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Work #1611 · Late

The Self-Identity of Absolute Contradiction

Nishida Kitarō
1939 · Japanese
Philosophical essay · Kyoto School / Japanese Buddhist dialectical philosophy

Nishida's 1939 essay — the late logic of self-identity through absolute contradiction

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Attribute The Self-Identity of Absolute Contradiction (Late)
Time · Extent Infinite
Time · Ontological Status Emergent
Time · Grain Continuous
Time · Freedom Non-Deterministic
Time · Traversability Linear
Time · Dimensionality One
Time · Direction Uni-directional
Space · Extent Infinite
Space · Ontological Status Relational
Space · Curvature Flat
Space · Dimensionality Three
Space · Locality Non-local
Matter · Extent Infinite
Matter · Ontological Status Emergent
Matter · Conservation Conserved
Matter · Dimensionality Three
Matter · Locality Local
Observer · Time Instance Single
Observer · Space Instance Single
Observer · Knowledge Extent Immediate
Observer · Knowledge Retainment Total
Observer · Physicality Both
Observer · Agency Active
Observer · Number Plural
Observer · Metaphysical Agency Impersonal
Observer · Moral Authority Reason
Observer · Theological Method
Energy · Extent Infinite
Energy · Ontological Status Emergent
Energy · Conservation Conserved
Energy · Dispersibility Reversible
Information · Ontological Status Relational
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 Self-Identity of Absolute Contradiction

1939.

Space

The Self-Identity of Absolute Contradiction

Kyoto.

Matter

The Self-Identity of Absolute Contradiction

Single essay.

Observer

The Self-Identity of Absolute Contradiction

Late Nishida.

Energy

The Self-Identity of Absolute Contradiction

Late-dialectical energies.

Information

The Self-Identity of Absolute Contradiction

Single essay.

Internal Tensions

Where each work's argument pulls against itself.

The Self-Identity of Absolute Contradiction

Defining late-Nishida statement of his dialectical logic.