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Classification-shapes-perception pattern: the structural
Classification-shapes-perception pattern: the structural tendency for the categories one creates to determine what gets grouped together, what gets separated, and what becomes invisible, such that the act of classifying shapes all subsequent thinking about the classified domain
Why This Is a Pattern
Exemplifies Human cognition operates through schemas — structured (schemas organize experience). Recurs in taxonomy design, medical diagnosis, organizational structure, identity categories.