Bradley Shoebottom Belief System Mind Map
In a discussion about non-hierachial ontologies, I was challenged how to come up with one. It was suggested I do my belief system. Here it is, and darn it, after the first 4 major concepts, it went hierachic. Maybe I have too much darn logic in my noodle (brain).
Here it is:
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September 22, 2008 at 10:32 am |
I’m beginning to wonder if our noodles are hierachical or if the software supports a more hierachical way of presenting it?
September 22, 2008 at 12:05 pm |
ailsa,
I think our brains are hierarchial or perhaps nature automatically lends itself to hierarchy. Just think of the food chain as a hierarchy. The animals certainly know it.
The software I think helps make it look more hierarchial than it is. I had to think about this structure for an hour. It was putting strucutre to what I thought was unstructured. At one point I thought my belief system was based on the 10 commandments but I was nto able to work that in well. My beliefs likely are becasue I am constanly reminding my son why we do and do not do certain things and my unstated knowledge framework is the 10 commandments.
September 22, 2008 at 3:11 pm |
I wouldn’t see hierarchies/ trees as an incompatible opposite of networks/ webs. They are a border case, and mixed forms like this map (containing a cross link) are very useful. The more certainty we need the more hierarchical topology will emerge (i. e., the connection strengths will be binary). So for a belief system its no surprise to become a tree. However, software and industrial office organization have indeed skewed the balance in our noodles unduly towards trees.
September 23, 2008 at 4:32 pm |
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