ArguMap - Map Arguments vs Symbols Logic Usage & Stats
Develop your critical thinking skills, construct stronger arguments, express your thoughts more effectively, and picture lines of reasoning via ArguMap!
Just as ordinary maps helps us to figure out where to go geographically, so argument maps help us to shine light on the landscape of reasoning. ArguMap, an app for mapping out arguments, has been specifically tailored and optimized to help people easily visualize their arguments and lines of reasoning. It allows people to lay out and explore on screen the essential ingredients of lines of reasoning / arguments: premises, conclusions, objections, counter-objections, and the expressions of the logical relations among all those claims.
ArguMap has the following features that make it superior to regular mind-mapping apps when it comes to mapping arguments:
* ArguMap allows its users easily to group claims together to show how they jointly provide reasons in favor of a conclusion. ArguMap makes that grouping of claims as easy as dragging them onto each other.
* ArguMap users can make use of connecting arrows specifically tailored to depicting how certain claims provide reasons *for* (solid green line) or *against* (dotted red line) other claims.
* With simple drags and taps, ArguMap users can easily group or ungroup claims, and connect or disconnect parts of a map. As a result, trying out different lines of reasoning is as easy as arranging pieces of paper on a table.
* With thicker or thinner connecting lines, ArguMap can show how some premises offer stronger or weaker reasons in favor of a conclusion.
* Individuals can provide feedback on the various parts of a map using virtual notes. Commented-on maps can then be shared with their creators via email, text, AirDrop, or various other sharing mechanisms.
The commenting and sharing features of ArguMap make it especially ideal for use by teachers and students who are working on improving the students' critical thinking and reasoning skills. Students can easily share their maps with their teachers. Teachers, in turn, can share commented-on maps back to their students.
Making use of ArguMap's native integration with the Files app, users can save their maps either locally on their own devices or online via cloud storage.
The free version of ArguMap allows all maps to be opened in read-only format. A free 30-day trial of the app's "Pro" features allows users to try out the powerful editing functionality of the app. An in-app purchase unlocks those Pro editing features for use beyond the trial period.
Note: in-app purchases in ArguMap are not currently shared via Family Sharing. If you are interested in Family Sharing, purchase ArguMap Pro instead.
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With Symbols, learning natural deduction and the rules of inference can be done on your mobile device. Whether you are completely new to the study of logic or want a refresher on the rules of inference, our Studycards help you learn and review; and our Activities help you improve and practice your skills.
Our Studycards include: Modus Ponens, Modus Tollens, Disjunctive Syllogism, and many more.
Our Activities include:
1. Validity: Validity sneakily uses repetition to teach the student the rules of inference. Let’s face it, repetition works effectively but it can often feel like a chore. The way Validity gives you the upside of repetition while minimizing its downside is by introducing you to novel arguments that have already been “solved”. You then have to determine if the solution applied every step correctly. Repetition is at the heart of skill-building, but to minimize the feeling of “wax on and wax off” until the student is bored and frustrated, the stimulus is novel and the part that feels most like work is already laid out for you. All you have to do is determine if the steps were applied correctly.
2. Justification: Justification hides at least one part of a step from the student, forcing the user to figure out which part or parts are missing and how they fit into the larger picture of what is provided. Whereas Validity sneakily ramps up your repetition, Justification entices your creativity with what looks like a bit of a puzzle. This is intended to not only keep the student engaged, but to deepen their understanding of the rules, and more precisely, their application within an argument.
3. Inference: Inference provides a user with only a set of premises and a final conclusion. By the time the student has reached Inference, their training wheels are completely off, and everything that they learned previously must be used to either mentally construct a valid argument with what is provided or come to the conclusion that one cannot be validly drawn. What is normally completed with a paper and pencil is completed at the speed of thought.
4. Translation: Translation aids the student in translating statements with indicator words and phrases into logical statements. Indicator words and phrases are commonly used in logic books and courses to help the student get a "sense" for how to translate a statement in a human language into a statement in logic. Translation breaks them down into a set of levels and allows the user to set new scores as they reach new levels of proficiency.
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ArguMap - Map Arguments VS. 
Symbols LogicDecember 31, 2024