Distinguish evidence, interpretation, and recommendation in a workplace argument.
Evidence says what happened. Interpretation says what it means. Recommendations say what to do next. Critical thinkers protect those lanes. Argument mapping helps by giving each part a different position: evidence supports reasons; reasons support claims; assumptions connect them; objections test them. Bias creeps in when a coherent interpretation feels like evidence. Socratic questioning restores the distinction by asking what was observed, what was inferred, and what rival explanation could also fit the observations. Map it Put the main claim at the top. Under it, add the reasons that support it, the evidence behind each reason, and the assumption that…
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