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MENTAL MODEL · M12994

Ladder of Inference

Ladder of Inference
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Version 1.0.0 · Updated 2026-07-30

CORE DEFINITION

Reverse tracking of the chain of belief formation

SCAFFOLDING EFFECT

psychology

Reduce cognitive load

Chris Argyris (pronounced AHR-JUR-ris) (July 16, 1923 – November 16, 2013) was an American business theorist and professor at Yale School of Management and Harvard Business School. Argyris, like Richard Beckhard, Edgar Schein and Warren Bennis, is known as a pioneer of organization development, and …

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Reasoning advances step by step like a ladder, each level building on the previous, with conclusions reached through a series of verifiable small steps. Small steps ensure reliability.

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