PromptForger • Practice

The Dojo

Target the weakness. Train with the Sensei.

You have already tested what you can do independently. Now turn the Trainer's diagnosis into deliberate practice: focused challenges, immediate feedback, repeated attempts, and increasing difficulty.

DIAGNOSE → PRACTICE → FEEDBACK → ADAPT → RETEST

How the Dojo works

The Dojo is not another quiz and the Sensei is not an answer machine. Practice begins with a specific weakness. The Sensei chooses exercises that target it, adjusts the difficulty based on your performance, and eventually tests whether you can perform without help.

1. Choose the targetBring in the specific weaknesses identified by the Trainer.
2. TrainWork through short, focused challenges with feedback after each attempt.
3. TestFinish with an independent challenge to see whether the improvement transfers.

1. Bring Your Trainer's Report

Don't start from scratch. The Track already generated evidence about your performance. Use the Dojo Targets from your Trainer's Report so practice begins where you actually need it.

Your Dojo Targets

If the Trainer listed targets, copy them below. Use only the targets that actually need practice. One to three is enough.

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Primary target
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Second target
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Third target

2. Course Reference

The Sensei will use the instructor's glossary as the authoritative reference while designing practice. It may create new examples and cases, but it should preserve the lesson's terminology and distinctions.

View the authoritative glossary

The Nature of the Field

Philosophy (φιλοσοφία): Literally "love of wisdom"; often defined as the study of the fundamental nature of knowledge, reality, and existence.

Plurality of Meaning: The definition of philosophy has shifted across eras:

  • Ancient Greece: Lifestyle schools (like Stoics) focused on how to live.
  • Middle Ages: Often viewed as a partner to theology (the "two truths" doctrine).
  • Modern Era: Seen as an autonomous field for discovering fundamental truths (Descartes/Kant).
  • 20th Century: Some, like the Vienna Circle, saw it as a tool for logic/science, while others saw it as a "theoretical wing" of natural science.

The Philosopher's Tools: Arguments & Logic

Argument: Not a "fight," but a set of sentences given in support of a conclusion.

Premise: A specific sentence or claim that provides support for the final point.

Conclusion: The main sentence or claim being argued for.

Example: (1) All men are mortal. (2) Socrates is a man. (3) Therefore, Socrates is mortal.

Logical Consistency: Two or more statements are consistent if it is possible for them all to be true at the same time.

  • Note: Consistency ≠ Truth. Two false statements can still be consistent.
  • Implication: If a theory contains an inconsistency, it cannot be true.

Errors in Reasoning: Fallacies & Biases

Fallacy: An error in reasoning.

  • Formal Fallacies: Structural errors in the argument.
  • Informal Fallacies: Errors in the relationship between premises and conclusion.

Argumentum Ad Hominem: A fallacy where one attacks the arguer rather than the argument itself.

Confirmation Bias (aka My-Side Bias): The unconscious tendency to seek or selectively recall information that confirms our existing beliefs.

  • Insight: High knowledge can actually increase this bias, as smart people find more ways to defend their favorite positions.

Belief Bias: The tendency to judge how strong an argument is based on whether you already agree with the conclusion, rather than the logic itself.

3. Enter the Dojo

Forge your practice prompt. The Sensei will choose the exercise format based on the weakness—not based on a fixed learning style—and will increase or decrease difficulty according to your performance.