Fantastic, John. Sent from my iPhone
> On Aug 25, 2017, at 15:17, John F Sowa <s...@bestweb.net> wrote: > > I drew the attached CSPsciences.jpg to illustrate Peirce's > "Outline Classification of the Sciences", CP 1.180-202 > or EP 2.258-262 (1903). > > The dotted lines show dependencies: the category at the lower end of > each line depends on the one at the higher end. Only two sciences > have no dependencies on anything else: mathematics and phenomenology. > > From Peirce (CP 1.186, EP 2.259): >> Phenomenology ascertains and studies the kinds of elements universally >> present in the phenomenon; meaning by 'the phenomenon', whatever is >> present at any time to the mind in any way; Normative science distin- >> guishes what ought to be from what ought not to be, and makes many >> other divisions and arrangements subservient to its primary dualistic >> distinction; Metaphysics seeks to give an account of the universe of >> mind and matter. Normative science rests largely on phenomenology and >> on mathematics; Metaphysics on phenomenology and on normative science. > > Since Peirce's list includes philosophy, it's broader than the English > word 'science'. I put the word 'knowledge' at the top, since it is > broad enough to include the German Wissenschaft or the Latin scientia. > It's also broad enough to include unformalized knowledge. That breadth > is necessary to include history, which Peirce classified among the > "psychic sciences". > > Peirce included logic at two places in his classification. > As part of mathematics, logic is an abstract calculus for relating > propositions, independent of any application. But logic is also > a normative science for determining how people "ought" to reason > in order to preserve truth. > > I used the phrases 'empirical science' and 'organized experience' > to avoid Peirce's word 'idioscopy', which he took from Benthem (1843). > Even for the Century Dictionary (1891), that word was considered > too obscure or obsolete to include. I think it's time to retire it. > > Any comments, suggestions, or complaints are welcome. > > John > <CSPsciences..jpg> > > ----------------------------- > PEIRCE-L subscribers: Click on "Reply List" or "Reply All" to REPLY ON > PEIRCE-L to this message. PEIRCE-L posts should go to peirce-L@list.iupui.edu > . To UNSUBSCRIBE, send a message not to PEIRCE-L but to l...@list.iupui.edu > with the line "UNSubscribe PEIRCE-L" in the BODY of the message. More at > http://www.cspeirce.com/peirce-l/peirce-l.htm . > > > >
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