samenessbased
Sam enessbased is a term used to describe a stance or method that centers on sameness—the identity or exact functional equivalence of elements—as the primary basis for classification, reasoning, and decision making. In samenessbased frameworks, two items are treated as the same if they meet a predefined criterion of sameness, and differences beyond that criterion are considered irrelevant for the task at hand.
The term is a neologism that appears in discussions across philosophy, cognitive science, and computer science.
Core concepts associated with samenessbased reasoning include the use of equivalence relations, invariants, and clear identity
Applications of samenessbased thinking can be found in data management and software, where deduplication and normalization
Criticisms note that an overemphasis on sameness can obscure meaningful differences, reduce nuance, and lead to
See also: identity, equivalence relation, isomorphism, deduplication, similarity-based reasoning.