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Comment author: larsyencken 09 April 2012 12:41:21AM 0 points [-]

I've tried Rationale before (http://rationale.austhink.com/), but unfortunately it's not free. It's good at organising evidence and counter-evidence, teasing out premises, and trying to ground each one.

With larger arguments, it helps a lot in keeping track of all the parts -- better than writing. Where it fell down was in comparing the relative weight of different pieces of evidence, or in general handling uncertainty.

Comment author: TheOtherDave 09 April 2012 01:11:42AM 0 points [-]

Mm. Not really interested in paying for the privilege at the moment.