Welcome to Parmenides

The Parmenides e-participation forum structures proposals for political action, to allow the results to be computationally analysed.

Welcome to the Parmenides e-participation forum. Parmenides is a system for deliberative democracy that allows the government to present policy proposals to the public (or a specific focus group) and lets the public submit their opinion on the policy and it's justification.

Parmenides exploits two methods of argument representation; Argumentation schemes, to structure policy proposals; and Argumentation Frameworks, to diagramatically analyse the opinions submitted by users.

Current Debates

To participate in one of our debates, click the link below to visit the relevant webpage:

Should more speed cameras be installed on UK roads?
Should we invade Iraq?
Should the fox-hunting ban be repealed?
Should chickens cross the road?--Development Test
Should the law on digitising and Internet searching of works held in libraries be clarified?

Previous Debates

The debates below have ended, but you can see their positions by clicking the links below:

Decreto Legislativo Numero 270 (Italian)