{"id":193,"date":"2012-09-20T10:50:37","date_gmt":"2012-09-20T14:50:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sites.williams.edu\/miller\/?page_id=193"},"modified":"2012-10-01T09:18:32","modified_gmt":"2012-10-01T13:18:32","slug":"midworld","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sites.williams.edu\/miller\/writings-and-publications\/sources\/midworld\/","title":{"rendered":"The Midworld of Symbols and Other Objects<\/i>"},"content":{"rendered":"

Publication information: The Midworld of Symbols and Functioning Objects <\/em> (New York: W. W. Norton, 1982). The \u2018dead matter’ for this book is contained in Box 39 of the Miller Papers. All chapter titles are editorial additions unless specified otherwise.<\/p>\n

Below are the contents of the book. To go directly to a chapter, click on the numbered link.<\/p>\n

Return to main page of Sources<\/a>
\nAppendix on editorial marks<\/a><\/p>\n

Chapter 1<\/a> 2<\/a> 3<\/a> 4<\/a> 5<\/a> 6<\/a> 7<\/a> 8<\/a> 9<\/a> 10<\/a>
\nChapter 11<\/a> 12<\/a> 13<\/a> 14<\/a> 15<\/a> 16<\/a> 17<\/a> 18<\/a><\/h2>\n

 <\/p>\n

<\/a>Chapter 1.\u00a0 A Midworld.
\nEditorial Mark: C red g (4 GPB).
\nDocument Type: Unmailed letter to former student Mr. George P. Brockway.
\nPages: 7-8(\u00b61).
\nDate: 1977?
\nBox & Folder: MP 28:6.<\/p>\n

Editorial Mark: C. 1970? (4).
\nDocument Type: Unmailed letter to Professor of Philosophy Alburey Castell of the University of Minnesota.
\nPages: 8(\u00b62)-19.
\nDate: 1970?
\nBox & Folder: MP 18:10.<\/p>\n

Editorial Mark: C. 1975? red c (2).
\nDocument Type: Essay draft.
\nPages: 8 (footnote).
\nDate: 1975?
\nBox & Folder: MP 25:17.<\/p>\n

<\/a>Chapter 2.\u00a0 The Mystery of Appearance.
\nEditorial Mark: C. c (2).
\nDocument Type: Essay draft.
\nPages: 20-22(\u00b63) and 33(\u00b65)-35.
\nDate: Before 1970.
\nBox & Folder: MP 6:2.<\/p>\n

Editorial Mark: G 7\/19\/44 a (3).
\nDocument Type: Notes.
\nPages: 22(\u00b64)-33(amidst \u00b63 \u201cPine does. . .\u201d).
\nDate: 19 July 1944.
\nBox & Folder: MP 12:8.<\/p>\n

Editorial Mark: To Br\u00e9gy Nov. 1972.
\nDocument Type: Letter to former student Mr. Philip Br\u00e9gy.
\nPages: 33(amidst \u00b63 \u201c. . . not order space\u201d)-(end of \u00b63).
\nDate: 1972.
\nBox & Folder: MP 20:4.<\/p>\n

Editorial Mark: C. g 1977? (2).
\nDocument Type: Essay draft.
\nPages: 33 (\u00b64).
\nDate: 1977?
\nBox & Folder: MP 25:16.<\/p>\n

Editorial Mark: C. c (2).
\nDocument Type; Essay Draft.
\nPages: 33(\u00b65)-35.
\nDate: 1960s.
\nBox & Folder: MP 6:2.<\/p>\n

<\/a>Chapter 3.\u00a0 Spectacle and Spectator.
\nEditorial Mark: CAS-T.
\nDocument Type: Letter to Professor of Philosophy Alburey Castell of the University of Minnesota.
\nPages: 36-45(\u00b64).
\nDate: December 1971.
\nBox & Folder: MP 21:1.<\/p>\n

Editorial Mark: 6\/23\/54 a (3).
\nDocument Type: Notes.
\nPages: 45(\u00b65)-47.
\nDate: 23 June 1954.
\nBox & Folder: MP 14:8.<\/p>\n

<\/a>Chapter 4.\u00a0 Action and Order.
\nEditorial Mark: To GPB 5\/30\/68.
\nDocument Type: Letter to former student Mr. George P. Brockway.
\nPages: 48-52(\u00b62) and 55(\u00b62)-58.
\nDate: 30 May 1968.
\nBox & Folder: MP 30:4.<\/p>\n

