New logical outlining tools

Started by Lucas on 4/12/2025
Lucas 4/12/2025 2:29 am
Buckeye mentioned the new MaxThink PERM implementation:

https://www.outlinersoftware.com/messages/viewm/46201

Somewhat apropos, there is a new free argument analysis template for Tana:

https://www.argumentacademy.com/argument-analyst-tana-template/

And the Roam Research discourse graph tool has been revived, along with plans for Notion and Obsidian implementations:

https://discoursegraphs.com/
Lucas 4/12/2025 10:04 pm
Of course there are many, and one can design one's own, but one more that is currently active:

https://github.com/UdaraJay/concept-explorer
Paul Korm 4/13/2025 2:29 pm
GPT4o claims to know how to apply the Toulmin hexagon framework, and can produce results similar to the Miller-Altshule template for Tana. Not surprising, since the Tana template uses ChatGPT (and, optionally, others) in the underlying Tana command structure.

Perhaps we should be skeptical about LLM argument-analyses results, due to the persistent lack of actual intelligence in the models. As Ronnie said - trust but verify.
Lucas 4/13/2025 7:53 pm
Right. LLMs are mimetic machines which reverse engineer the appearance of intelligence. Although they can be deceptive, they can also be useful if used with understanding.
Alexander Deliyannis 4/14/2025 6:58 am
Lucas wrote:
LLMs are mimetic machines which reverse engineer the appearance
of intelligence.


Hear, hear!