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Title: Argumentative is software for manipulating Argument Maps for Windows
Post by: Software Santa on August 16, 2014, 10:32:46 PM
Argumentative is software for manipulating Argument Maps - the structural and visual representation of arguments.  For Windows Systems

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  Description  Reason is rare. The reasoning behind day to day decisions and important issues are often unknown, unadmitted or misunderstood.  Argumentative allows you to express an argument’s structure in a visual form which is simpler to understand.

 Features

    Graphically represent arguments
    Represent yourself clearly
    Export to RTF, Word and PowerPoint and web formats
    Create your own export

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Argumentative is software for manipulating Argument Maps - the structural and visual representation of arguments.
Argument maps help to make decisions clearer or assist in formulating a position on an issue.
There is a short movie for a quick introduction.  Click  here
 
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To see an introduction to the new features in 0.5 click  here
 
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Mind Mapping   There are a few main differences between Argument and Mind Maps.
Mind Maps deal with concepts and their relationships whereas an argument map is constructed from a premise with a number of reasons and objections.[/q]

    Argument maps use complete sentences (or should) whereas mind maps should use as few words as possible.

The tree structure used by Argumentative maps corresponds well to the structure used by the mind mapping software.  Cut, copy and paste has been tested between Argumentative and MindManager as well as FreeMind.
Mind mapping may be used to outline the domain of an argument, the related issues and concepts. Mind mapping may be used for the brain storming and may give the greater context of where an argument fits.
There are a number of good programs for Mind Mapping available.

http://argumentative.sourceforge.net/ (http://argumentative.sourceforge.net/)

http://sourceforge.net/projects/argumentative/ (http://sourceforge.net/projects/argumentative/)