Facet Theory and the Mapping Sentence: Evolving Philosophy, Use and Application

123 Pages·2014·1.12 MB·English

by  Paul M. W. Hackett (auth.)

Facet Theory and the Mapping Sentence
DOI: 10.1057/9781137345929.0001
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Facet Theory and the
Mapping Sentence:
Evolving Philosophy,
Use and Application
Paul M.W. Hackett
DOI: 10.1057/9781137345929.0001
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Islands loom large in the life of the research, thinking
and writing that form this book’s content. The first of
these is the unique city of Gloucester and to peaceful
living on the ‘Island’. The second island is that of
Bermuda in its splendid isolation. Both have allowed
my thoughts to come more readily.
This book is dedicated to Jessica.
Shinbone Alley,
St George,
Bermuda
April, 2014.
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Contents
List of Figures viii
Acknowledgements ix
1 Introduction 1
2 Ontological Categorisation and Mereology 10
Human assessment 11
Categories and the properties of
experiential events 12
Mathematical, computing, artificial
intelligence and library classification
approaches 13
Sociological approaches 15
Psychological approaches 16
Personal Construct Theory 17
Philosophical approaches to categories 17
Mereology: facet theory and
relationships between categories 27
Neuroscience and categories 28
Conclusions 35
3 Facet Theory and Thinking about Human
Behaviour 41
Generating knowledge in facet theory:
a brief overview 42
What is facet theory? 43
Facets and facet elements 45
The mapping sentence 45
Designing a mapping sentence 47
Narrative 49
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Contents vii
Roles that facets play 54
Single-facet structures: axial role and modular role 54
Polar role 56
Circumplex 57
Two-facet structures 58
Radex 58
Three-facet structures 60
Cylindrex 60
Analysing facet theory research 60
Conclusions 60
4 Evolving Facet Theory Applications 66
The evolution of facet theory 67
Mapping a domain: the mapping sentence as a
stand-alone approach and integrative tool 67
Making and understanding fine art 68
Defining the grid: a mapping sentence
for grid images 69
Facet sort-technique 75
Facet mapping therapy: using the mapping sentence
and the facet structures to explore client issues 77
Research program coordination 80
Conclusions and Future Directions 83
Glossary of Terms 85
Bibliography 92
Index 107
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List of Figures
1.1 Initial mapping sentence for academic dialogue 5
2.1 Aristotle’s ten categories 20
2.2 Kant’s categories 25
2.3 Lowe’s four-category ontology 26
3.1 Initial mapping sentence for Aristotle’s ten
categories of being 48
3.2 Initial mapping sentence for the
‘Mise-en-Scène’ of narrative 51
3.3 Facet role axial 56
3.4 Facet role: modular 57
3.5 Facet role: polar 58
3.6 Facet role: polar + modular 59
4.1 Mapping sentence for defining grid image
variation 69
4.2 Painting ‘8033’ 72
4.3 Facet roles for the mapping sentence for
defining grid image variation 74
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Acknowledgements
Numerous people are deserving of thanks for helping
me with the preparation of this manuscript. I gratefully
thank Professors Gordon Foxall and Yael Fisher for
reviewing the manuscript and Jessica Schwarzenbach for
her comments. I am indebted to Dr. Anna Marmodoro, a
philosopher and fellow of Corpus Christie, and Professor
Sibyl Schwarzenbach from City University New York, both
of whom discussed philosophical concepts with me. I offer
thanks to Andrew Messing of Harvard University, and to
Joachim Pimiskern for their comments upon neuroscien-
tific aspects of the manuscript.
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