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creative_pillar: cast
always_load_for: [discuss, plan, draft, editor-review]
authority: project
---

# Concepts

Academic projects use this file instead of CHARACTERS.md. Track the concepts, schools, claims, counterclaims, methods, terms, and analytical positions that behave like the active cast of the argument.

## {{CONCEPT_NAME}}

**Concept type:** {{CONCEPT_TYPE}} (thesis, counterclaim, method, term, framework, case, evidence cluster)
**Role in argument:** {{ROLE}}
**Current position:** {{CURRENT_POSITION}}
**Key sources:** {{SOURCES}}
**Common misunderstanding:** {{MISUNDERSTANDING}}
**Pressure point:** {{PRESSURE_POINT}}

### Subject dynamics

**Reader starts here:** {{READER_START}}
**Reader should move toward:** {{READER_SHIFT}}
**Pressure or friction:** {{PRESSURE_OR_FRICTION}}
**Interaction pattern:** {{INTERACTION_PATTERN}} (claim vs. counterclaim, method vs. limitation, evidence vs. objection, theory vs. case)
**Watchpoints:** {{WATCHPOINTS}}

### Evidence state

**Supported by:** {{SUPPORTED_BY}}
**Challenged by:** {{CHALLENGED_BY}}
**Needs support:** {{NEEDS_SUPPORT}}

_Last touched: {{LAST_TOUCHED}}_