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.
Opus Majus
Mathematics is the gate and key of the sciences — and nothing can be known without experience
Attribute Fingerprint
Rows where works disagree are highlighted in gold. The full ontology grid is shown.
| Attribute | Opus Majus |
|---|---|
| Time · Extent | Both |
| 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 | not engaged |
| Space · Dimensionality | Three |
| Space · Locality | Local |
| Matter · Extent | Finite |
| Matter · Ontological Status | Substantival |
| Matter · Conservation | Conserved |
| Matter · Dimensionality | Three |
| Matter · Locality | Local |
| Observer · Time Instance | Single |
| Observer · Space Instance | Single |
| Observer · Knowledge Extent | Mediated |
| Observer · Knowledge Retainment | Partial |
| Observer · Physicality | Embodied |
| Observer · Agency | Active |
| Observer · Number | Plural |
| Observer · Metaphysical Agency | Personal |
| Observer · Moral Authority | Reason |
| Observer · Theological Method | — |
| Energy · Extent | Finite |
| Energy · Ontological Status | Substantival |
| Energy · Conservation | Conserved |
| Energy · Dispersibility | Irreversible |
| Information · Ontological Status | Substantival |
| Information · Cosmic Conservation | Conserved |
| Information · Personal Conservation | Non-conserved |
| Information · Granularity | not engaged |
Dimension-by-Dimension Evidence
What each work's passages reveal about its stance on each of the six dimensions.
Time
Opus Majus
Both eternal (divine) and created temporal order. Linear, uni-directional within nature.
Space
Opus Majus
Finite, local, three-dimensional. The optics studies light propagation through physical media.
Matter
Opus Majus
Substantival, conserved, local. The multiplication of species describes forms propagating through matter.
Observer
Opus Majus
Embodied, active empirical observer. Knowledge requires direct sensory experience and mathematical analysis.
Energy
Opus Majus
Finite, substantival. Species-multiplication is a theory of energetic propagation through media.
Information
Opus Majus
Preserved in texts but fragile; Bacon advocates language-learning and textual correction.
Internal Tensions
Where each work's argument pulls against itself.
The Opus Majus advocates experimental science but was composed for the Pope as a programme for the reform of Christian learning. The tension between empirical method and ecclesiastical authority runs through the entire work.