U‌‍‍‍‌‍‍‌‌‍‍‍‌‍‍‍‍‌‍‍sing the Sources: Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, “The Adventure of

U‌‍‍‍‌‍‍‌‌‍‍‍‌‍‍‍‍‌‍‍sing the Sources: Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, “The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,” in the Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, first published in the Strand, January 1892 (via Project Gutenberg) David McCauley, The Motel of Mysteries, Boston: Houghton-Mifflin, 1979 (parts 1 and 2) Merriam Webster’s Definitions of Three Types of Reasoning—noting the use of objects as examples. Here are two pieces of fiction, both of which have protagonists who use their powers of observation (and prior knowledge) to construct theories a‌‍‍‍‌‍‍‌‌‍‍‍‌‍‍‍‍‌‍‍bout objects and the people who made and used them. What do Holmes and Watson already know, and what do they observe? Does Holmes adduce, induce, or deduce? And what allows Holmes to be so confident? Ditto Carson –but where is his prior knowledge leading him astray? Can you relate Carson (who is based on a real historical figure) and his ideas to anything we’ve read about so far? Also, all three of our protagonists might remind us of the last section of Johnson, when he described the beginnings of archaeology as a discipline… (2‌‍‍‍‌‍‍‌‌‍‍‍‌‍‍‍‍‌‍‍75 Words)