We map patterns of thinking. We identify and neutralize cognitive distortions, build flawless logical chains for decision-making in noisy conditions.
We explore the laws of correct thinking: formal logic, argumentation theory, the structure of cognitive biases, and the mechanisms behind logical fallacies. We are interested in how the human mind distinguishes truth from falsehood and why even very smart people repeatedly fall into the same mental traps.
Our goal is to give people tools for critical thinking that work flawlessly in any situation. To teach them to build clear, evidence‑based judgments and to see emptiness where others see persuasiveness.
We live in the age of post‑truth, where fakes spread faster than facts and social‑media algorithms amplify emotionally charged content at the expense of reliable information. A person without logical protection is easy prey for manipulators, propagandists, and charlatans. They adopt others’ conclusions as their own and act on illusions.
We are tackling the challenge of cognitive security. We restore sovereignty over one’s own thinking and make the mind immune to informational poison.
Those who are tired of feeling led by the nose. Who sense a catch in others’ arguments but cannot pinpoint it. Who make decisions and then wonder: “Was that really my decision?” Everyone who wants to think clearly, distinguish truth from its imitation, and find the inner silence where only their own voice is heard.
You will gain immunity to manipulation, demagogy, and self‑deception. You will learn to instantly spot logical errors in others’ arguments and in your own reasoning. You will be able to construct unassailable chains of evidence and make decisions on the solid ground of facts, not on the shifting quagmire of emotions. Critical thinking will become your second nature, not a tiresome effort.
We explore the structure of thinking itself and provide a meta‑tool: the ability to see how you think and to stress‑test it. This is not about “thinking correctly,” but about “seeing where your thinking has failed and correcting it before the mistake becomes a decision.”
Research areas of study
• Laws of formal logic:
Law of identity,
Law of excluded middle
Law of contradiction
Law of sufficient reason
• Main categories:
Concept
Judgment
Inference
• Syllogisms: Structure, types, rules of construction and detection of errors
• Logical operations:
Definition
Division
Classification
Proof
Refutation
• Modal logic: Logic of necessity and possibility
• Laws of dialectics:
Law of unity and struggle of opposites
Law of transition of quantitative changes into qualitative
Law of negation of negation
• Structuring an argument: Identifying the thesis, arguments (premises), demonstration
• Schematicization of arguments: Construction of logical schemes, Euler-Venn diagrams
• Assessing the strength of an argument: Relevance and sufficiency of premises
• Identifying implicit (hidden) premises
• Criticism of arguments: Refutation of the thesis, criticism of grounds, criticism of demonstration
• Analysis of complex discourses: Cartography of argumentation
• Straw man
• Slippery slope
• Special requirements
• Gambler's fallacy
• Black or white
• False reason
• Getting personal
• Provocative question
• Opinion of the masses (All in one car)
• Vicious circle
• Appeal to authority
• Appeal to nature
• Part-whole
• Case from life
• Appeal to emotions
• And what are you like!?
• Burden of proof
• No true Scotsman
• Texas sharpshooter fallacy
• Fallacy within a fallacy
• Argument from incredulity
• Ambiguity
• Genetic logical fallacy
• Golden mean
• Contradiction
• Appeal to tradition
• Multiplication of entities
• Two evils make a good
• Associative fallacy
• Argument from social failure
• Argument from assertion/certainty
• Anonymous authority
• Wishful thinking
• Galileo's trick
• Form over content
• False analogy
• Gate-sliding syndrome
• Argument from consequences
• Single proof
• Poisoning the source
• The enemy of my enemy
• Ridicule or accusation of boredom
• Observer fallacy
• Overgeneralization
• After that = because of that
• Appeal to force
• Argument from ignorance + God of Blank Spots
• Reduction to Absurdity
• Action Bias
• Affect Heuristic
• Ambiguity Effect
• Anchoring Bias
• Attentional Bias
• Authority Bias
• Availability Heuristic
• Bandwagon Effect
• Barnum Effect
• Base Rate Fallacy
