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- 1-1a5a A real essay doesn’t take a position and then defend it (deductive). It starts with a question (abductive), in trying to figure something out.
- 1-1a6 To live is to live like a detective
Related:
- On abduction
- 1-1a4b2 Problems arise only when you reason via abduction
- 1-2e You literally MAKE a decision by creating the best explanation that you can from the web of ideas that you have at the moment (i.e., abduction-guessing)
- 2-1a6c5 ‘Randomness’ is the opportunity to reason abductively
- 5-1b1a4b The extreme version of the two-job route is dangerous, because you postpone the abductions
- 9-2a2 You have to figure out where you are going by living abductively via surprises
- 9-4b1 Writing is abduction repeated
- 9-4b1a Abductions are historic events. Real writing is history being written.