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Esoteric Methods in Philosophical Reasoning
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  • 1. Method characterized by logical analysis and linguistic precision
  • 2. Inference to the best explanation, coined by Peirce
  • 3. Study focusing exclusively on conscious experience
  • 7. Infer beyond known data by extending established patterns
  • 11. Philosophical method of systematic doubt and questioning
  • 12. Logical structure with two premises concluding a necessity
  • 13. Ancient method of logical argument alternately asserting and denying
  • 16. Combining ideas into a coherent whole
  • 19. Comparative reasoning based on similarity
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  • 4. Self-examination method investigating inner thoughts
  • 5. Method dissecting complex phenomena into simpler components
  • 6. Branch studying knowledge’s origin and limits
  • 8. Reasoning moving from universal premises to particular truths
  • 9. Interpretative framework for deciphering texts and meanings
  • 10. Proposed explanatory assumption subject to testing
  • 14. Observable occurrence considered in philosophical inquiry
  • 15. Philosophical process involving thesis, antithesis, synthesis
  • 17. Inferential leap from specific observations to general rules
  • 18. Model underlying a particular scientific or philosophical approach

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