2 thinkers, books, and ideas connected to this field.
Plato's dialogue in which Socrates observes and comments on the sophists Euthydemus and Dionysodorus as they display their eristic art — demonstrating how sophistical argument can prove anything, refute anything, and disorient its hearers — as a contrast to genuine philosophical inquiry.
Adam D'Angelo and Charlie Cheever's Mountain View Q&A platform — designed to collect the world's knowledge by having experts answer questions — an early social knowledge platform.