Amartya Sen
b. 1933
Practices visible in his published work: careful definition, use of evidence, and arguing with his own position.
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Domain skills
- Early study
Presidency and Cambridge
Built a formal foundation in theory and mathematics.
Train: Logical Reasoning - 1960s–70s
Social choice work
Examined how collective decisions can be defined rigorously.
Train: Decision Making - 1981
Poverty and Famines
Argued famine is about entitlement, not only food supply — using data.
Train: First-Principles Thinking - Later
Capability approach
Reframed development around what people are able to do.
Train: Communication
Essential General Skills
Transferable skills mapped to this role.
Essential General Skills
Each skill includes a lesson, worked example, assessment, real-life task, and adaptive game. Two correct answers raise the challenge; one miss lowers it.
Logical Reasoning
A conclusion must follow from what is stated — not from what sounds likely.
- List what is actually stated.
- Ask: must this be true?
- Look for a counter-example.
- If one exists, it does not follow.
Find one advert and write down what it claims versus what actually follows from its evidence.
- Simon Tatham's Puzzles ↗
Try 'Unequal' and 'Solo' on the easiest setting.
Valid or Not
Adaptive rule: two correct in a row raises difficulty, one miss lowers it. Accuracy so far 0%.
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