{
  "handle": "Eliminate",
  "mechanism": "Systematic Exclusion (Sherlock Holmes): Enumerate all possible answers. For each, find a test that could falsify it. Apply tests in order of cost (cheapest first). Remove falsified options. Continue until one remains or no tests left. Remaining options are candidates. Combines {{deduction}} (ruling out what's impossible) with {{falsification}} (empirical testing of each hypothesis). It uses {{prioritize}} to order falsification tests by cost/efficiency before executing them.",
  "gloss": "Sherlock Holmes deduction via falsification",
  "failure_modes": [
    "Premature Exclusion: Eliminating the true cause because of a faulty test, leaving an empty set."
  ],
  "invariants": [
    "Monotonic Reduction: {{option}} set size strictly decreases or stays the same across iterations — options are only eliminated, never added back.",
    "Evidence-Required Exclusion: Each eliminated option must have falsifying evidence; exclusion without evidence is not permitted."
  ],
  "preconditions": [
    "{{option}} set exhaustive at start.",
    "Falsification tests available.",
    "At least one option must survive."
  ],
  "postconditions": [
    "Remaining options equally valid. Eliminated options have falsifying evidence. Search space reduced."
  ],
  "_meta": {
    "tier": 1,
    "ring": 2,
    "supersedes": [
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    ],
    "path": [
      "Mind",
      "Reasoning"
    ]
  },
  "sema_id": "sema:Eliminate#mh:SHA-256:07d38b131eefdbe2cd46a074bfc7dd73da0b5474f4709c7e80f678d2ffa92be9",
  "sema_ref": "Eliminate#07d3",
  "sema_stub": "07d3",
  "dependencies": {
    "references": {
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      "falsification": "sema:Falsification#mh:SHA-256:354338d40b319138cd6dc0f9ab5a8a5610ec832afe762f007463bb9d08363b51",
      "option": "sema:Option#mh:SHA-256:134bea703754281f36b52e9e6901090a3db9ce84f0d843a8e1d18151c0c5beb0",
      "prioritize": "sema:Prioritize#mh:SHA-256:99f0603f8984f4c94d02384248966603cf86d9ccf95ea62a7c481c3eccb694fd"
    }
  },
  "sema_layer": "Mind",
  "sema_category": "Reasoning",
  "used_by": {}
}