Citation

Horita M, Enoto T, Iwahashi N. Sociotechnica 2003; 1: 67-76.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2003, The University of Tokyo, Sociotechnology Research Network)

DOI

10.3392/sociotechnica.1.67

PMID

unavailable

Abstract

This paper proposes a pluralist approach to visualization of policy discourse. Argumentation support systems have been applied to political decision-making by visualizing the logical and linguistic structure of arguments. It is further needed that, in order to produce a better collective understanding of complex societal problems, such argumentation support systems have the capability of highlighting value conflicts based on different perspectives. The proposed methodology extracts those lines of arguments which are mutually exclusive but nevertheless each worth exploring. It has been applied to public arguments in a quasi-governmental committee. The paper reports on the outcome of the case study and discusses its implication for socio-technical systems.

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