Abductive Reasoning: what this star will be

Abductive Reasoning is a star on the Constellate sky: placed by meaning, named, and connected to the stars around it. This is the short form of its post: the line it carries, the area we colour Reasoning, and what stands beside it today.

The line it carries on the sky: Reason to the explanation that would best account for it.

What stands beside it

The stars nearest to it are Burden of Proof, First Principles Thinking, Inductive Reasoning and Narrative Fallacy, and First Principles Thinking and Steelmanning are already open to walk. When Abductive Reasoning opens, the conversation will land it among them, with a line drawn to each idea it touches.

Ask for this star

Every star is lit by demand. Ask for Abductive Reasoning and it moves up the list; when it opens, this post becomes the full essay. The open stars beside it can be walked today, and the first concept of every course is free.