Editorial Mark: C red e (4).
\nDocument Type: Unmailed letter.
\nPages: 52(\u00b63)-54(\u00b63).
\nDate: 1970s.
\nBox & Folder: MP 28:4.<\/p>\n

Editorial Mark: F. Hist. (4).
\nDocument Type: Unmailed letter.
\nPages: 54(\u00b64)-55(\u00b61).
\nDate: Prior 1060s.
\nBox & Folder: MP 19:1.<\/p>\n

<\/a>Chapter 5.\u00a0 Philosophy is Just Talk.
\nEditorial Mark: CAS-R.
\nDocument Type: Letter to Professor of Philosophy Alburey Castell of the University of Minnesota.
\nPages: 59-65.
\nDate: 1971?
\nBox & Folder: MP 21:1.
\nRemarks: My estimation of the date.<\/p>\n

<\/a>Chapter 6.\u00a0 \u201cExplaining\u201d Language.
\nEditorial Mark: To GPB May 3, 1968.
\nDocument Type: Letter to former student Mr. George P. Brockway.
\nPages: 66-75.
\nDate: 3 May 1968.
\nBox & Folder: MP 30:4.<\/p>\n

<\/a>Chapter 7.\u00a0 The Act as Unenvironed.
\nEditorial Mark: J. red d (4).
\nDocument Type: Unmailed letter.
\nPages: 76-77(\u00b62).
\nDate: 1970s.
\nBox & Folder: MP 29:12.
\nRemarks: Possibly a letter to Professor of Philosophy Alburey Castell of the University of Minnesota.<\/p>\n

Editorial Mark: C. red l (2).
\nDocument Type: Essay draft.
\nPages: 77(\u00b63)-82.
\nDate: 1970s.
\nBox & Folder: MP 25:26.
\nRemarks: Originally titled \u201cNote on Action as Unenvironed.\u201d<\/p>\n

<\/a>Chapter 8.\u00a0 The Environment as Actual.
\nEditorial Mark: To E. A. Hoyt Dec.? 1969.
\nDocument Type: Letter to former student Mr. Edward A. Hoyt.
\nPages: 81-89(\u00b62).
\nDate: September 1969.
\nBox & Folder: EAH 3.<\/p>\n

Editorial Mark: C. red d (4).
\nDocument Type: Unmailed letter.
\nPages: 89(\u00b63)-90.
\nDate: 1970s.
\nBox & Folder: MP 28:3.<\/p>\n

<\/a>Chapter 9.\u00a0 The \u201cPresupposition\u201d of Universals.
\nEditorial Mark: M. red s (3).
\nDocument Type: Notes.
\nPages: 91-92(\u00b62).
\nDate: 1970s.
\nBox & Folder: MP 27:24.<\/p>\n

Editorial Mark: C. red i (4).
\nDocument Type: Unmailed letter to Professor of Philosophy Alburey Castell of the University of Minnesota.
\nPages: 92(\u00b63)-102(\u00b62).
\nDate: 1970s.
\nBox & Folder: MP 28:8.<\/p>\n

Editorial Mark: C. 1975? red c (2).
\nDocument Type: Essay draft.
\nPages: 102(\u00b63).
\nDate: 1975?
\nBox & Folder: MP 25:17.<\/p>\n

<\/a>Chapter 10.\u00a0 The Form of the Actual.
\nEditorial Mark: F. 1\/15\/49 a (2).
\nDocument Type: Essay draft.
\nPages: 103-05(\u00b62).
\nDate: 15 January 1949.
\nBox & Folder: MP 3:16.<\/p>\n

Editorial Mark: 1970s a C. (red g) (2).
\nDocument Type: Essay draft.
\nPages: 105(\u00b63)-09(amidst \u00b63 \u201c. . .become impossible.\u201d).
\nDate: 1970s.
\nBox & Folder: MP 25:21.<\/p>\n

Editorial Mark: To GPB.
\nDocument Type: Letter to former student Mr. George P. Brockway.
\nPages: 109(amidst\u00b6 3 \u201cOne of the standing. . .\u201d)-10.
\nDate: 5 December 1974.
\nBox & Folder: MP 31:3.<\/p>\n

<\/a>Chapter 11.\u00a0 The Actuality of Ignorance.
\nEditorial Mark: CAS-G.
\nDocument Type: Letter to Professor of Philosophy Alburey Castell of the University of Minnesota.
\nPages: 111-17.
\nDate: May 1972?
\nBox & Folder: MP 20:7.
\nRemarks: My estimation of the date.<\/p>\n

