01 JAN 2010 by ideonexus
Arguments Aren't Necessarily Linear
Conceptually speaking, however, an argument is not a serial affair. It is sequential, I grant you, because some statements have to follow others, but this doesn't imply that its nature is neccesarily serial. We usually string Statement B after Statement A, with Statements C, D, E, F and so on following in that order--this is serial structuring of our symbols. Perhaps each statement logically followed from all those which preceded it on the serial list, and if so, then the conceptual structuri...Computers and hypertext overcome the serialization of information caused by the paper medium.