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.
The Concept of Truth in Formalized Languages
Tarski's 1933/35 foundational paper on the semantic theory of truth — "snow is white" is true iff snow is white
Attribute Fingerprint
Rows where works disagree are highlighted in gold. The full ontology grid is shown.
| Attribute | The Concept of Truth in Formalized Languages (Mid) |
|---|---|
| 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 | Both |
| Observer · Number | Plural |
| Observer · Metaphysical Agency | None |
| Observer · Moral Authority | Reason |
| 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
The Concept of Truth in Formalized Languages
The eternal time of truth-predicate semantic relation.
Space
The Concept of Truth in Formalized Languages
The formal-semantic space of object and meta language.
Matter
The Concept of Truth in Formalized Languages
The world spoken of in language.
Observer
The Concept of Truth in Formalized Languages
The semantic theorist.
Energy
The Concept of Truth in Formalized Languages
Energies of semantic satisfaction.
Information
The Concept of Truth in Formalized Languages
Foundational semantic-truth framework.
Internal Tensions
Where each work's argument pulls against itself.
Tarski's semantic theory of truth foundational for Davidson, Quine, Williamson, and analytic philosophy of language.