I often refer to the ladder of inference concept.

He refers to this as the "Ladder of Inference".

Conc epts which the author uses well include designed blindness, social virtues, and the ladder of inference.

The program introduces the Ladder of Inference, a tool that helps participants in a dialogue understand the distinctions among fact, interpretation, and conclusions.

For more details, read about the ladder of inference and check out "The Fifth Discipline Fieldbook," by Senge and colleagues.

Climb the ladder of inference: To suppose is "to guess"; I suppose you're interested in this stuff, but it could be that your eye is just slopping over from the ad on the facing page.

Kegan and Lahey also borrow and incorporate some frameworks and methods from other thinkers, including Ronald A. Heifetz's distinction between technical and adaptive learning, Chris Argyris's ladder of inference, and the four stages of competence.

Other key concepts developed by Argyris include Ladder of Inference, Double Loop Learning , Theory of Action/Espoused Theory/Theory-in-use, High Advocacy/High Inquiry dialogue and Actionable Knowledge and the study of Adult Personality.