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Articulate the warrant—the principle connecting evidence…
Articulate the warrant—the principle connecting evidence to claim—at each step in a reasoning chain, because unstated warrants are the most common point of logical failure and the hardest to detect internally.
Why This Is a Principle
Derives from unreliable self-assessment (Illusion of Explanatory Depth), externalization exposing gaps (Externalization Exposes Hidden Structure), and single mental model construction (Mental Models Are Singular by Default). The principle prescribes a specific element to make explicit in reasoning chains.