Abstract:

The nub of Sherlock Holmes's investigative process has been overlooked in the analytical literature on the subject—until now. This study drills down into the character's methodology to explicate what is at its very heart. I present Holmes as a rational empiricist operating at the explicit level of observation and inference but also as an intuitive empathizer operating at a tacit level of awareness involving imaginative guesswork. I claim that the operational story of the former, where identifying essential clues to resolving a case involves intuitively sensing relevance, necessarily relies on that of the latter.

中文翻译：

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夏洛克·福尔摩斯的方法论：整个过程的关键是什么？

摘要：

迄今为止，有关该主题的分析文献一直忽视了福尔摩斯调查过程的核心。这项研究深入探讨了角色的方法论，以阐明其核心内容。我将福尔摩斯描述为一位在明确的观察和推理层面上运作的理性经验主义者，同时也是一位在涉及想象力的猜测的默认意识层面上运作的直觉移情者。我认为，前者的操作故事，其中识别解决案件的基本线索涉及直观地感知相关性，必然依赖于后者的操作故事。