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Agora

Αγορά

The Athenian agora was where citizens met to question one another. This is its modern form: small, timed circles of 4–8 people near a place you choose, meeting online or in person to discuss an issue, or to work toward the definition of a civic concept.

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One circle, from issue to record

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An issue is posted

The member who starts the circle sets the issue: a concept to define, a local question, or anything worth discussing.

02

Online or in person

The member who starts the circle chooses. Online circles meet here on the site; in-person circles meet at a named place, such as a café or a square.

03

People nearby join

Circles belong to a place. Anyone searching within 100 m to 20 km of it can see the circle and take one of 4–8 seats.

04

The circle talks

Members talk freely, as in a chat. When the circle works on a definition, anyone can use the four moves below.

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It stays on record

When the time is up, the whole conversation is kept as the circle's record, including every definition proposed and the counterexamples raised against it.

Four moves for defining a concept

Ordinary messages are always allowed. When a circle works on a definition, these four moves keep the dialogue rigorous.

Proposal

A definition of the concept, stated in one sentence.

Refinement

A correction that keeps the definition but makes it more precise.

Counterexample

A case the definition includes but shouldn't, or excludes but should include.

Rival definition

A different definition altogether, offered as a better one.