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Exploration of Classification Systems: Understanding Francis Bacon and Melvil Dewey's Minds

Dive into the minds of Francis Bacon and Melvil Dewey, exploring the connections between imagination, poetry, memory, history, reason, and philosophy through classification systems like Dewey Decimal and Library of Congress. Discover the classification schemes in the fields of generalities, philosophy, psychology, religion, social sciences, arts, literature, and geography history.

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Exploration of Classification Systems: Understanding Francis Bacon and Melvil Dewey's Minds

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  1. Classification Systems MIT 026B Winter 2002

  2. Classification Schemes • Dewey Decimal Classification • Library of Congress Classification • Universal Decimal Classification • Bibliographic Classification

  3. Classification and the Mind: The Case of Francis Bacon and Melvil Dewey IMAGINATION POETRY MEMORY HISTORY REASON PHILOSOPHY

  4. 000 Generalities 100 Philosophy and Psychology 200 Religion 300 Social sciences 400 Language 500 Natural sciences and mathematics 600 Technology 700 The arts 800 Literature 900 Geography and history The 10 Classes of the Dewey Decimal System

  5. 200 Religion (General) 210 Philosophy and theory of religion 220 The Bible 230 Christianity 240 Xtian moral theology 250 Christian orders 260 Social and ecclesiastical theology 270 History of Xtianity 280 Christian denominations 290 Other religions The 10 Divisions of Religion in Dewey’s Scheme

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