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1. Philosophy / E. Nature of Metaphysics / 3. Metaphysical Systems
Super-ordinate disciplines give laws or principles; subordinate disciplines give concrete cases [Peirce, by Atkin]
     Full Idea: In Peirce's system, a super-ordinate discipline provides general laws or principles for subordinate disciplines, which in turn provide concrete examples of those general laws.
     From: report of Charles Sanders Peirce (works [1892]) by Albert Atkin - Peirce 1 'System'
     A reaction: Does he really mean that subordinate disciplines have no principles or laws? That can't be right.