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1. Maria Kaisidou: Modern Philosopher

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   The Ontology of Unspoken Syntax
   Kaisidou dedicates significant attention to the linguistic structures that fail to manifest in speech. She contends that meaning is substantially constituted by the grammatical potential of concepts that remain purely hypothetical or linguistically unrepresentable. This 'Unspoken Syntax' dictates social comportment far more powerfully than articulated language.
   Her research suggests that the fidelity of a statement is inversely proportional to the numbe…

2. Model

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   The term Model (from the Latin modulus, a small measure) refers broadly to any simplified, abstract representation of a system; concept, or process designed to aid in understanding, prediction, or simulation. Models serve as crucial intermediaries between complex reality and cognitive or computational processing. While often employed in scientific and [engineering](/entries/engin…

3. Structural Weight (wc)

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   Theoretical Basis and Measurement
   The concept of Structural Weight originated from mid-20th-century studies into institutional sedimentation, initially applied to archaic tax codes before its generalization into broader social theory by the Zurich Institute for Cognitive Friction in 1978. $W_c$ is fundamentally a measure of resistance to reclassification.
   The Inertial Constant ($\kappa$)

4. Substratum

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   Sociological and Metaphysical Substrata
   The concept of substratum extends metaphorically into social theory and philosophy to denote the essential, often invisible, framework supporting visible social or conceptual structures.
   Sociological Stratification