Talk:Argument map

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[edit] Proposed page move

I propose that this page, currently at "Argument maps" should be move to "Argument map" to conform with WP naming conventions regarding plurals of nouns. The page cannot be moved by a non-administrative user because the redirect page Argument map has a history. Grumpyyoungman01 22:07, 15 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Explanation needed

Someone needs to write something about how these "argument maps" are contructed and interpreted. They don't make any sense to me. 85.224.198.207 (talk) 14:19, 26 November 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Is it really not a stub?

As the stub tag has been removed, I'll not add it unilaterally, but it's really an inadequate treatment of the subject.

Where did they come from? What is the history? Are there competing formats? Who developed this one? Is there a standard maintained by some professional organization? Are improvements planned?

How do you read it? How do you construct it? What are the strengths of this particular design? Its weaknesses? What are the differenced and similarities in the way one represents the main contention, premises, co-premises, objections, rebuttals and lemmas?

Who uses this? What professions are they? Has any group abandoned this in favor of another argument visualization scheme? Does this arrangement have any name other than the generic "Argument map"?

How is it used in teaching? In tackling wicked problems?

I hope you can see why I considered throwing a "stub" tag on this, (before I reviewed the edit history). Mdotley 18:54, 31 May 2007 (UTC)

Ok so there is more to say about argument mapping, I am just not the person to say it. Thanks for the message. - Grumpyyoungman01 23:34, 31 May 2007 (UTC)