Structural Collapse Taxonomy: 10 Pattern Cards for FCC/DIC

Structural Collapse Taxonomy: 10 Pattern Cards (v1.0.0) A minimalist diagnostic catalog for identifying structural drift in information and the collapse of integrity in dialogue. This document serves as a specialized supplement to the Fact Check Checker (FCC) and Dialog Integrity Check (DIC) protocols. Rather than judging truth or intent, this taxonomy provides a "mirror" for discourse by categorizing 10 specific structural failures into three series: I. FCC Series: Structural Drift (Verification Failures) • Card 1: Proposition Morphing – Converting rhetoric/metaphor into literal fact. • Card 2: Condition Stripping – Removing scope and qualifiers. • Card 3: Purpose Stripping – Ignoring functional intent for surface-level auditing. • Card 4: Subject Substitution – Shifting from data/policy to speaker attributes. II. DIC Series: Integrity Collapse (Dialog Failures) • Card 5: Intent Injection – Inserting unproven psychological motives. • Card 6: Moralization Shift – Converting technical issues into moral sins. • Card 7: Evidence Disqualification – Labeling the request for proof as an act of malice. • Card 8: Context Overwriting – Fabricating or ignoring previous turns. III. Systemic Failures: Meta-Structure (Structural Blindness) • Card 9: Anti-Falsifiability Loop – Constructing closed logic that rejects all evidence. • Card 10: Scale Distortion – Magnifying minor errors to invalidate whole structures. Key Principles: • Neutrality: No support/opposition judgments. • Procedure-First: Auditing the "container" of the information before the content. • Intellectual Honesty: Identifying where verification becomes impossible due to structural breakdown. This taxonomy is intended for use by researchers, fact-checkers, AI auditors, and anyone seeking to maintain the integrity of public and private discourse through structural analysis. License: CC0 1.0 / CC BY 4.0