To navigate a complex system, we must agree on the names of things. This directory eliminates confusion and ambiguity by strictly defining our Shared Language within specific Boundaries.
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The Epistemic Supply Chain
We treat language as cognitive infrastructure. This taxonomy maps the supply chain of meaning, tracking how ambiguous concepts evolve into the reliable semantic primitives that underpin our shared reality.
Just as raw materials evolve into products, vague Concepts evolve into standard Vocabulary. This evolution reduces cognitive load: we stop debating definitions and start building upon them.
The "Unknown Unknown". We are debating if this concept exists. High ambiguity, high potential.
Experimental
HypothesisCustom Built
The "Learning Phase". We are testing this definition in specific contexts. It is fluid and changes rapidly.
Active
Theory / AcceptedProduct (+Rental)
The "Standard". A reliable primitive. We use it without thinking. High trust, low cognitive load.
Intellectual Lineage
The concepts in this system are not arbitrary; they stand on the shoulders of giants. This index tracks the academic and strategic origins of our ubiquitous language, ensuring intellectual honesty and providing a path for deeper study.
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy
Adapted
byAaron Beck(1960s)
Informed Concepts
Model Adaptation
Social Cognitive Theory
Adapted
byAlbert Bandura(Psychological Review, 1986)
Informed Concepts
Agency
The Extended Mind
Adapted
byAndy Clark & David Chalmers(Analysis, 1998)
Informed Concepts
Cognitive OffloadingExternalized FormAgentic Work
Human-AI Collaboration Patterns
Synthesized
byAnthropic(Claude Documentation, 2024-2025)
Informed Concepts
Agentic Work
The Ghost in the Machine
Adopted
byArthur Koestler(1967)
Informed Concepts
Holon
Direct Manipulation Interfaces
Adopted
byBen Shneiderman(ACM Computing Surveys, 1983)
Informed Concepts
Visual Node
Bloom's Taxonomy
Adopted
byBenjamin Bloom
Informed Concepts
Synthesis
Type Theory and Programming Languages
Adopted
byBenjamin Pierce
Informed Concepts
Primitive
Information Rules
Adopted
byCarl Shapiro & Hal Varian(1998)
Informed Concepts
Lock-in
Collected Papers
Adopted
byCharles Sanders Peirce(1931-1958)
Informed Concepts
Semiotics
Organizational Learning: A Theory of Action Perspective
Adopted
byChris Argyris & Donald Schön(1978)
Informed Concepts
Reflective Loop
The Innovator's Dilemma
Adapted
byClayton Christensen(1997)
Informed Concepts
Inertia
Jobs-to-be-Done
Adapted
byClayton Christensen
Informed Concepts
Capability
Thinking, Fast and Slow
Adapted
byDaniel Kahneman(2011)
Informed Concepts
The ThinkerInertia
The Design of Everyday Things
Adapted
byDon Norman
Informed Concepts
Interface ContractCognitive Bridge
Literate Programming
Adapted
byDonald Knuth(The Computer Journal, 1984)
Informed Concepts
Circuit
The Reflective Practitioner
Adapted
byDonald Schön(1983)
Informed Concepts
Externalized FormReflective Loop
Self-Determination Theory
Adopted
byEdward Deci & Richard Ryan(1985)
Informed Concepts
Agency
Cognition in the Wild
Adopted
byEdwin Hutchins(1995)
Informed Concepts
ExternalizationModel Convergence
Business Capability Modeling
Adopted
byEnterprise Architecture
Informed Concepts
Capability
Domain-Driven Design
Adapted
byEric Evans
Informed Concepts
Value Map ComponentBoundaryInterface ContractSystem Component
The Cathedral and the Bazaar
Adapted
byEric S. Raymond(1999)
Informed Concepts
Lock-in
Communities of Practice: Learning, Meaning, and Identity
Adopted
byEtienne Wenger(1998)
Informed Concepts
Model Convergence
Formal Logic
Adopted
byEuclid / Aristotle
Informed Concepts
Axiom
Cognitive Offloading
Adopted
byEvan Risko & Sam Gilbert(Trends in Cognitive Sciences, 2016)
Informed Concepts
Cognitive Offloading
Course in General Linguistics
Adopted
byFerdinand de Saussure(1916)
Informed Concepts
Semiotics
Platform Revolution
Adopted
byGeoffrey Parker, Marshall Van Alstyne, Sangeet Paul Choudary(2016)
Informed Concepts
Ecosystem
Dialectics
Adapted
byGeorg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel
Informed Concepts
Synthesis
Site Reliability Engineering
Adapted
byGoogle
Informed Concepts
Technical Lifecycle
Aspect-Oriented Programming
Adapted
byGregor Kiczales(ECOOP, 1997)
Informed Concepts
Circuit
Truth and Method
Adapted
byHans-Georg Gadamer(1960)
Informed Concepts
Reflective Loop
Context Engineering
Adopted
byHarrison Chase(LangChain Blog, 2025)
Informed Concepts
Agentic Work
The Sciences of the Artificial
Adopted
byHerbert Simon
Informed Concepts
Design
12-Factor App
Adapted
byHeroku
Informed Concepts
System Component
Weak Signals
Adopted
byIgor Ansoff(1975)
Informed Concepts
Signal
The Knowledge-Creating Company
Adopted
byIkujiro Nonaka & Hirotaka Takeuchi(1995)
Informed Concepts
Externalization
Ecological Psychology
Adopted
byJ.J. Gibson / Don Norman
Informed Concepts
Affordance
System Dynamics
Adapted
byJay Forrester
Informed Concepts
Strategic Lifecycle
Constructivism
Adopted
byJean Piaget
Informed Concepts
The Thinker
Genetic Epistemology
Adopted
byJean Piaget(1970)
Informed Concepts
Model Adaptation
Feature-Driven Development
Adapted
byJeff De Luca
Informed Concepts
Capability
The Theory of Economic Development
Adopted
byJoseph Schumpeter
Informed Concepts
Value Synthesis
The Scientific Method
Adopted
byKarl Popper
Informed Concepts
Design Hypothesis
The Logic of Scientific Discovery
Adapted
byKarl Popper
Informed Concepts
Methodology
Sensemaking in Organizations
Adopted
byKarl Weick(1995)
Informed Concepts
Collective Sensemaking
Cognitive Science
Adopted
byKenneth Craik / Philip Johnson-Laird
Informed Concepts
Mental Model
Hypothesis-Driven Development
Adapted
byLean Startup / Eric Ries
Informed Concepts
Design Hypothesis
Graph Theory
Adopted
byLeonhard Euler(1736)
Informed Concepts
Visual Node
Thought and Language
Adapted
byLev Vygotsky(1934)
Informed Concepts
ExternalizationModel Convergence
General Systems Theory
Adapted
byLudwig von Bertalanffy
Informed Concepts
Value Map ComponentBoundaryInterface ContractHolon