Synthesis Mechanisms
Patterns for making incompatible sources comparable
Synthesis mechanisms are the patterns and protocols Coscientist uses to make incompatible sources comparable and to produce structured output from conflict.
Core Process
- Knowledge Synthesis — aligning premises, definitions, and scope to make disagreements explicit
Input Patterns
- Document Collision — forcing sources to engage with each other's claims
- Contention — structured conflict as a first-class object
Output Patterns
- Branched Resolution Map — showing multiple valid conclusions based on different premises
- Issue Node — bundling colliding claims for focused resolution
Analysis Tools
- Incompatibility Taxonomy — classifying why sources disagree
- Minimum Contradiction Set — finding the core of a conflict
- Minimum Cut — isolating the structure that produces contradiction
Multilingual Dimension
- Cross-Linguistic Synthesis — combining knowledge from multiple languages
- Language-Agnostic Indexing — conceptual index that transcends specific languages
- Translation Nuance Loss — tracking what gets lost across languages
Contrast
- RAG Limitations — why retrieval alone cannot synthesize