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Dramatism by Mind Map: Dramatism

1. Associated logics for critical inquiry

1.1. Fantasy

1.1.1. chained out

1.1.2. eventually becoming a rhetorical vision

1.2. pentadic analysis

1.2.1. act, scene, etc.

1.2.2. ratios determine perspective

1.3. Narrative paradigm

1.3.1. Not so much a methodology, but a different perspective on humanity's social activity

1.3.1.1. narrative fidelity

1.3.1.2. narrative probability

1.3.2. synthetic; incorporates/explains traditional views of rationality

2. Problems addressed

2.1. Nature of humanity

2.1.1. symbol using/misusing animal

2.1.1.1. Action/motion

2.1.1.1.1. conscious

2.1.1.1.2. unconscious

2.1.1.1.3. Action is fundamentally social; we always orient ourselves towards others

2.1.2. self as a polarity

2.1.2.1. physical being

2.1.2.2. symbolic self; identity

2.2. Nature of the world

3. Logology

3.1. Burke

3.1.1. Religious connotation, but secularized

3.2. Words about words

3.2.1. possibly a methodology

3.2.2. Words have real, if immaterial force

3.2.3. Reality of rhetorical form

3.2.3.1. performance of/through language

3.2.3.2. symbolic motivation

3.3. McGee

3.3.1. Ideograph

3.3.1.1. Manifestation of ideology

3.3.1.2. Building block of ideology

3.3.1.3. diachronic - history linking past meanings to present ones

3.3.1.4. synchronic - links between ideologies in the present

3.3.1.5. Appeals to higher a higher order allows for understanding; yet, variations that are culture dependent create differences in perceptions of higher order ideographs (e.g. survival of the body vs. survival of the soul)