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.
An Inquiry into the Good (Zen no Kenkyū)
Nishida's 1911 foundational Kyoto School text — "pure experience" as the foundation of philosophy
Attribute Fingerprint
Rows where works disagree are highlighted in gold. The full ontology grid is shown.
| Attribute | An Inquiry into the Good (Zen no Kenkyū) (Early) |
|---|---|
| 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 | Plural |
| Observer · Space Instance | Single |
| Observer · Knowledge Extent | Partial |
| Observer · Knowledge Retainment | Total |
| Observer · Physicality | Embodied |
| Observer · Agency | Both |
| Observer · Number | Plural |
| Observer · Metaphysical Agency | Cosmic-ordering |
| Observer · Moral Authority | Experience |
| 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
An Inquiry into the Good (Zen no Kenkyū)
The temporal flow of pure experience.
Space
An Inquiry into the Good (Zen no Kenkyū)
The non-dual space of pure experience.
Matter
An Inquiry into the Good (Zen no Kenkyū)
The embodied experiencer.
Observer
An Inquiry into the Good (Zen no Kenkyū)
The pure-experiencing self prior to subject-object split.
Energy
An Inquiry into the Good (Zen no Kenkyū)
Energies of pure experience.
Information
An Inquiry into the Good (Zen no Kenkyū)
Foundational East-West synthetic framework.
Internal Tensions
Where each work's argument pulls against itself.
Nishida's Kyoto School is the major attempt at East-West philosophical synthesis.