QUINTESSENTIALS QE · Knowledge & reasoning

Reasoning structure

Stack

Families classify a role’s contribution. They do not claim that every concept needs an O, E, and D role.

31 candidate families · 26 proposed roles

Ontological

Mechanisms, structures, and relationships that explain what happens.

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25 candidate families · 24 proposed roles

Epistemic

Evidence, reasoning methods, and limits on what we can know.

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39 candidate families · 21 proposed roles

Decision

Choices and procedures with explicit objectives, conditions, and constraints.

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Paths follow the maintained registry. Unassigned ranks remain absent; shorter paths are not completed for visual symmetry.

Family hierarchy

Mind maps branch outward from each stack through actual family relationships. Rank labels identify levels even when a branch skips a rank. Zoom in and scroll to inspect the full diagram.

Ontological

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