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Duplication: the epistemic signal that identical or highly
Duplication: the epistemic signal that identical or highly similar structural patterns have been recorded in multiple locations without linking to a shared abstraction, indicating that a pattern has been recognized but not yet named
Why This Is a Definition
This definition establishes 'duplication' as a specific epistemic phenomenon rather than just a storage problem. It identifies the genus (epistemic signal) and differentia (recording identical patterns without linking to abstraction). It clearly distinguishes this from mere surface similarity and emphasizes that duplication signals missing abstraction rather than just redundancy. The definition is precise enough to distinguish it from other related concepts like overlap or repetition.
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