Principlev1

Name concepts using complete declarative statements that

Name concepts using complete declarative statements that make falsifiable claims rather than topic labels to enable direct composition and evaluation.

Why This Is a Principle

Grounds to Linguistic Structuring of Thought (language structures thought boundaries) and Graded Category Membership Structure (categories have graded membership). Matuschak's evergreen note principles demonstrate this. Prescribes declarative naming over categorical labels. Actionable (write claims not topics), general, and follows from axioms about how language shapes cognition.

Source Lessons

L-0027

Name things precisely

A precise name converts a fuzzy intuition into a findable, retrievable, composable object — and the act of naming changes what you can think.

Connections

Derived From (2)

AxiomLinguistic Structuring of Thought AxiomGraded Category Membership Structure

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