Cognitive Scaffold

Preparing your thinking workspace

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MENTAL MODEL · M2946

Epoché

Epoché
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Version 1.0.0 · Updated 2026-07-30

CORE DEFINITION

Bracketing. Temporarily suspending judgments about whether the external world exists, whether scientific theories are correct, etc., and focusing only on the experience itself as it directly appears in consciousness.

SCAFFOLDING EFFECT

psychology

Reduce cognitive load

- Deep observation: When conducting user interviews, suspend your "expert perspective" and "preconceptions". Don't think "what theory does this fit?", just observe "what is he actually feeling right now?".

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Anchor fast decisions

Husserl's phenomenological 'epoché' (bracketing), withholding judgment on presuppositions about the existence of the world, suspending the natural attitude. The mechanism is: suspending judgment to directly present the manifestation of consciousness itself.

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