DownloadHypernomicon is a personal productivity/database application for researchers that combines structured note-taking, mind-mapping, management of files (e.g., PDFs) and folders, and reference management into an integrated environment that organizes all of the above into semantic networks or hierarchies in terms of debates, positions, arguments, labels, terminology/concepts, and user-defined keywords by means of database relations and automatically generated hyperlinks (hence ‘Hyper’ in the name).
Hypernomicon keeps track of all these things in a highly structured, thoroughly indexed and user friendly relational database, automatically generates semantic hyperlinks between all of them, and presents this information in many different forms so that you are constantly informed of ways all of your information is related that you had not realized.
Features
- PDF management
- File and folder management
- Note-taking and organizing
- Combines relational database features with hyperlink-based indexing
- Mind-mapping
- Argument-mapping
- Built-in PDF viewer
- Associate multiple works with single PDFs
- Associate multiple PDFs with single works
- Integrates with Zotero and Mendeley for reference management
- Access your database across multiple computers
- Cross-platform (Windows, Mac, and Linux)
- Free and open-source
- Created by an academic philosophy PhD
Project Samples
License
Apache License V2.0User Reviews
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It's a bit of a learning curve to use but it is so worth it. Watch the tutorial videos, start by using just the functionality you need and that you are comfortable with. You will discover that a wide array of philosophical note-taking and organisational activities can be achieved gracefully with Hypernomicon. The developer, Jason Winning, is very responsive and has already incorporated some of my suggestions into updated versions of the software.
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Like Otto’s notebook in Clark and Chalmer’s extended mind thought experiment (1988), Hypernomicon helps me manage the torrential flow of information and ideas as they relate to my scholarship. This personal database allows you to track authors, works, arguments and positions, definitions, and other classes of information. These categories are linked so that you can easily access an author’s profile or relevant text from, e.g., a given argument. I initially used Hypernomicon to help me get my bearings in a subfield that was outside of my AOS, mainly and modestly as a place to track positions and definitions of key terms. Over time, and as I became more comfortable with the software, I’ve gradually come to use more of the database’s functionality. For example, the fact that it is tightly integrated with the Zotero reference manager means that I can easily associate those definitions and positions with the texts from which they are sourced. The software’s capacities are well documented and easily grasped via tutorial videos. The few times I ran into a difficulty, the developer, Jason Winning, has been extremely helpful. I’m grateful to Winning for making this software available to the academic community. Joshua Rust, Philosophy, Stetson University