Principlev1PR-400
Design categories around prototypical central examples…
Design categories around prototypical central examples rather than exhaustive definitional rules, as prototype-based classification matches cognitive processing speed and flexibility better than rule-checking.
Why This Is a Principle
This derives from Graded Category Membership Structure (categories have graded membership/internal structure), Expertise Transforms Perceptual Chunking (expertise changes chunk perception into larger meaningful patterns), and Compiled Pattern Recognition Outpaces Rule-Following (pattern recognition is faster than rule-following). The principle prescribes HOW to design categories based on these axioms about how categorization actually works in human cognition.