http://machinemachine.net/stream/feed en-us http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Sweetcron text@machinemachine.net http://www.egs.edu/faculty/giorgio-agamben/articles/what-is-a-paradigm/ ...we all make use of paradigms in our work, but do we really know what a paradigm is, and what does it mean to use a paradigm in philosophy, in the human sciences, or even in art? These are the questions I will try to answer today. Feuerbach once wrote that the philosophical element in each work is its Entvicklungsfahigkeit, literally, its capability to be developed. If a work, be it a work of science or art or scholarship has some value, it will contain this philosophical element. It is something which remains unsaid within the work but which demands… ]]> Fri, 30 Apr 2010 06:39:00 -0700 http://www.egs.edu/faculty/giorgio-agamben/articles/what-is-a-paradigm/ http://www.ipl.org/div/farq/plotFARQ.html Q: I’ve heard there are only 7 (or 5, 20, 36…) basic plots (or themes) in all of literature. What are they?

A: People often say that there are only a certain number of basic plots in all of literature, and that any story is really just a variation on these plots. Depending on how detailed they want to make a "basic" plot, different writers have offered a variety of solutions. Here are some of the ones we’ve found:

1 Plot | 3 Plots | 7 Plots | 20 Plots | 36 Plots ]]> Tue, 09 Mar 2010 16:35:00 -0700 http://www.ipl.org/div/farq/plotFARQ.html http://dresdencodak.com/2009/05/11/42-essential-3rd-act-twists/ Dresden Codak's handy comic-chart of '42 Essential Third-Act Twists' for writers. ]]> Wed, 21 Oct 2009 15:19:00 -0700 http://dresdencodak.com/2009/05/11/42-essential-3rd-act-twists/