<\/a>Chapter 12.\u00a0 The Constitutionally Incomplete.
\nEditorial Mark: X. red a (3).
\nDocument Type: Notes.
\nPages: 118-26.
\nDate: 1970s.
\nBox & Folder: MP 27:27.<\/p>\n

<\/a>Chapter 13.\u00a0 Facts and Artifacts.
\nEditorial Mark: C. red b (4) d [Nov. \u201874 GPB].
\nDocument Type: Unmailed letter to former student Mr. George P. Brockway.
\nPages: 127-40(amidst \u00b61 \u201c. . . nonparticular universal.\u201d).
\nDate: November 1974.
\nBox & Folder: MP 28:1.<\/p>\n

Editorial Mark: C. red b (4) c.
\nDocument Type: Unmailed letter to former student Mr. George P. Brockway.
\nPages: 140(amidst \u00b61 \u201cFunctioning objects. . .\u201d)-41(\u00b63).
\nDate: November 1974.
\nBox & Folder: MP 28:1.
\nRemarks:\u00a0 Fragment of same letter to former student Mr. George P. Brockway.<\/p>\n

Editorial Mark: X. a (3).
\nDocument Type: Notes.
\nPages: 141(\u00b64)-43.
\nDate: 1970s.
\nBox & Folder: MP 27:27.<\/p>\n

<\/a>Chapter 14.\u00a0 Matter.
\nEditorial Mark: K. red b 1975? (4).
\nDocument Type: Unmailed letter to former student Mr. George P. Brockway.
\nPages: 144-45(\u00b62).
\nDate: 1975?
\nBox & Folder: MP 29:16.<\/p>\n

Editorial Mark: CAS 7\/-\/72.
\nDocument Type: Letter to Professor of Philosophy Alburey Castell of the University of Minnesota.
\nPages: 145(\u00b63)-53.
\nDate: July 1972.
\nBox & Folder: MP 21:1.<\/p>\n

<\/a>Chapter 15.\u00a0 A Few Outlines.<\/p>\n

Outline 1<\/a> 2<\/a> 3<\/a> 4<\/a> 5<\/a> 6<\/a> 7<\/a> 8<\/a><\/p>\n

<\/a>i.\u00a0 Language.
\nEditorial Mark: C-H 1950-52 a (2-3).
\nDocument Type: Essay draft and notes.
\nPages: 154.
\nDate: 1950-53.
\nBox & Folder: MP 4:13.
\nRemarks:\u00a0 The correct editorial mark is indicated on the folder, G-H 1950-52 a (2-3).<\/p>\n

<\/a>ii.\u00a0 Symbols.
\nEditorial Mark: M. 1954-55 a (3).
\nDocument Type: Notes.
\nPages: 154-56.
\nDate: 23 March 1955.
\nBox & Folder: MP 14:12.<\/p>\n

<\/a>iii.\u00a0 Signs.
\nEditorial Mark: C-H 1950-52 a (2-3).
\nDocument Type: Essay draft and notes.
\nPages: 156-58.
\nDate: 1950-53.
\nBox & Folder: MP 4:13.
\nRemarks:\u00a0 The correct editorial mark is indicated on the folder, G-H 1950-52 a (2-3).<\/p>\n

<\/a>iv.\u00a0 The Cognitive Datum.
\nEditorial Mark: C. 3\/10\/56 (3).
\nDocument Type: Notes.
\nPages: 158-62.
\nDate: May 1956.
\nBox & Folder: MP 14:14
\nRemarks: Notes presented in a letter to Williams colleague, Professor of Philosophy Lawrence W. Beals.<\/p>\n

<\/a>v.\u00a0 The Locus of Necessity.
\nEditorial Mark: C. 3\/10\/56 (3).
\nDocument Type: Notes.
\nPages: 162-64.
\nDate: 10 March 1956.
\nBox & Folder: MP 14:14.<\/p>\n

<\/a>vi.\u00a0 The Environment of Knowledge.
\nEditorial Mark: C. 5\/1\/57 (3) J.
\nDocument Type: Notes.
\nPages: 164-68.
\nDate: 9 March 1957.
\nBox & Folder: MP 15:2.
\nRemarks: Notes intended for former student Mr.Marvin R.Weinstein.<\/p>\n

<\/a>vii.\u00a0 Analysis.
\nEditorial Mark: M 1954-55 a (3).
\nDocument Type: Notes.
\nPages: 168-69.
\nDate: 1954-55.
\nBox & Folder: MP 14:12.<\/p>\n

