Publication information: The Midworld of Symbols and Functioning Objects (New York: W. W. Norton, 1982). The ‘dead matter’ for this book is contained in Box 39 of the Miller Papers. All chapter titles are editorial additions unless specified otherwise.
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Chapter 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
Chapter 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18
Chapter 1. A Midworld.
Editorial Mark: C red g (4 GPB).
Document Type: Unmailed letter to former student Mr. George P. Brockway.
Pages: 7-8(¶1).
Date: 1977?
Box & Folder: MP 28:6.
Editorial Mark: C. 1970? (4).
Document Type: Unmailed letter to Professor of Philosophy Alburey Castell of the University of Minnesota.
Pages: 8(¶2)-19.
Date: 1970?
Box & Folder: MP 18:10.
Editorial Mark: C. 1975? red c (2).
Document Type: Essay draft.
Pages: 8 (footnote).
Date: 1975?
Box & Folder: MP 25:17.
Chapter 2. The Mystery of Appearance.
Editorial Mark: C. c (2).
Document Type: Essay draft.
Pages: 20-22(¶3) and 33(¶5)-35.
Date: Before 1970.
Box & Folder: MP 6:2.
Editorial Mark: G 7/19/44 a (3).
Document Type: Notes.
Pages: 22(¶4)-33(amidst ¶3 “Pine does. . .”).
Date: 19 July 1944.
Box & Folder: MP 12:8.
Editorial Mark: To Brégy Nov. 1972.
Document Type: Letter to former student Mr. Philip Brégy.
Pages: 33(amidst ¶3 “. . . not order space”)-(end of ¶3).
Date: 1972.
Box & Folder: MP 20:4.
Editorial Mark: C. g 1977? (2).
Document Type: Essay draft.
Pages: 33 (¶4).
Date: 1977?
Box & Folder: MP 25:16.
Editorial Mark: C. c (2).
Document Type; Essay Draft.
Pages: 33(¶5)-35.
Date: 1960s.
Box & Folder: MP 6:2.
Chapter 3. Spectacle and Spectator.
Editorial Mark: CAS-T.
Document Type: Letter to Professor of Philosophy Alburey Castell of the University of Minnesota.
Pages: 36-45(¶4).
Date: December 1971.
Box & Folder: MP 21:1.
Editorial Mark: 6/23/54 a (3).
Document Type: Notes.
Pages: 45(¶5)-47.
Date: 23 June 1954.
Box & Folder: MP 14:8.
Chapter 4. Action and Order.
Editorial Mark: To GPB 5/30/68.
Document Type: Letter to former student Mr. George P. Brockway.
Pages: 48-52(¶2) and 55(¶2)-58.
Date: 30 May 1968.
Box & Folder: MP 30:4.
Editorial Mark: C red e (4).
Document Type: Unmailed letter.
Pages: 52(¶3)-54(¶3).
Date: 1970s.
Box & Folder: MP 28:4.
Editorial Mark: F. Hist. (4).
Document Type: Unmailed letter.
Pages: 54(¶4)-55(¶1).
Date: Prior 1060s.
Box & Folder: MP 19:1.
Chapter 5. Philosophy is Just Talk.
Editorial Mark: CAS-R.
Document Type: Letter to Professor of Philosophy Alburey Castell of the University of Minnesota.
Pages: 59-65.
Date: 1971?
Box & Folder: MP 21:1.
Remarks: My estimation of the date.
Chapter 6. “Explaining” Language.
Editorial Mark: To GPB May 3, 1968.
Document Type: Letter to former student Mr. George P. Brockway.
Pages: 66-75.
Date: 3 May 1968.
Box & Folder: MP 30:4.
Chapter 7. The Act as Unenvironed.
Editorial Mark: J. red d (4).
Document Type: Unmailed letter.
Pages: 76-77(¶2).
Date: 1970s.
Box & Folder: MP 29:12.
Remarks: Possibly a letter to Professor of Philosophy Alburey Castell of the University of Minnesota.
Editorial Mark: C. red l (2).
Document Type: Essay draft.
