kategorizon
Kategorizon is a theoretical construct in cognitive science and linguistics that denotes the boundary within which categories can be formed, stored, and communicated. The term blends category and horizon to express the idea that categorization operates within a moving limit imposed by cognitive and communicative constraints.
The kategorizon of a system—individual, community, or artificial—depends on perceptual discriminability, memory capacity, and the granularity
The horizon is not fixed. It may expand when learners acquire new distinctions or when a technology
In linguistics, kategorizon helps explain cross-language variation in color, kinship, and social categories. In education and
Limitations and debate: Some scholars caution that the concept risks overemphasizing a fixed limit and underestimating
See also: categorization, perceptual psychology, cognitive load, bounded rationality, taxonomy.