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.
A Discourse in Vindication of the Doctrine of the Trinity
Stillingfleet's 1696 defence of Trinitarian orthodoxy — the work that drew him into open dispute with Locke
Attribute Fingerprint
Rows where works disagree are highlighted in gold. The full ontology grid is shown.
| Attribute | A Discourse in Vindication of the Doctrine of the Trinity (Late) |
|---|---|
| Time · Extent | Finite |
| Time · Ontological Status | Substantival |
| Time · Grain | Continuous |
| Time · Freedom | Both |
| 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 | 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 | Immediate |
| Observer · Knowledge Retainment | Total |
| Observer · Physicality | Embodied |
| Observer · Agency | Active |
| Observer · Number | Plural |
| Observer · Metaphysical Agency | Limited |
| Observer · Moral Authority | Revelation |
| 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 | Conserved |
| Information · Granularity | Continuous |
Dimension-by-Dimension Evidence
What each work's passages reveal about its stance on each of the six dimensions.
Time
A Discourse in Vindication of the Doctrine of the Trinity
1696. Stillingfleet was 61 and Bishop of Worcester (since 1689); he would die three years later in 1699.
Space
A Discourse in Vindication of the Doctrine of the Trinity
London / Worcester — Stillingfleet held both the deanship of St Paul's (1678-89) and then the bishopric of Worcester (1689-99).
Matter
A Discourse in Vindication of the Doctrine of the Trinity
Theological-apologetic treatise (~270 pages in original). Form is sustained essay in three parts.
Observer
A Discourse in Vindication of the Doctrine of the Trinity
Late Stillingfleet as defender of Trinitarian orthodoxy. The observer-bishop is at the height of his theological-political authority but engaging in the late-1690s' resurgent Unitarian controversy.
Energy
A Discourse in Vindication of the Doctrine of the Trinity
Apologetic-controversial energies of the 1690s anti-Unitarian moment. The Toleration Act's loosening of dissent-restrictions had made the controversy more public.
Information
A Discourse in Vindication of the Doctrine of the Trinity
Single treatise plus the subsequent Locke exchange. The third-part metaphysical analysis is the most philosophically-influential material.
Internal Tensions
Where each work's argument pulls against itself.
The work that drew Locke into the longest extended philosophical exchange of his life. The four-round Locke-Stillingfleet exchange (1697-98) is one of the most important Locke-controversy documents and a major source for understanding the metaphysical implications of Locke's account of substance.