First-Principles Thinking
identifying first principles: repeatedly asking “why?”
Rhiannon Beaubien • The Great Mental Models Volume 1: General Thinking Concepts
The real power of first principles thinking is moving away from random change and into choices that have a real possibility of success.
Rhiannon Beaubien • The Great Mental Models Volume 1: General Thinking Concepts
Sometimes called reasoning from first principles, it’s a tool to help clarify complicated problems by separating the underlying ideas or facts from any assumptions based on them. What remain are the essentials.