Classification systems function like surrealist art in revealing new relationships

Evidence

Any classification system or taxonomy is surrealistic; for surrealistic art also depends on bringing together incongruous or anachronistic facts, which nevertheless somehow snap together to illuminate new relationships. — Schafer, Murray R, The Soundscape- Our Sonic Environment…, 458

Categorization

• SEED: An essay angle: treating field sound catalogs as surrealist portraits where unrelated sounds snap together to reveal patterns.
• corroborated: 2 independent passages support this claim — Schafer, Murray R, The Soundscape- Our Sonic Environment…, 458
• XREF: connects to: Historical synthesis by a single mind reveals deep connections across eras — Bertrand Russell, History of Western Philosophy, 31; Representation is a distinct, identifiable category or principle; Weber’s elective-affinity method relocated ideology analysis from content to structural homology (+7 more)

Broader Connections

• Lévi-Strauss’s deep structure decouples meaning from observable social relations #expands (0.60)
• Articulated unity relates parts through differences and subordination, not identity #expands (0.60)
• Classification systems constitute infrastructures with political consequences in AI training. #exemplifies (0.55) — , The Braided Reading EPUB, 1526
• Historical synthesis by a single mind reveals deep connections across eras #complicates (0.40) — Bertrand Russell, History of Western Philosophy, 31
• Representation is a distinct, identifiable category or principle #expands (0.40)