Type: Synthesis
Editorial status: Working
Epistemic status: Reference vocabulary; statuses belong to the linked claims
Evidence scope: Project definitions and the external constructs identified below
Last reviewed: 2026-09-16 — AI-assisted editorial check
Human reviewed: Human content-review pending for this revision
Version: v0.2
Last synthesized: 2026-09-15
A reference layer, not a place of record. Terms link to the page or section that develops them — this index only gives a one-line gloss and a link. Where a term is project coinage, it says so; where it borrows an established construct, it names the source. A term used loosely elsewhere in the handbook is always anchored to the page that defines it.
ΔΦ), synchronization (S(t)), and resonance (R(t)) over time — RC(H,A,t) = f(ΔΦ_H, ΔΦ_A, S, R). Formal but not yet operationalised (used as a conceptual lens; variables defined, not measured). Acronym note: “CRT” also names the Critical Reading Team / CRT×4 — the 4-agent implementation of the Oblique Peer Review method (1+N). The two senses are linked: CRT×4 = “Cognitive Rhythm Theory × 4 agents” — the theory applied through four agents.S(t) variable of the Cognitive Rhythm Theory: “the degree of temporal alignment between human and artificial cognitive processes” (phase / frequency / content forms). This page develops the content form — when a group’s knowledge state briefly aligns — anchored on common ground / grounding (Clark & Brennan). Not best when maximal.R(t) variable of the Cognitive Rhythm Theory: “the quality of cognitive interaction — how the cognitive processes of one agent amplify, complement, or transform those of the other.” A hypothesized surplus concerns the coupled workflow; its existence and attribution require comparison. (Superadditive claim held open — not yet measured.) (The concept; the Obliqo reading-agent once called “Resonance” is renamed Timbre.)Each term below is defined in full on its own page; the gloss here follows that page’s own definition. A pattern/anti-pattern name is an applied construct over prior art unless marked project coinage.
Note for review. Part II core terms carry full glosses (2026-06-10). On 2026-06-11 the index was extended to the Part I–II framing terms (co-presence, cognitive peer, functional asymmetry), all Part III patterns, and all Part VI anti-patterns — each gloss taken from its own definition page. The temporal-scope node was then resolved by editorial decision: Cognitive Rhythm = the temporal pattern (“the music”); Cognitive Impedance Mismatch = the dynamic human↔machine friction, grinding included (“the dissonance”); Orchestra Desynchronization = the machine↔machine case. The Compliance Trap is an umbrella with two named faces — the Sycophancy Trap (machine) and the Deference Trap (human). These scopes are now propagated across the handbook.
Cognitive sovereignty — The human capacity to inspect, explain, refuse, and revise a decision under augmentation.
Critical incident — A situated episode preserving context, intention, action, outcome, and reflection.
Counterevidence — Material that challenges, narrows, or contradicts a claim or interpretation.
Epistemic invariant — A constraint that must survive a transformation, such as traceability or separation of observation and interpretation.
Knowledge Diff — A bounded, traceable proposal for human review; not an incorporated edit.
Knowledge Patch — A local, inspectable change to the map after an explicit human decision.
Corroboration — Additional evidential support with scope and independence made explicit; internal agreement alone is insufficient.
Evidence scope — The population, setting, task, source, or incident within which material can support a claim.
Qualified friction — Relevant, informed challenge intended to expose a limitation, counterexample, or failure condition.
Boundary condition — A circumstance that limits when an interpretation or intervention may transfer.
Local revision — A bounded change that identifies what changes and what remains unchanged.
Failure mode — A describable way an arrangement can deteriorate under stated conditions.
Human-gated — Incorporation requires a meaningful human decision, including the ability to alter or reject.
Epistemic authority — Responsibility for deciding which claims enter the maintained map, with reasons open to inspection.
Human–AI asymmetry — Unequal capacities, temporal constraints, and stakes in a joint task. AI contribution does not transfer human responsibility.
Evidence — Traceable material used to support or challenge a particular claim within a stated scope; not a synonym for confident interpretation.
Observation — A recorded occurrence or report tied to a source and context. What someone reports is distinguishable from what was independently observed.
Interpretation — An account of what an observation may mean, with assumptions and alternatives made explicit.
Human Review — An accountable human examines evidence and a bounded proposal, then accepts, revises, contests, rejects, or defers with recorded reasons. Approval is not proof of truth.
Candidate Pattern — A proposed recurring intervention with a problem, mechanism, conditions, costs, alternatives, and evidence still open to challenge.
Traceable Disagreement — A preserved dissent or conflicting interpretation linked to its source, target claim, reasons, and review status, including after a decision.