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An argument is not the same thing as a quarrel. The goal of an argument is not to attack your opponent, or to impress your audience. The goal of an argument is to offer good reasons in support of your conclusion. Jim Pryor. CIA: Psychology of Intelligence Analysis. Farnam St Blog: An Introduction to Decision Making. Austhink on Critical Thinking - http:/ austhink.com/critical/. ChangingMinds.org on Types of Reasoning. Philosophy Professor Jim Pryor:. Good and Bad Forms of Argument. What is an Argument?

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As an administrator, you have the ability. To edit all statements in the discussion, including those made by other users. To add and edit users including editing email address, assigning them to groups, and initiating emails to allow users to sign up. To delete users if you delete a user who has written statements, the statements will remain part of the discussion and will be attributed to you. To hide and unhide discussions. To turn rating for a discussion on and off. You do not have the ability.

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Using Reports

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At the bottom of the screen you may see a reports menu. Reports are presented in table format. The table headings can be clicked to sort the rows from highest to lowest or vice versa . This report is a table of position statements with any subject tags and category tags. By sorting by tag, you can force all position statements with the same tags together. The average and standard deviation refer to the ratings of all users who have rated the statement. Position Statement List Report. Standard deviation i...

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Picking Topic and Discussion Norms

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Picking a topic and Starting a discussion. The choice of what to discuss and the boundaries of discussion influence the nature of the discussion. In private use the project manager chooses the topic and can give instructions to the users about what to discuss. In public use the originator can choose a topic, although the Clarimap Administrator may modify the initial contention in order to improve the discussion. What is a good discussion? 1) Don't bring up tangential or related issues in the main discuss...

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Contributing to Clarimap Discussions

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Clarimap organizes discussions as pyramids of position statements. At the top is a first position statement. Users then respond to the first or any other position statement with further position statements. The responding position statements can take a position: (Supporting or Opposing) or be background (Neutral) or clarifying (Neutral) All statements in Clarimap are called position statements, even those that provide purely non-controversial factual information. Q What is a Position Statement? A There a...

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Running Clarimap Discussions

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Clarimap is flexible to allow you to run your group however you want. To get the most out of Clarimap, we recommend two things: (1) Use of groups to segment your users and get maximum insight from reports and (2) Running the discussion in phases alternating between argument building and argument rating. In the Rating Phase, you can re-enable ratings and tell your participants to cast a critical eye on all statements. By limiting the ratings to a certain period of time, you encourage participants to g...

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Introduction to Elucirate Video. Please let us know how we can help you. Please complete the form below or call us at 1.800.295.3260 and let us know how we can help your organization Innovate, Communicate, Collaborate and Elucirate. For more information on Elucirate or to see how you can. Apply it for your organization contact us.

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Account Management and Code of Conduct

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Your project manager should give you a user name (not an email address) and password. Login is in the top right. This will take you to a page where you can see the discussions you are permitted to participate in. There is also a logout button for when you are finished. We don't ask for civility just so people will be nice to each other; it makes for better discussions. Are virtues we value. Mud-slinging is not. Nastiness in a comment doesn't just make the statement less persuasive. In the min...You might...