(2021-06-15) Haklev Taking Argument Diagramming Free Course

Stian Haklev is starting the Argument Diagramming course from OLI. Going to be thinking about how this could be done in a Roam-native fashion... It's fun to see the detailed argument map (mine or theirs) juxtaposed with the text, which uses so many literary devices... Whether you agree or not, you have a lot of specific statements that you could contest, link to evidence for/against, etc... Seems that they combine text entry (similar to Argdown format) with a visual map (and the two are interlinked, click in outline to zoom to box), but also encourage students using this to map out an essay - they also provide essay templates etc.

Argument Diagramming — Open & Free course. Argument Diagramming provides an introduction to exploring and understanding arguments by explaining what the parts of an argument are, and how to break arguments into their parts and create diagrams to show how those parts relate to each other. (Argumentation Visualization)

By the end of the course, you will be able to think critically about arguments or claims and determine whether or not they are logical

In the section on non-deductive arguments, students are introduced to 4 basic argument types: statistical arguments, inductive arguments, abductive arguments, and arguments by analogy.