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1. Socrates in the Labyrinth

   Socrates in the Labyrinth is a wide-ranging exploration of the relationships between hypertext, thought, and argument. Does hypertext present alternatives to the logical structures of if-then, claim and support? Is hypertext a mere expository tool, that cannot alter the essence of discussion and proof? Or is hypertext essentially unsuited to rigorous argument?

   Kolb's discussion is a nuanced, creative approach to these and other questions. Kolb points up the history of nonlinearity in philosophical work, from the Socratic dialogues through Hegel, and the variety of forms that philosophical discussion can take. Kolb's discussion -- and the structures of Socrates itself -- show that hypertext is not only a "super-encyclopedia" that leaves the essence of argument unchanged. But his keen understanding of both hypertext and postmodernism also shows that the relation between hypertext and "the end of the text" is more complex than is sometimes claimed. Socrates in the Labyrinth embodies several hypertext structures showing possibilities for writing and thought in the new medium.

   (Source: Eastgate Systems Inc., catalogue copy)

   Scott Rettberg - 26.06.2013 - 12:53

2. In Small & Large Pieces

   In Small & Large Pieces is a short poetic hypertext fiction, a gothic angle of “Through the Looking Glass” by Lewis Carroll. This work interacts with the reader through making them keep using the “return key”. This way the work keeps the reader actively focused on what is happening through the six chapters:

   Chapter 1: The Effect of Living Backwards

   Chapter 2: Injury & Breakage

   Chapter 3: Anna, Phantomwise

   Chapter 4: The Unified Parent

   Chapter 5: Scrambled Eggs

   Chapter 6: The Mirror Shattered

   All together this poetry collection contains 13 short, lyrical poems.

   Astrid Ensslin - 21.04.2021 - 13:46

3. Quam Artem Exerceas?

   Quam Artem Exerceas? (Latin for "what do you do for a living?") refers to a question the physician Bernardino Ramazzini, also known as "the father of occupational medicine", often asked his patients to identify work-related causes of diseases they presented with. The work is a scholarly hypertext essay that represents aspects of scientific historiography and aims for maximum scholarly clarity and cohesion.

   With the use of a navigation pane on the left side of the screen, users can traverse the different contextual sections of the treatise easily and can learn about enlightenment thought, early industrial inventions, and early modern litterature art.

    

   Vegard Aarøen Frislid - 01.10.2021 - 19:49