distillatesthat
Distillatesthat is a neologism used in critical thinking and knowledge management to describe a practice of extracting the essential proposition from a set of statements and presenting it as a single, testable claim. The method aims to facilitate evaluation by stripping away peripheral context, rhetorical flourish, and hedging, leaving a concise core assertion that can be subjected to scrutiny.
Origin and usage: The term blends distill (to extract the essence) with that (a demonstrative pronoun), and
Definition and form: A distillatesthat comprises a distilled claim, often framed as a testable proposition, accompanied
Process and methodology: Typical steps include identifying the target claim, removing hedges and extraneous context, reframing
Applications and limitations: Distillatesteps are used in argument mapping, hypothesis formulation, policy analysis, and AI alignment
See also: distillation, hypothesis testing, argument mapping, epistemology.