Encyclopedia of Opinion
Question
What are the most useful skills to learn while social distancing?
Position‹2 of 5›
Writing skills
Argument‹4 of 4

Create a Parlia map

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The argument

Creating a Parlia map will enable you and others to collaboratively participate in arguments, and therefore have a deeper understanding of any topic of your choosing. As a collective effort, there is a high possibility for growth. The progression of life depends on differing opinions and the expression of them. Parlia maps can help you increase your writing skills by learning how to take large amounts of information and condense it into a clear and concise argument.

Premises

[P1]Creating a Parlia map lets you and others collaboratively participate in arguments, deepening your understanding of any chosen topic through collective effort. [P2] Doing so builds writing skills by teaching you to take large amounts of information and condense it into a clear, concise argument. [C] Therefore creating a Parlia map is a useful writing skill to learn while social distancing.

Counter-arguments

None here.

Rejecting the premises

[Rejecting P1] Collaborative argument mapping is said to deepen understanding, which is a claim about the activity's effect and is offered without support. The premise is also about comprehension rather than writing, so it bears on the recommendation only if understanding a topic and writing about it are the same skill. [Rejecting P2] Condensing a mass of information into a clear argument is a genuine skill, but it is one component of writing and not the component most forms of it require: structure, register, narrative and revision are absent from the description altogether. Summarising, note-taking, essay writing and editing would all build the same capacity, and no reason is given to prefer this route. [Rejecting C] The conclusion also inherits its setting: the recommendation is made on the platform for building these maps, which is a reason to argue the case more carefully rather than less. The argument carries no counter-argument at all, so nothing has yet been weighed against it.