Session 01 · Claimed Ground
01.1 / FIELD NOTESCan anyone reason from nowhere?
Every conclusion begins somewhere. What beliefs are already operating before an argument begins?
Move 01 · Notice
Find the belief beneath the sentence.
Select each statement. Then identify the commitment it assumes before any supporting argument begins.
Underlying commitment
A claim about what may count as knowledge—not a conclusion reached by physical measurement.
Identifying a presupposition does not by itself prove it false. The next task is to ask whether it is warranted and where it leads.Move 02 · Examine
Is neutrality possible?
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→We interpret evidence through beliefs about what exists and what counts as knowledge.
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→Those beliefs cannot all be established by the same evidence they authorize.
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Honest inquiry names its starting commitments and gives reasons for trusting them.
Field notebook · Session 01
Name one foundational commitment you hold. What reasons do you have for trusting it?
Neutrality is not the absence of commitments; it often leaves our deepest commitments unnamed.