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Work #1240 · Early

The Crisis of Western Philosophy

Vladimir Solovyov
1874 · Russian
Philosophical dissertation · Russian religious philosophy / Slavophile-influenced tradition

Solovyov's 1874 master's thesis — critique of Western abstract-rationalist philosophy from Russian religious-philosophical standpoint

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Attribute The Crisis of Western Philosophy (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 Single
Observer · Space Instance Single
Observer · Knowledge Extent Partial
Observer · Knowledge Retainment Total
Observer · Physicality Embodied
Observer · Agency Active
Observer · Number Plural
Observer · Metaphysical Agency Personal
Observer · Moral Authority Revelation
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

The Crisis of Western Philosophy

The 1874 early-Solovyov Moscow University moment.

Space

The Crisis of Western Philosophy

The Moscow-University Russian-philosophical setting; the broader Russian religious-philosophical conversation.

Matter

The Crisis of Western Philosophy

The Western philosophical tradition whose proper-critical analysis the thesis undertakes.

Observer

The Crisis of Western Philosophy

Young Solovyov as proper Russian religious-philosophical critic.

Energy

The Crisis of Western Philosophy

The intellectual-religious energies of Russian religious-philosophical critique.

Information

The Crisis of Western Philosophy

The systematic critical-philosophical content of the dissertation.

Internal Tensions

Where each work's argument pulls against itself.

The Crisis of Western Philosophy

The Crisis of Western Philosophy has been variously assessed — defenders see foundational Russian religious-philosophical critique, Western-philosophical critics maintain that specific arguments against positivism and rationalism are inadequate.