Pages: 77(¶3)-82.
Date: 1970s.
Box & Folder: MP 25:26.
Remarks: Originally titled “Note on Action as Unenvironed.”
Chapter 8. The Environment as Actual.
Editorial Mark: To E. A. Hoyt Dec.? 1969.
Document Type: Letter to former student Mr. Edward A. Hoyt.
Pages: 81-89(¶2).
Date: September 1969.
Box & Folder: EAH 3.
Editorial Mark: C. red d (4).
Document Type: Unmailed letter.
Pages: 89(¶3)-90.
Date: 1970s.
Box & Folder: MP 28:3.
Chapter 9. The “Presupposition” of Universals.
Editorial Mark: M. red s (3).
Document Type: Notes.
Pages: 91-92(¶2).
Date: 1970s.
Box & Folder: MP 27:24.
Editorial Mark: C. red i (4).
Document Type: Unmailed letter to Professor of Philosophy Alburey Castell of the University of Minnesota.
Pages: 92(¶3)-102(¶2).
Date: 1970s.
Box & Folder: MP 28:8.
Editorial Mark: C. 1975? red c (2).
Document Type: Essay draft.
Pages: 102(¶3).
Date: 1975?
Box & Folder: MP 25:17.
Chapter 10. The Form of the Actual.
Editorial Mark: F. 1/15/49 a (2).
Document Type: Essay draft.
Pages: 103-05(¶2).
Date: 15 January 1949.
Box & Folder: MP 3:16.
Editorial Mark: 1970s a C. (red g) (2).
Document Type: Essay draft.
Pages: 105(¶3)-09(amidst ¶3 “. . .become impossible.”).
Date: 1970s.
Box & Folder: MP 25:21.
Editorial Mark: To GPB.
Document Type: Letter to former student Mr. George P. Brockway.
Pages: 109(amidst¶ 3 “One of the standing. . .”)-10.
Date: 5 December 1974.
Box & Folder: MP 31:3.
Chapter 11. The Actuality of Ignorance.
Editorial Mark: CAS-G.
Document Type: Letter to Professor of Philosophy Alburey Castell of the University of Minnesota.
Pages: 111-17.
Date: May 1972?
Box & Folder: MP 20:7.
Remarks: My estimation of the date.
Chapter 12. The Constitutionally Incomplete.
Editorial Mark: X. red a (3).
Document Type: Notes.
Pages: 118-26.
Date: 1970s.
Box & Folder: MP 27:27.
Chapter 13. Facts and Artifacts.
Editorial Mark: C. red b (4) d [Nov. ‘74 GPB].
Document Type: Unmailed letter to former student Mr. George P. Brockway.
Pages: 127-40(amidst ¶1 “. . . nonparticular universal.”).
Date: November 1974.
Box & Folder: MP 28:1.
Editorial Mark: C. red b (4) c.
Document Type: Unmailed letter to former student Mr. George P. Brockway.
Pages: 140(amidst ¶1 “Functioning objects. . .”)-41(¶3).
Date: November 1974.
Box & Folder: MP 28:1.
Remarks: Fragment of same letter to former student Mr. George P. Brockway.
Editorial Mark: X. a (3).
Document Type: Notes.
Pages: 141(¶4)-43.
Date: 1970s.
Box & Folder: MP 27:27.
Chapter 14. Matter.
Editorial Mark: K. red b 1975? (4).
Document Type: Unmailed letter to former student Mr. George P. Brockway.
Pages: 144-45(¶2).
Date: 1975?
Box & Folder: MP 29:16.
Editorial Mark: CAS 7/-/72.
Document Type: Letter to Professor of Philosophy Alburey Castell of the University of Minnesota.
Pages: 145(¶3)-53.
Date: July 1972.
Box & Folder: MP 21:1.
i. Language.
Editorial Mark: C-H 1950-52 a (2-3).
Document Type: Essay draft and notes.
Pages: 154.
Date: 1950-53.
Box & Folder: MP 4:13.
Remarks: The correct editorial mark is indicated on the folder, G-H 1950-52 a (2-3).
ii. Symbols.
