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Node types
Claim — What a side asserts. Mechanism — How the claimed effect happens. Evidence — Material that supports a step; linked to sources. Assumption — What must be true for the reasoning to work. Counterevidence — Material that challenges a step. Dashed outline. Rebuttal — A response to an attack. Impact — The consequence that follows. Value — Why the consequence matters. Weighing — How competing impacts are compared. Relationships
supports — Makes the target more likely or more important. challenges — Weakens or attacks the target. depends on — Only works if the target is true. qualifies — Limits the scope or strength of the target. leads to — Causes or produces the target. justifies — Explains why the target matters morally. conflicts with — The two cannot both be fully honoured. Lines labelled “(across sides)” connect a Proposition element to an Opposition element: these are the points where the two cases directly clash.