6. The invention of claim 1 wherein said input further comprises: a warrant associated with said hypothesis.
1. A system for facilitating a decision-making process comprising: a first computer having the computer readable program code means embodied on the first computer readable medium comprising: a first program code means for linking of a plurality of argument structure units into single hierarchial argument structure, wherein each of said argument structure unit includes data corresponding to a hypothesis and its corresponding counter-hypothesis; a second computer program code means for accepting inputs from a plurality of contributors and augmenting said inputs into said single hierarchial argument structure, wherein each input comprises data corresponding to at least one argument structure unit and that supports at least one of said hypothesis and the corresponding counter-hypothesis thereof; a third computer program means responsive to said second computer program code means and adapted to represent a degree of support for said hypothesis and said corresponding counter-hypothesis in said single hierarchial argument structure; and a fourth computer readable program code means responsive to said third computer readable program code means and adapted to visually display said degree of support for and against each claim in said single hierarchy; a plurality of contributor input programming means each stored in a computer readable medium located on one of a plurality of computers remote from said first computer, wherein each of said contributor input programming means comprises: programming means for accepting contributor input data from one of the plurality of contributors, wherein each input comprises data corresponding to at least one argument structure unit that supports at least one of said hypothesis and the corresponding counter-hypothesis thereof, and wherein said contributor input data are provided to said second computer program code means for combining into said single hierarchial argument structure.