Editorial Mark: M. 1954-55 a (3).
Document Type: Notes.
Pages: 154-56.
Date: 23 March 1955.
Box & Folder: MP 14:12.
iii. Signs.
Editorial Mark: C-H 1950-52 a (2-3).
Document Type: Essay draft and notes.
Pages: 156-58.
Date: 1950-53.
Box & Folder: MP 4:13.
Remarks: The correct editorial mark is indicated on the folder, G-H 1950-52 a (2-3).
iv. The Cognitive Datum.
Editorial Mark: C. 3/10/56 (3).
Document Type: Notes.
Pages: 158-62.
Date: May 1956.
Box & Folder: MP 14:14
Remarks: Notes presented in a letter to Williams colleague, Professor of Philosophy Lawrence W. Beals.
v. The Locus of Necessity.
Editorial Mark: C. 3/10/56 (3).
Document Type: Notes.
Pages: 162-64.
Date: 10 March 1956.
Box & Folder: MP 14:14.
vi. The Environment of Knowledge.
Editorial Mark: C. 5/1/57 (3) J.
Document Type: Notes.
Pages: 164-68.
Date: 9 March 1957.
Box & Folder: MP 15:2.
Remarks: Notes intended for former student Mr.Marvin R.Weinstein.
vii. Analysis.
Editorial Mark: M 1954-55 a (3).
Document Type: Notes.
Pages: 168-69.
Date: 1954-55.
Box & Folder: MP 14:12.
viii. A General Guide to a Modern and Historical Philosophy.
Editorial Mark: M. red c 1975? (2).
Document Type: Essay draft.
Pages: 169-70.
Date: 1975?
Box & Folder: MP 24:6.
Paragraph 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13
Paragraph 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21
i. One Culture.
Editorial Mark: C. red g (4).
Document Type: Unmailed letter.
Pages: 171.
Date: 1970s.
Box & Folder: MP 28:6.
ii. Possibility.
Editorial Mark: F. 7/27/33 a (3).
Document Type: Notes.
Pages: 171.
Date: 3 February 1960.
Box & Folder: MP 9:12.
iii. Revelation.
Editorial Mark: M. ar (2).
Document Type: Essay draft.
Pages: 171.
Date: 1960s?
Box & Folder: MP 8:5.
iv. The Past.
Editorial Mark: M. ar (2).
Document Type: Essay draft.
Pages: 172.
Date: 1960s?
Box & Folder: MP 8:5.
v. Induction.
Editorial Mark: H. red a 1978 (4) GPB.
Document Type: Unmailed letter to former student Mr. George P. Brockway.
Pages: 172.
Date: 1978.
Box & Folder: MP 29:4.
vi. Knowledge Never Stops.
Editorial Mark: M. red e (2).
Document Type: Essay draft.
Pages: 172.
Date: 1970s.
Box & Folder: MP 24:8.
vii. Saying So.
Editorial Mark: M. red g (4) EAH.
Document Type: Unmailed letter to former student Mr. Edward A. Hoyt.
Pages: 172.
Date: 1970s.
Box & Folder: MP 29:24.
viii. Authority.
Editorial Mark: M. red g (4) EAH.
Document Type: Unmailed letter to former student Mr. Edward A. Hoyt.
Pages: 172-73.
Date: 1970s.
Box & Folder: MP 29:24.
ix. Physics.
Editorial Mark: M. red g (4) EAH.
Document Type: Unmailed letter to former student Mr. Edward A. Hoyt.
Pages: 173.
Date: 1970s.
Box & Folder: MP 29:24.
x. Form in Mathematics.
Editorial Mark: C. 5/1/57 (3) Ga.
Document Type: Notes.
Pages: 173-75.
Date: 1957.
Box & Folder: MP 15:2.
xi. The Abstract.
Editorial Mark: JWM 4/25/76.
Document Type: Notes.
Pages: 175.
Date: 25 April 1976.
Box & Folder: MP 27:21.
Remarks: The editorial mark on the folder is M. red p 4/25/76 (3).
xii. No Data Without Structure.
