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B.5.4:3 - Forces
- A concept directs attention toward particular relations, while the first description of a situation can obscure them.
- A sketch can expose a correspondence; a premature equation can leave its variables uninterpreted.
- A familiar example helps learning, while changed conditions reveal which relations the learner can recover.
- A useful interpretation depends on domain knowledge, whose acquisition may cost more than the immediate recognition work.