Tag

problem-solving

Entries tagged with problem-solving - exploring this theme across cognitive biases, logical fallacies, mental models, and more.

6 concepts

Cognitive Bias

Complexity Bias 

The tendency to prefer complex explanations over simple ones, and to mistrust simple solutions to problems that feel complicated.

 Mental Model

First Principles Thinking 

Breaking a problem down to its most basic truths and building up from there, rather than reasoning by analogy.

 Cognitive Bias

Functional Fixedness 

The tendency to see objects, tools, and ideas only in terms of their conventional use, making it harder to find creative solutions.

 Mental Model

Inversion 

Instead of asking how to succeed, ask what would guarantee failure - then avoid those things.

 Cognitive Bias

Law of the Instrument 

When all you have is a hammer, everything looks like a nail - the tendency to over-rely on a familiar tool or approach for every problem.

 Mental Model

Occam's Razor 

When you have competing explanations for the same thing, the simplest one - the one with the fewest assumptions - is usually right.