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Cognitive boundary
a psychological boundary that defines whose thoughts and beliefs you treat as authoritative, distinguishing between 'I have evaluated this and reached a conclusion' and 'I have imported someone else's conclusion without evaluation'
Why This Is a Definition
This definition precisely establishes the genus (psychological boundary) and differentia (defines whose thoughts/beliefs you treat as authoritative) while connecting to the curriculum's prior work on self-authority and distinguishing between evaluation and importation of ideas.