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Life's Philosophy: Reason and Feeling in a Deeper World
Næss's 2002 late work on philosophical-personal life
Attribute Fingerprint
Rows where works disagree are highlighted in gold. The full ontology grid is shown.
| Attribute | Life's Philosophy: Reason and Feeling in a Deeper World (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 | Finite |
| 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 | Active |
| Observer · Number | Singular |
| Observer · Metaphysical Agency | Impersonal |
| Observer · Moral Authority | Experience |
| 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
Life's Philosophy: Reason and Feeling in a Deeper World
1998/2002.
Space
Life's Philosophy: Reason and Feeling in a Deeper World
Norwegian and translated international setting.
Matter
Life's Philosophy: Reason and Feeling in a Deeper World
Embodied person and their philosophical-emotional life.
Observer
Life's Philosophy: Reason and Feeling in a Deeper World
Late Næss as practical philosopher.
Energy
Life's Philosophy: Reason and Feeling in a Deeper World
Philosophical-personal energies.
Information
Life's Philosophy: Reason and Feeling in a Deeper World
Reflective content.
Internal Tensions
Where each work's argument pulls against itself.
Life's Philosophy has been widely-loved as late-Næss accessible popular work.