Abstract
This chapter poses a currently unanswered question; from it, I develop a Top Goal and Context for a Goal Structure. It is a conjecture for which we can argue. By decomposing this Top Goal and its Sub-Goals, we can see where Evidence is available and where it is weak or missing. The Goal Structure enables us to test the argument; we can see where more work needs to be done in support of the conjecture and where we have done sufficient for the current purpose. In this chapter, I use the example to illustrate how an argument may be made more compelling by introducing additional evidence from an independent source.
This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution to check access.
Access this chapter
Tax calculation will be finalised at checkout
Purchases are for personal use only
References
Coon GL (1967) “The Devil in the Dark” is episode 25 of the original series of Gene Roddenberry’s Star Trek, first aired in March 1967
Doppler C (1843) Über das farbige Licht der Doppelsterne und einiger anderer Gestirne des Himmels (On the coloured light of the binary stars and some other stars of the heavens). In: Proceedings of the Bohemian Society of Sciences
Drake F, Sobel D (1993) Is anyone out there? Souvenir Press Ltd, London
Southey R (1834) The doctor (Contains the first print version of The Story of the Three Bears)
Author information
Authors and Affiliations
Corresponding author
Rights and permissions
Copyright information
© 2012 Springer-Verlag London Limited
About this chapter
Cite this chapter
Spriggs, J. (2012). A More Interesting Example. In: GSN - The Goal Structuring Notation. Springer, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4471-2312-5_10
Download citation
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4471-2312-5_10
Published:
Publisher Name: Springer, London
Print ISBN: 978-1-4471-2311-8
Online ISBN: 978-1-4471-2312-5
eBook Packages: EngineeringEngineering (R0)