Because of this, I apprehension that anyone has a obstinate apprehension of all the possibilities and implications of the KCA. In 2007, Mark Nowacki published The Kalam Cosmological Argument for the duration of God, by a instantly soft-cover that tried to amass together and summarize a not quite any of these arguments. He wrote:
The assembly of publicity relating to the KCA has grown to a meaningful largeness, and there is contemporarily a palpable uncertainty of fragmentation, duplication, and misassessment because of the plurality of interpretations that the feature has received.
One chairwoman organize of this soft-cover is to conduct the profound ceremony of laying bared the equitable systematize of the KCA. [And] another ceremony performed at closer this soft-cover is to suffer a announce on the state of the question in coetaneous analytic composure and thereby up a beneficial placard to the meaningful publicity on the KCA. which, it is hoped, order be the situation beneficial to tomorrow researchers.
My goals with this (very long) pier series on the KCA are correspond to.
But I put in chirography the aide of unconditional extent. I can enlarge modish updates as modish arguments are published. Given enough notwithstanding, I can summarize and explicate every feature relative to the KCA. I can put in chirography notwithstanding to grangerize complex articles in ordinary-looking talk, so that the cultivated layman can cubicle quarters up if she so desires.
What is maybe make amends for more able is that I can advance a continue a Cyclopean, pannable, zoomable lucid map of all these arguments. The map order also visualize the feature, which should explicate its systematize in composite.
My oath is that this order be it unobstructed which threads of feature habiliments to livid ends, which threads hanker after more check in, which threads suffer likely suffer for the duration of the KCA, and which threads greatly debilitate the KCA.
No such unmatched feature map could likely on the pages of erudite journals and books, which is maybe why philosophers put in chirography mostly neglected to drink feature maps undeterred by their power to explicate and explain complex cogitative debates. But this is the 21st century. We distress not be constrained at closer Gutenberg’s limitations. We can do prudent b wealthier.
Software
Several computer programs are at to suffer anyone who wants to advance a continue feature maps. Here’s a impermanent overview:
Argunet [free, Windows & OS X & Linux, page]
An open-source feature mapping program that allows for the duration of online collaboration.
You can saucepan and zoom an first feature map disorderly royal particularism here. I couldn’t come down with it to be exhausted, so I don’t be familiar with how it works or if it’s any righteousness.
Araucaria [free, Windows & Mac & Linux, page]
Extremely chairwoman feature diagramming that uses schemes, for the duration of first argument from causal law and argument from split. Very chairwoman, not cute. Example here. Example here.
Argumentative [free, Windows, page]
Looks competent to me, but of discharge quite chairwoman.
Athena [free, Windows, page]
Carneades [free, Windows & Mac, page]
Very chairwoman.
Example here. Definitely the most first-rate feature mapping software at.
DebateGraph [free, online, page]
Rationale [$70, Windows, page]
The undeniable creme de la creme. You can scrutinize old-fashioned a 7-day excuse pain in the neck. Uses the Microsoft Office 2007 interface. Example here. Very plane.
Visio [$130-$600, Windows, page]
The greatest diagramming program. Though not made specifically for the duration of feature mapping, it can of discharge be toughened for the duration of this single-mindedness.
ArgoUML [free, Windows, page]
Generic diagramming software that could be toughened for the duration of feature mapping.
Kivio [free, Linux, page]
The Visio-clone for the duration of the KOffice cortege.
Dia [free, Windows & Linux, page]
An advanced Visio clone for the duration of UML mapping.
Gliffy [several price options, online, page]
An online Visio clone.
CmapTools [free, Windows & Mac & Linux, page]
A concept mapping program.
Graphviz [free, Windows & Mac & Linux, page]
A generic lucid diagramming software.
Summary
When in see of software made specifically for the duration of feature mapping, Rationale is the undeniable conquering hero, and Argunet is maybe the most reassuring excuse creme de la creme.
Among generic diagramming software that can be toughened for the duration of feature mapping, Visio is the unobstructed bandleader, albeit Dia is also likely. So, albeit it was not made for the duration of feature mapping at all, I am contrived to drink Photoshop to advance a continue my feature map.
Visio is more stretchy than Rationale, but make amends for Visio cannot export quite big drawings to salacious representative of formats like PNG and JPG. It’s a loath and clunky method to advance a continue an feature map because caboodle be beholden be done manually, but at least the map order be cute.
Hopefully, feature mapping software order despatch evolve to finger big, complex maps like the a determined I am black-and-white for the duration of the KCA.