Critical Thinking
Evidence-based critical thinking practices.
10 concepts in this area — each broken into concrete practices with the real mechanism, an honest read on the evidence, and how to practice it with IX Coach.
- Analogical Reasoning
How the mind transfers knowledge across domains — and how to do it accurately
- Argument Mapping
Making the structure of reasoning visible so you can test it, not just feel it
- Falsification Thinking
Test your beliefs the way scientists test hypotheses — by trying to break them
- Issue Tree Analysis
Decomposing problems completely, finding the key drivers, and avoiding analytical blind spots
- Motivated Reasoning
Why your brain argues for what it already believes — and what to do about it
- Productive Disagreement, Made Practical
How to argue better, think more clearly together, and update without losing face
- Socratic Questioning
Using disciplined questioning to expose assumptions, test evidence, and sharpen reasoning
- Steelmanning
Reconstructing the strongest version of opposing views to sharpen your own reasoning
- The Minto Pyramid Principle
Lead with the answer, support with grouped reasoning, communicate in pyramids not narratives
- The Scout Mindset
Wanting to see clearly, not to be right — and the habits that make it real
Practice this with IX Coach
7 days free, then $40/month (~$1.30/day).