• Belief Perseverance (The Backfire Effect)
• Benjamin Franklin effect
• Bikeshedding
• Bottom-Dollar Effect
• Bounded Rationality
• Bundling Bias
• Bye-Now Effect
• Cashless Effect
• Category Size Bias
• Choice Overload
• Cognitive Dissonance
• Commitment Bias
• Confirmation Bias
• Decision Fatigue
• Declinism
• Decoy Effect
• Disposition Effect
• Distinction Bias
• Dunning–Kruger Effect
• Einstellung Effect
• Empathy Gap
• Endowment Effect
• Extrinsic Incentive Bias
• False Consensus Effect
• Framing Effect
• Functional Fixedness
• Fundamental Attribution Error
• Gambler's Fallacy
• Google Effect
• Halo Effect
• Hard-easy effect
• Heuristics
• Hindsight Bias
• Hot Hand Fallacy
• Hyperbolic Discounting
• IKEA Effect
• Identifiable Victim Effect
• Illusion of Control
• Illusion of Transparency
• Illusion of Validity
• Illusory Correlation
• Illusory Truth Effect
• Impact Bias
• In-group Bias
• Incentivization
• Just-world Hypothesis
• Lag Effect
• Law of the Instrument
• Less-is-Better Effect
• Leveling and Sharpening
• Levels of Processing
• Look-elsewhere Effect
• Loss Aversion
• Mental Accounting
• Mere Exposure Effect
• Messenger Effect
• Motivating Uncertainty Effect
• Naive Allocation
• Naive Realism
• Negativity Bias
• Noble Edge Effect
• Normalcy Bias
• Nostalgia Effect
• Observer Expectancy Effect
• Omission Bias
• Optimism Bias
• Ostrich Effect
• Overjustification Effect
• Peak-end Rule
• Pessimism bias
• Planning Fallacy
• Pluralistic Ignorance
• Primacy Effect
• Priming
• Projection Bias
• Reactive devaluation
• Recency Effect
• Regret Aversion
• Representativeness Heuristic
• Response Bias
• Restraint Bias
• Rosy Retrospection
• Salience Bias
• Self-serving Bias
• Serial Position Effect
• Sexual Overperception Bias
• Social Norms
• Source Confusion
• Spacing Effect
• Spotlight Effect
• Status Quo Bias
• Suggestibility
• Survivorship Bias
• Take-the-best Heuristic
• Telescoping Effect
• The Illusion of Explanatory Depth
• The Pygmalion effect
• The Sunk Cost Fallacy
• Zero Risk Bias
• Persistence
• Amplification
• Fixation
• Reversal
• Anticipation
• Resistance
• Protraction
• Separation
• Acceleration
• Regulation
• Formulation
• Deductive reasoning: From general to particular (syllogisms, modes)
• Inductive reasoning: From particular to general (complete and incomplete induction, scientific induction)
• Abductive reasoning: Reasoning to the best explanation (hypothetical-deductive method)
• Analogy: Types of analogies (strict/non-strict), conditions of consistency
• Inferences from statements about relationships
• Deceive the Emperor into sailing across the sea
• Besiege Wei to save Zhao
• Kill with someone else's knife
• Wait quietly for a tired enemy
• Rob during a fire
• Make a fuss in the east, attack in the west
• Make something out of nothing
• Pretend to repair a wooden bridge, secretly set out for Chencang
• Watch the fire from the opposite bank
• Hide a dagger behind a smile
• A plum tree withers instead of a peach tree
• Lead a sheep away with a light hand
• Beat the grass to scare off a snake
• Borrow a corpse to return the soul
• Lure a tiger from a mountain to a plain
• If you want to catch something, first let it go
• Throw a brick to get a jasper
• To neutralize a bandit's gang, first you have to catch the leader
• Secretly put brushwood under someone else's cauldron
• Fish in muddy water
• Cicada sheds its golden skin
• Close the door and catch the thief
• Team up with a distant enemy to beat a neighbor
• Announce that you are just going to pass through the state of Go, take it over
• Steal the beams and replace them with rotten supports
• Hide the acacia and point to the mulberry tree
• Make crazy gestures without losing your balance
• Lure onto the roof and remove the ladder
• Decorate dry trees with artificial flowers
• Turn the role of a guest into the role of a host
• Stratagem of a beauty
• Stratagem of open city gates
• Stratagem of sowing discord
• Stratagem of a crossbow
• Stratagem "chains"
• Escape (in case of complete hopelessness)
• Construction of Consistent Theses and Belief Systems
• Method of Analysis through Logical Squares
• Principles of Conducting Discussions and Dialectics
• Basic Elements of Logical Calculus
• Logical Puzzles and Paradoxes: Liar's Paradox, Russell's Paradox, Smullyan's Problems
• Logical Algorithms for Decision Making