Arguman
Learning and science
argument mapping
SHOW HN2015
170points
61comments
#113of 2,565 in 2015
Top 5%of 2015 by points
How HN took it
CuriousMostly questions and neutral comments
11 positive, 20 neutral or asking, 4 mixed, 4 critical, out of 39 comments about the project. Thread score +0.17.
Idea: 10 for, 3 againstDesign: 0 for, 1 against
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Argument maps capture complex arguments better than essays
From 2 comments
I love argument maps, they work much better than an essay form at trying to capture the complex aspects of an argument. But, an additional editorial aspect would be nice. One…
lars512 on HNI've always wondered if there was a platform where we could have some standardized set of arguments regarding a proposition. Then, one would not need to tolerate repetitive…
arjie on HN
Objections
Subjective terms like 'freer' make claims hard to resolve
From 2 comments
There is lots of rich ground here to explore, but claims like "the GPL is freer than the BSD licence", will be open to a lot of subjectivity, due to there being no clear (or even…
jsprogrammer on HNThis really looks interesting, I really like its simplicity. However it feels like that the arguments should either support the given statement or its converse. I think there…
leni536 on HN
Platform could be gamed by spam or irrelevant counterarguments
From 2 comments
Fine example of the platform's weakness: http://en.arguman.org/there-is-no-such-thing-as-global-warming Inject enough irrelevant counterarguments and you get the same…
zbyte64 on HNIf you get the UI right and have reliably automated (even if user-sourced) tools for qualifying statements and disallowing (or rather, marking) logical fallacies, the users can…
jsprogrammer on HN
Requests
Add weighting or probability to arguments
From 2 comments
But.. however...because.. are too simple. There needs to be weighting. Why not use something like what law folks use to qualify arguments…
platz on HNI built something like this back in the day. It looks like it's lacking a weighing mechanism. This (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Subjective_logic) is a good formalized framework…
grizzles on HN
Support rooms or sub-arguments for discussion
From 2 comments
When will different branches get merged? ;) It is great to build the mind map and log the history just like `git` does. But people still need rooms to discuss more.
voaie on HNWe discussed about rooms, or maybe a structure like sub-arguments. it's in our roadmap.
tunavargi on HN
Questions
Can the project be self-hosted?
From 2 comments
Any chance of releasing the source? I'd love to be able to self-host this...
bobcostas55 on HNLooks like it's up here: https://github.com/arguman/arguman.org No idea how to install it, but take a look :)
joshschreuder on HN
Alternatives named
Wikipedia-style argument databases
From 1 comment
There should be a wikipedia for these. Argupedia.
joslin01 on HN