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Inthispaperwefocusonaparticularkindofweb-basedcollaborativemappingplatformknownasArgumentMappingTools(henceforthAMTs).AMTsprovideaweb-baseduserinterfacethatallowsuserstoco-create,navigateandeditargumentmaps.Anargumentmapisarepresentationofreasoninginwhichtheevidentialrelationshipsamongclaimsaremadewhollyexplicitusinggraphicalorothernon-verbaltechniques(vanGelder,2003).Theyaresupposedtobeparticularlysuitedtorepresentcontroversialdebatesbecausetheyallowuserstorepresentcontroversialpointofviewinacoherentstructuresmadeupofalternativepositionsonanissueatstakewiththeirassociatedchainsofprosandconsarguments.WhiledifferentstudieshaveprovedthatAMTsmayprovideorganizationswithseveraladvantages(Skyrme,1998;Novak,1998;Conklin,2003),theyhavenotreceivedwidespreaddiffusion.Possibleexplanationsofthelimitedsuccessofonlineargumentationasacollaborativetechnologyinvolvefactorssuchasthesteeplearningthataverageusersarerequiredtoclimbtobeproficientwithknowledge
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