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Conceptual x-ray.

Conceptual analysis breaks ideas into parts to find necessary and sufficient conditions. It sharpens fuzzy concepts.

Philosophy Methods: How Thinkers Crack Hard Problems

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Thought experiments that bite.

Philosophers imagine cases and lean on intuitions to test theories. Counterfactual thinking reveals hidden costs.

Philosophy Methods: How Thinkers Crack Hard Problems