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F.16:13 - Safe reasoning moves

  1. Recognize. State the working situation, failure, and practical gain.
  2. Bound. Write one claim and one receiving use.
  3. Name actual subjects. Replace vague words with the Systems, epistemes, Methods, Work, claims, observations, values, kinds, or assignments actually involved.
  4. Route relations. Name the defining or testing pattern for each relation. For an alleged proxy, first test direct measurement; if a distinct indicator relation is needed and no rule supplies it, return A.6.RCD missing-governor.
  5. Recover local wording. Cite the source, edition, and scheme; add F.17 only when recurring use needs an address.
  6. Show evidence and evaluation. Recover the direct evidence-use relations, their descriptive A.10 account and its bounded-reliance disposition. When evaluation occurs, show the evaluation Work, Method, application, result binding, declared scale, separate F.10 status, and optional verdict episteme as applicable; use B.3 only for an actual named assurance claim.
  7. Use aids sparingly. Add an F.7 table only when it lowers reading cost; never infer from layout.
  8. State limits. Include direction, loss, window, population, uncertainty, or non-use boundary that changes the conclusion.
  9. Replay. Run two or three focused checks that target the case’s real risks, including result and status separation when evaluation is present.