridization
Pea plants as inheritance vehicles.
Observer
Experiments on Plant Hybridization
The monk-naturalist Mendel.
Energy
Experiments on Plant Hybridization
Energies of reproduction.
Information
Experiments on Plant Hybridization
Discrete particulate inheritance — the gene.
Internal Tensions
Where each work's argument pulls against itself.
Mendel's 1866 paper: ignored during his lifetime, rediscovered in 1900, became foundational for genetics, the modern synthesis (with Darwin), and molecular biology.