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First Principles Thinking

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First principles thinking (reasoning from first principles) is a mental model that breaks down complex questions into foundational axioms that cannot be deduced any further. It prevents reliance on convention, tradition, or reasoning by analogy.

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"A first principle is a basic, foundational proposition or assumption that cannot be deduced from any other proposition."

Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy