Mathematics, Phenomenology, Normative Science, Metaphysics

Jon Awbrey <[email protected]>
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I became curious about the recurrence of the following passage
from Peirce in internet discussions over the last dozen years.

Syllabus : Classification of Sciences (1.180-202, G-1903-2b)
• http://www.princeton.edu/~batke/peirce/cl_o_sci_03.htm

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|                                                                     |
|                                  o Metaphysics                      |
|                                 /|                                  |
|                                / |                                  |
|                               /  |                                  |
|            Normative Science o   |                                  |
|                             / \  |                                  |
|                            /   \ |                                  |
|                           /     \|                                  |
|              Mathematics o       o Phenomenology                    |
|                                                                     |
| Normative science rests largely on phenomenology and on mathematics;|
| metaphysics on phenomenology and on normative science.              |
|                                                                     |
| Charles Sanders Peirce, 'Collected Papers', CP 1.186 (1903)         |
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Here is just the sample of occurrences that I could find right off hand —

• 2000 Nov • Referenced in later posts but no longer live or archived
• 2004 Mar • http://stderr.org/pipermail/inquiry/2004-March/001262.html
• 2005 Jun • http://stderr.org/pipermail/inquiry/2005-June/002804.html
• 2010 May • http://cs.nyu.edu/pipermail/fom/2010-May/014789.html
• 2010 Jun • http://stderr.org/pipermail/inquiry/2010-June/003640.html
• 2011 Nov • http://stderr.org/pipermail/inquiry/2011-November/003730.html
• 2011 Dec • http://article.gmane.org/gmane.science.philosophy.peirce/7563

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