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license: odc-by
language:
- en
---

# Arguments & Debates

Carefully chosen argumentative texts suitable for exercising argument mapping and logical analysis.

Chosen and postprocessed from great sources that can be accessed online:

- different editions of "Pros and Cons - A Debater's Handbook"
- Britannica's procon.org
- NYT column "Room for Debate" via I. Habernal's ARC task repo 🙏
- Debatabase by idebate.net

Subset categories:

- `arguments-*`: one main argument per text
- `debates-*-handful`: 3-5 arguments per text
- `debates-*-full`: 5+x arguments per text

## Licensing Information

This **collection** is released under the **Open Data Commons Attribution License (ODC-By) v1.0** [license](https://opendatacommons.org/licenses/by/1-0/).