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.
On Certainty
The foundations of empirical knowledge lie in our forms of life — and our framework certainties cannot themselves be doubted within the system that depends on them
Attribute Fingerprint
Rows where works disagree are highlighted in gold. The full ontology grid is shown.
| Attribute | On Certainty (Latest) |
|---|---|
| Time · Extent | Infinite |
| Time · Ontological Status | Relational |
| Time · Grain | Continuous |
| Time · Freedom | Non-Deterministic |
| Time · Traversability | Linear |
| Time · Dimensionality | One |
| Time · Direction | Uni-directional |
| Space · Extent | Infinite |
| Space · Ontological Status | Relational |
| Space · Curvature | Flat |
| Space · Dimensionality | Three |
| Space · Locality | Local |
| Matter · Extent | Infinite |
| Matter · Ontological Status | Relational |
| Matter · Conservation | Conserved |
| Matter · Dimensionality | Three |
| Matter · Locality | Local |
| Observer · Time Instance | Single |
| Observer · Space Instance | Single |
| Observer · Knowledge Extent | Immediate |
| Observer · Knowledge Retainment | Immediate |
| Observer · Physicality | Embodied |
| Observer · Agency | Active |
| Observer · Number | Plural |
| Observer · Metaphysical Agency | None |
| Observer · Moral Authority | Experience |
| Observer · Theological Method | — |
| Energy · Extent | Infinite |
| Energy · Ontological Status | Substantival |
| Energy · Conservation | Conserved |
| Energy · Dispersibility | Irreversible |
| Information · Ontological Status | Relational |
| Information · Cosmic Conservation | Non-conserved |
| Information · Personal Conservation | Non-conserved |
| Information · Granularity | Continuous |
Dimension-by-Dimension Evidence
What each work's passages reveal about its stance on each of the six dimensions.
Time
On Certainty
Hinge certainties stand fast across temporal questioning. Time is real, relational, embedded in our practices.
Space
On Certainty
Standard everyday space; not theorised philosophically.
Matter
On Certainty
Real material objects are part of our framework certainties — "Here is a hand."
Observer
On Certainty
The On-Certainty observer is the embodied human whose certainties are embedded in forms of life — plural, active in practice. No metaphysical agency.
Energy
On Certainty
Not engaged.
Information
On Certainty
Framework certainties are the relational hinges of inquiry. No personal-conservation commitment.
Internal Tensions
Where each work's argument pulls against itself.
On Certainty represents a third Wittgenstein author-stage — distinct from both Tractatus and Investigations. The three-stage trajectory is now classifiable on this site as a compare-triple. The work's relation to the Investigations has been disputed: continuation, refinement, or substantive new direction.