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.
Philosophy as Metanoetics (Zangedō to shite no tetsugaku)
Tanabe's 1946 foundational philosophy as repentance — Buddhist-Christian metanoetics after WWII
Attribute Fingerprint
Rows where works disagree are highlighted in gold. The full ontology grid is shown.
| Attribute | Philosophy as Metanoetics (Zangedō to shite no tetsugaku) (Late) |
|---|---|
| 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 | Personal |
| Observer · Moral Authority | Tradition |
| 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
Philosophy as Metanoetics (Zangedō to shite no tetsugaku)
The metanoetic time of repentance and resurrection.
Space
Philosophy as Metanoetics (Zangedō to shite no tetsugaku)
The space of Other-power mediation.
Matter
Philosophy as Metanoetics (Zangedō to shite no tetsugaku)
The embodied repentant philosopher.
Observer
Philosophy as Metanoetics (Zangedō to shite no tetsugaku)
The metanoetic philosopher.
Energy
Philosophy as Metanoetics (Zangedō to shite no tetsugaku)
Energies of Other-power (tariki).
Information
Philosophy as Metanoetics (Zangedō to shite no tetsugaku)
Buddhist-Christian metanoetic framework.
Internal Tensions
Where each work's argument pulls against itself.
Tanabe's metanoetics composed in response to his complicity in wartime nationalism — a major moral-philosophical act.