<\/a>viii.\u00a0 A General Guide to a Modern and Historical Philosophy.
\nEditorial Mark: M. red c 1975? (2).
\nDocument Type: Essay draft.
\nPages: 169-70.
\nDate: 1975?
\nBox & Folder: MP 24:6.<\/p>\n

<\/a>Chapter 16.\u00a0 A Few Paragraphs.<\/p>\n

Paragraph 1<\/a> 2<\/a> 3<\/a> 4<\/a> 5<\/a> 6<\/a> 7<\/a> 8<\/a> 9<\/a> 10<\/a> 11<\/a> 12<\/a> 13<\/a>
\nParagraph 14<\/a> 15<\/a> 16<\/a> 17<\/a> 18<\/a> 19<\/a> 20<\/a> 21<\/a><\/p>\n

<\/a>i.\u00a0 One Culture.
\nEditorial Mark: C. red g (4).
\nDocument Type: Unmailed letter.
\nPages: 171.
\nDate: 1970s.
\nBox & Folder: MP 28:6.<\/p>\n

<\/a>ii.\u00a0 Possibility.
\nEditorial Mark: F. 7\/27\/33 a (3).
\nDocument Type: Notes.
\nPages: 171.
\nDate: 3 February 1960.
\nBox & Folder: MP 9:12.<\/p>\n

<\/a>iii.\u00a0 Revelation.
\nEditorial Mark: M. ar (2).
\nDocument Type: Essay draft.
\nPages: 171.
\nDate: 1960s?
\nBox & Folder: MP 8:5.<\/p>\n

<\/a>iv.\u00a0 The Past.
\nEditorial Mark: M. ar (2).
\nDocument Type: Essay draft.
\nPages: 172.
\nDate: 1960s?
\nBox & Folder: MP 8:5.<\/p>\n

<\/a>v.\u00a0 Induction.
\nEditorial Mark: H. red a 1978 (4) GPB.
\nDocument Type: Unmailed letter to former student Mr. George P. Brockway.
\nPages: 172.
\nDate: 1978.
\nBox & Folder: MP 29:4.<\/p>\n

<\/a>vi.\u00a0 Knowledge Never Stops.
\nEditorial Mark: M. red e (2).
\nDocument Type: Essay draft.
\nPages: 172.
\nDate: 1970s.
\nBox & Folder: MP 24:8.<\/p>\n

<\/a>vii.\u00a0 Saying So.
\nEditorial Mark: M. red g (4) EAH.
\nDocument Type: Unmailed letter to former student Mr. Edward A. Hoyt.
\nPages: 172.
\nDate: 1970s.
\nBox & Folder: MP 29:24.<\/p>\n

<\/a>viii.\u00a0 Authority.
\nEditorial Mark: M. red g (4) EAH.
\nDocument Type: Unmailed letter to former student Mr. Edward A. Hoyt.
\nPages: 172-73.
\nDate: 1970s.
\nBox & Folder: MP 29:24.<\/p>\n

<\/a>ix.\u00a0 Physics.
\nEditorial Mark: M. red g (4) EAH.
\nDocument Type: Unmailed letter to former student Mr. Edward A. Hoyt.
\nPages: 173.
\nDate: 1970s.
\nBox & Folder: MP 29:24.<\/p>\n

<\/a>x.\u00a0 Form in Mathematics.
\nEditorial Mark: C. 5\/1\/57 (3) Ga.
\nDocument Type: Notes.
\nPages: 173-75.
\nDate: 1957.
\nBox & Folder: MP 15:2.<\/p>\n

<\/a>xi.\u00a0 The Abstract.
\nEditorial Mark: JWM 4\/25\/76.
\nDocument Type: Notes.
\nPages: 175.
\nDate: 25 April 1976.
\nBox & Folder: MP 27:21.
\nRemarks:\u00a0 The editorial mark on the folder is M. red p 4\/25\/76 (3).<\/p>\n

<\/a>xii.\u00a0 No Data Without Structure.
\nEditorial Mark: M. red h (4) GPB.
\nDocument Type: Unmailed letter to former student Mr. George P. Brockway.
\nPages: 175.
\nDate: 1970s.
\nBox & Folder: MP 29:25.<\/p>\n

<\/a>xiii.\u00a0 Only a Little Space.
\nEditorial Mark: M. red h (4) GPB.
\nDocument Type: Unmailed letter to former student Mr. George P. Brockway.
\nPages: 176.
\nDate: 1970s.
\nBox & Folder: MP 29:25.<\/p>\n

