Tip-ish: Loosely Mapping Argument/Evidence Devices
I have my own Bible software, in which a more sophisticated mapping of logic (or absence) is possible, for a given article.
But, I wondered, what if you used Visual Filters to at least highlight when an author is 'going to town'. This type of light-mapping doesn't imply anything 'wrong' ... just that he or she is having to go-lightly with whatever they're working with.
Below is a partial list of my 'Iffy Filter'. And then, as applied to a journal article on Nabeteans. Obviously, the choice of filtered words is relative to the goal. In my case, I watch for a 'blizzard' of qualifiers. The same writer, later in an article, can have very few qualifiers.
Some comments:
- Visual filters allow matching word forms. This saves work, but also can get messy. 'Impress' can highlight impression (good) or impression as in a clay form (not good).
- I use just 2 highlight styles, to avoid overlapping my own highlighting. It can get a bit busy, though, since the filter uses 'in-your-face' highlights.
- A modern 'mapping' interestingly, doesn't work well, as you go back in time. For example Josephus doesn't argue, as a modern scholar might.
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Nicely done.
Orthodox Bishop Alfeyev: "To be a theologian means to have experience of a personal encounter with God through prayer and worship."; Orthodox proverb: "We know where the Church is, we do not know where it is not."
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DMB, I've seen you mention mind maps and the like in other posts. Could you explain what your goal is with these highlights?
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Morgan said:
I've seen you mention mind maps and the like in other posts. Could you explain what your goal is with these highlights?
Well, from a practical standpoint, if you ever go hunting, it's to sort of follow a wandering track, without getting too buried in obfuscation. This is especially true with academics, that seem to lose their dependencies, re-emerging with a 'now that we've demonstrated ...'. Evidence dating often gets mired down in poor logic.
And when you see a cloud of 'iffy-highlighting' approaching, watch where the author tries to climb out. Last week on a book on Yehud (Persian period), the author never climbed out .... and admitted it. I didn't think he could.
Regarding the connect to mindmaps or similar, they simplify, so that like a prism, you can examine from different perspectives. Sometimes a new author causes the whole structure to need a redo. I've mentioned Fredericksen, but hers has demanded a complete multi-year re-design.
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