Online argumentation

2022-11-03

There is no truth - only debate

The problem

Critical thinking and argumentation is hard. We should develop tools that allow people to collaborate in argument analysis over the internet.

How to get rid of invalid arguments?

Each user has a status:

• A newbie
• An arguer
• A moderator

The arguments of a newbie are not visible without a moderator acceptance. A user can be promoted to an arguer when he has entered enough moderator accepted arguments. An arguer can be promoted to a moderator.

The moderators must have efficient tools to moderate large amounts of arguments. It should be easy to mark argument as invalid in such a way that the arguer can understand and fix the error.

Design decisions

• Arguments should be presented without the name of the arguer so that they are not accepted or rejected based on it.

Links

• arguman.org ⬀
• fallacyfiles.org: Taxonomy of Logical Fallacies ⬀
• www.kialo.com ⬀

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