Editorial Mark: M. red h (4) GPB.
Document Type: Unmailed letter to former student Mr. George P. Brockway.
Pages: 175.
Date: 1970s.
Box & Folder: MP 29:25.
xiii. Only a Little Space.
Editorial Mark: M. red h (4) GPB.
Document Type: Unmailed letter to former student Mr. George P. Brockway.
Pages: 176.
Date: 1970s.
Box & Folder: MP 29:25.
xiv. Control.
Editorial Mark: C. red g (4) GPB.
Document Type: Unmailed letter to former student Mr. George P. Brockway.
Pages: 176.
Date: 1970s.
Box & Folder: MP 28:6.
xv. Luring.
Editorial Mark: C. red g (4) GPB.
Document Type: Unmailed letter to former student George P. Brockway.
Pages: 176.
Date: 1970s.
Box & Folder: MP 28:6.
xvi. Telling the Difference.
Editorial Mark: C. 5/1/57 (3) BB.
Document Type: Notes.
Pages: 176.
Date: 1 May 1957.
Box & Folder: MP 15:2.
xvii. Sentences.
Editorial Mark: C. 5/1/57 (3) CC.
Document Type: Notes.
Pages: 176.
Date: 1 May 1957.
Box & Folder: MP 15:2.
xviii. Absolute Negation.
Editorial Mark: To Brégy 11/-/72.
Document Type: Letter to former student Mr. Philip Brégy.
Pages: 177.
Date: November 1972.
Box & Folder: MP 20:4.
xix. Words.
Editorial Mark: To Brégy 6/-/76.
Document Type: Letter to former student Mr. Philip Brégy.
Pages: 177.
Date: June 1975.
Box & Folder: MP 20:4.
xx. Rejection.
Editorial Mark: M. red j 1/8/72 (4) Bass.
Document Type: Unmailed letter.
Pages: 177.
Date: 8 January 1972.
Box & Folder: MP 29:27.
xxi. The Defense of Freedom.
Editorial Mark: J. red d (4) Castell.
Document Type: Unmailed letter to Professor of Philosophy Alburey Castell of the University of Minnesota.
Pages: 177.
Date: 1970s.
Box & Folder: MP 29:12.
Chapter 17. A Catechism for Epistemology.
Editorial Mark: C. 1955 (2) M. 1954-55 a (3).
Document Type: Essay draft.
Pages: 178-84.
Date: 28 April 1955.
Box & Folder: MP 4:17.
Remarks: Edited product taken from two versions, one of which was originally sent to a former student, Professor of Philosophy Robert Gahringer. See MP 4:17 for related editorial correspondence between Mr. George P. Brockway and Professor Gahringer.
Chapter 18. In Sum.
Editorial Mark: C. 1970s a (2).
Document Type: Essay draft.
Pages: 185(¶1).
Date: 1970?
Box & Folder: MP 25:21.
Editorial Mark: M. 1/-/29 a (3) 11/7/33.
Document Type: Notes.
Pages: 185(¶2)-86(¶1).
Date: January 1929.
Box & Folder:
Editorial Mark: CAS-C.
Document Type: Letter to Professor of Philosophy Alburey Castell of the University of Minnesota.
Pages: 186(¶2)-87(¶1).
Date: 19 May 1962.
Box & Folder: MP 20:7.
Editorial Mark: C. red j (2).
Document Type: Essay draft.
Pages: 187(¶2)-(amidst ¶3 “. . . why court it?”).
Date: 1970s.
Box & Folder: MP 25:4.
Editorial Mark: CAS-D.
Document Type: Letter to Professor of Philosophy Alburey Castell of the University of Minnesota.
Pages: 187(amidst ¶3 “It is not. . .”)-89(¶6).
Date: 28 May 1968.
Box & Folder: MP 20:7.
Editorial Mark: CAS-U.
Document Type: Letter to Professor of Philosophy Alburey Castell of the University of Minnesota.
Pages: 189(¶7)-92.
Date: 1 May 1973.
Box & Folder: MP 21:1.
