Mike, List:

Glad to be of service!  In the meantime, you might review Peirce's
extensive discussion of "natural classes" and "natural classification" at
CP 1.203-231.

Regards,

Jon

On Thu, Sep 29, 2016 at 11:40 AM, Mike Bergman <[email protected]> wrote:

> Fantastic, Jon. That would be most helpful, especially since that is "new"
> information.
> Mike
>
> On 9/29/2016 11:32 AM, Jon Alan Schmidt wrote:
>
> Mike, List:
>
> As it happens, I am currently in the process of reading and transcribing R
> 1343, "Of the Classification of the Sciences, Second Paper, Of the
> Practical Sciences," once again thanks to the SPIN project (
> http://fromthepage.com/collection/show?collection_id=16).  So far, about
> 40 pages into it, it presents instead a classification of instincts; but if
> I remember right, it also includes some discussion about principles of
> classification.  I do not have my in-progress transcription with me at the
> office, but if I get a chance this evening, I will review it and post
> anything relevant that I find.
>
> Regards,
>
> Jon Alan Schmidt - Olathe, Kansas, USA
> Professional Engineer, Amateur Philosopher, Lutheran Layman
> www.LinkedIn.com/in/JonAlanSchmidt - twitter.com/JonAlanSchmidt
>
> On Thu, Sep 29, 2016 at 11:22 AM, Mike Bergman <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>> Hi List,
>>
>> Ben Udell recently quoted from this Peirce memoir:
>>
>> MEMOIR   27: OF METHODEUTIC
>>
>> [....]
>>
>> From Draft B - MS L75.279-280
>>
>> [....] Two other problems of methodeutic which the old logics usually
>> made almost its only business are, first, the principles of definition, and
>> of rendering ideas clear; and second, the principles of classification.
>> [End quote]
>>
>> I have only found spotty references by Peirce to the "principles of
>> classification" in my own online resources. Would anyone on the list care
>> (Edwina ? :) ) to provide any of their own known citations?
>>
>> Thanks in advance,
>>
>> Mike
>>
>
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