[100 *‡Philosophy, parapsychology and occultism, psychology

130 ManualioniUseiofiDeweyiDecimaliClassification [
130 vs. 200
170.92 vs. 171
180–190
Parapsychology and occultism vs. Religion
130 ManualioniUseiofiDeweyiDecimaliClassification [ Parapsychology[and[occultism 130[
Use 130 for para psy cho logi cal and oc cult phe nom ena if they are not pre sented as
re lig ious, or if there is doubt as to whether they have been so pre sented. Use 200
for works about para psy cho logi cal or oc cult phe nom ena if the author de scribes
them as re lig ious, or the be liev ers and prac ti tio ners con sider them to be re lig ious.
If in doubt, pre fer 130.
Use 130 for knowl edge re put edly de rived from se cret and an cient re lig ious texts
but not ap plied for re lig ious pur poses; how ever, use 200 for edi tions of the texts,
even if an no tated from an oc cult ist view point, e.g., dis cus sion of oc cult tra di tions
de rived from the Zo har 135.47, but the text of the Zo har 296.162. 170
Persons associated with ethics vs. Ethical systems
ManualioniUseiofiDeweyiDecimaliClassification [ Ethics 170[
Use 170.92 for bi og ra phy, col lected works, criti cal ap praisal of the work of an in -
di vid ual moral phi loso pher if the ethi cal sys tem rep re sented by the phi loso pher
can not be de ter mined. Use 171 for bi og ra phy, col lected works, criti cal ap praisal
if the ethi cal sys tem can be de ter mined, e.g., criti cal ap praisal of the eth ics of Jer -
emy Ben tham 171.5092. If in doubt, pre fer 170.92. 180
History, geographic treatment, biography
ManualioniUseiofiDeweyiDecimaliClassification [ Ancient,[medieval,[eastern[philosophy 180[
Class sin gle works by in di vid ual phi loso phers with the topic in phi loso phy. If
there is no fo cus on a spe cific topic, class a work ex press ing pri mar ily the phi -
loso pher’s own view point with the col lected works of the phi loso pher in
180–190, e.g., use 193 for a gen eral work by He gel, such as Phe nome nol ogy of
Spirit.
Class a work by an in di vid ual phi loso pher that is pri mar ily a dis cus sion of other
phi loso phers’ writ ings with the other phi loso phers’ writ ings. For ex am ple, use
190 for a work by a west ern phi loso pher that is mostly a criti cism of con tem po -
rary phi loso phers.
Use 100 for a work by an in di vid ual that takes a broad look at many ques tions in
phi loso phy and does not seek to ar gue for the in di vidu al’s own view point.
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