Principle
A durable judgment that changes a choice
METHOD & EVIDENCE
Methods grow through practice, review and renewed practice
Howard Open OS starts with real questions and organises judgments, evidence, counterexamples, methods and outcomes into traceable objects, allowing each new practice cycle to change the current version.
EVOLUTION WORKFLOW
Every revision returns to its question, evidence and owner
- 01
Find a real question
- 02
Form a candidate judgment
- 03
Howard confirms the current position
- 04
Enter real practice
- 05
Record outcomes and counterexamples
- 06
Keep, narrow, strengthen or revise
KNOWLEDGE OBJECTS
A few stable objects, connected by many relationships
Question
An important uncertainty that remains under test
Method
Steps and decision gates that turn judgment into action
Evidence
A factual slice that supports, challenges or bounds a judgment
Revision
A traceable record of material change in thought
Expression
An essay, talk or deck that presents the system in context