<\/a>xiv.\u00a0 Control.
\nEditorial Mark: C. red g (4) GPB.
\nDocument Type: Unmailed letter to former student Mr. George P. Brockway.
\nPages: 176.
\nDate: 1970s.
\nBox & Folder: MP 28:6.<\/p>\n

<\/a>xv.\u00a0 Luring.
\nEditorial Mark: C. red g (4) GPB.
\nDocument Type: Unmailed letter to former student George P. Brockway.
\nPages: 176.
\nDate: 1970s.
\nBox & Folder: MP 28:6.<\/p>\n

<\/a>xvi.\u00a0 Telling the Difference.
\nEditorial Mark: C. 5\/1\/57 (3) BB.
\nDocument Type: Notes.
\nPages: 176.
\nDate: 1 May 1957.
\nBox & Folder: MP 15:2.<\/p>\n

<\/a>xvii.\u00a0 Sentences.
\nEditorial Mark: C. 5\/1\/57 (3) CC.
\nDocument Type: Notes.
\nPages: 176.
\nDate: 1 May 1957.
\nBox & Folder: MP 15:2.<\/p>\n

<\/a>xviii.\u00a0 Absolute Negation.
\nEditorial Mark: To Br\u00e9gy 11\/-\/72.
\nDocument Type: Letter to former student Mr. Philip Br\u00e9gy.
\nPages: 177.
\nDate: November 1972.
\nBox & Folder: MP 20:4.<\/p>\n

<\/a>xix.\u00a0 Words.
\nEditorial Mark: To Br\u00e9gy 6\/-\/76.
\nDocument Type: Letter to former student Mr. Philip Br\u00e9gy.
\nPages: 177.
\nDate: June 1975.
\nBox & Folder: MP 20:4.<\/p>\n

<\/a>xx.\u00a0 Rejection.
\nEditorial Mark: M. red j 1\/8\/72 (4) Bass.
\nDocument Type: Unmailed letter.
\nPages: 177.
\nDate: 8 January 1972.
\nBox & Folder: MP 29:27.<\/p>\n

<\/a>xxi.\u00a0 The Defense of Freedom.
\nEditorial Mark: J. red d (4) Castell.
\nDocument Type: Unmailed letter to Professor of Philosophy Alburey Castell of the University of Minnesota.
\nPages: 177.
\nDate: 1970s.
\nBox & Folder: MP 29:12.<\/p>\n

<\/a>Chapter 17.\u00a0 A Catechism for Epistemology.
\nEditorial Mark: C. 1955 (2) M. 1954-55 a (3).
\nDocument Type: Essay draft.
\nPages: 178-84.
\nDate: 28 April 1955.
\nBox & Folder: MP 4:17.
\nRemarks: Edited product taken from two versions, one of which was originally sent to a former student, Professor of Philosophy Robert Gahringer.\u00a0 See MP 4:17 for related editorial correspondence between Mr. George P. Brockway and Professor Gahringer.<\/p>\n

<\/a>Chapter 18.\u00a0 In Sum.
\nEditorial Mark: C. 1970s a (2).
\nDocument Type: Essay draft.
\nPages: 185(\u00b61).
\nDate: 1970?
\nBox & Folder: MP 25:21.<\/p>\n

Editorial Mark: M. 1\/-\/29 a (3) 11\/7\/33.
\nDocument Type: Notes.
\nPages: 185(\u00b62)-86(\u00b61).
\nDate: January 1929.
\nBox & Folder:<\/p>\n

Editorial Mark: CAS-C.
\nDocument Type: Letter to Professor of Philosophy Alburey Castell of the University of Minnesota.
\nPages: 186(\u00b62)-87(\u00b61).
\nDate: 19 May 1962.
\nBox & Folder: MP 20:7.<\/p>\n

Editorial Mark: C. red j (2).
\nDocument Type: Essay draft.
\nPages: 187(\u00b62)-(amidst \u00b63 \u201c. . . why court it?\u201d).
\nDate: 1970s.
\nBox & Folder: MP 25:4.<\/p>\n

Editorial Mark: CAS-D.
\nDocument Type: Letter to Professor of Philosophy Alburey Castell of the University of Minnesota.
\nPages: 187(amidst \u00b63 \u201cIt is not. . .\u201d)-89(\u00b66).
\nDate: 28 May 1968.
\nBox & Folder: MP 20:7.<\/p>\n

Editorial Mark: CAS-U.
\nDocument Type: Letter to Professor of Philosophy Alburey Castell of the University of Minnesota.
\nPages: 189(\u00b67)-92.
\nDate: 1 May 1973.
\nBox & Folder: MP 21:1.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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