Develop your critical thinking skills, construct stronger arguments, express your thoughts more effectively, and picture lines of reasoning via ArguMap Pro!
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 Pro, 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 Pro has the following features that make it superior to regular mind-mapping apps when it comes to mapping arguments:
* ArguMap Pro allows its users easily to group claims together to show how they jointly provide reasons in favor of a conclusion. ArguMap Pro makes that grouping of claims as easy as dragging them onto each other.
* ArguMap Pro 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 Pro 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 Pro 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 Pro 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 Pro's native integration with the Files app, users can save their maps either locally on their own devices or online via cloud storage.
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What's New in ArguMap Pro
2.5.7
September 16, 2024
- You can now have a dark or tinted app icon on devices running the most recent version of iOS or iPadOS. To change the app icon, long-press in an empty space on your device home screen, tap the appearing "Edit" button, then the "Customize" button, to select the type of icons you'd like to display.
- Improvements in the scrollability of the print setup dialog box
If ArguMap Pro is useful to you, please take a moment to rate it and/or give it a nice review-- it's really appreciated.
I had high hopes for this app, but it crashes constantly, and the "save" function is terriible. After losing multiple drafts of my map, I had to give up.
Response from developer
Hi, ScrabbleLover266.
I am sorry that ArguMap Pro is exhibiting the behavior you describe-- that is not typical behavior for the app. Maps are autosaved, so there is usually not the need to save maps manually. I believe you might be the person I replied to via email on June 26 with info about finding saved maps and troubleshooting the app's crashing. If you were the person who emailed me, let me know if the steps in my two email replies were useful to you or if there are additional questions you have. If you weren't the person who emailed me, please feel free to send me an email message at appsolutelyfun@appsolutelyfun.com, and I'll reply with information to help troubleshoot the issue. Thank you, and have a good day.
