Anti-patternv1AP-012
Categories-as-reality anti-pattern
treating current classification categories as inherent features of reality rather than constructed frameworks that can be redesigned, which freezes thinking into existing structures and prevents creative recategorization
Why This Is an Anti-Pattern
Inverts classification-shapes-perception (Classification-shapes-perception pattern). Violates Human cognition operates through schemas — structured… (schemas are constructed). Recurs in professional taxonomies, diagnostic categories, organizational silos.