The Classification of Things (Phenomena)

Guiding Principles for Classifying Phenomena

The classification below is still a work in progress. In particular, some of the natural sciences are treated summarily. In cases where notation is not provided, further expansion of the schedules is (especially) anticipated. Nevertheless, it has been found that these schedules are adequate to the task of classifying the bulk of the human science literature at least.

We begin with the human sciences (only because that was where BCC was first developed):

A. Art

C. Culture

E. Economy

G. Genetic Predisposition

H. Health and Population

I. Individual Differences

N: Non-Human Environment

P. Politics

S. Social Structure

T. Technology and Science

In the spirit of integrative levels, the individual level (G and I) is distinguished from the societal level above. We can now turn to the natural sciences, and proceed in the order of integrative levels:

X. Mathematical Concepts

W. Waves and Particles

M. Molecules and Elements

R. Rocks

Z. Celestial Objects

B. Biological Entities

F. Flora and Fauna

Acknowledgment: I thank Hannah Friesen, who drafted the F schedule, and revised several of the B schedules, while serving as my RA in 2020-1.