Classification

Froeb (Denkenbuch) / traditional logic

The first dimension of systematic thinking — ordering things by types, kinds, categories. Classification answers the question "What is this?" or "What kind does this belong to?" It corresponds to the judgments of quality and quantity: "This is an X" (quality) and "This has Y-many features" (quantity).

Cross-references

Drei Dimensionen · Judgment · Quality · Quantity · Denkenbuch

Im buch

Ch. 10.7

Grenzen

Mere classification remains external — it does not say **why** something is classified this way or **how** the classes are connected. For that, the second dimension (Articulation) and third dimension (Relation) are needed.

Praktische beispiele

- Biological taxonomy (kingdom, phylum, class, order...) - Library catalogs (ordered by subject) - Diagnostics (Which type of illness is present?)

Systematischer ort

Classification logically corresponds to immediate judgments (Ch. 10.6–10.7) — the first steps of the explication of the concept. It is the simplest, yet indispensable, form of order.