The 16 Axes of the Spectrum of Reality

The ultimate model, adding the final dimensions of ultimate ground and epistemic access. Building on the 12 Axes, we add: Axis 13: Grounded-Ungrounded (reality rests on something vs. brute fact all the way down). Axis 14: Necessary-Contingent (reality must be this way vs. could have been otherwise). Axis 15: Knowable-Unknowable (reality can be understood vs. exceeds comprehension). Axis 16: One-Many (reality is unified vs. irreducibly plural). These sixteen axes generate 65,536 potential positions—enough to capture every metaphysical system, every religious worldview, every scientific cosmology, every philosophical speculation. The 16 Axes of the Spectrum of Reality reveal that the question "what is real?" isn't one question but sixteen—and every answer is a choice on each axis. The 16 Axes don't tell you which position is correct—they give you a language for understanding what any position actually claims. Every worldview is a choice on sixteen dimensions. The 16 Axes are the map of that choice space—the ultimate tool for understanding what you believe, what others believe, and what's really at stake when worldviews collide.

The 16 Axes of the Spectrum of Reality "You want to know if God is real. The 16 Axes ask: which God? Material or ideal? Objective or subjective? Absolute or relative? Deterministic? Continuous? Manifest? Eternal? Causal? Physical or mental? Value-laden? Purposeful? Infinite? Grounded? Necessary? Knowable? One or many? Sixteen questions, and every religion gives different answers. The 16 Axes don't answer whether God exists—they give you the vocabulary to ask what kind of God anyone is even talking about. And without that vocabulary, you're not even having the same conversation."

by Dumu The Void February 25, 2026