---
slug: "Askwiden"
name: "Askwiden"
type: "Reasoning"
layer: "Mind"
ref: "Askwiden#819d"
sema_id: "sema:Askwiden#mh:SHA-256:819d9a81e9e27f91531d3194b8aad264cb3526d1db1fa14aa8dbe07f9568bedc"
tags: ["Mind","Reasoning"]
updated: 2026-11-11
mindscape: "bootstrap"
index_url: https://mindscape.pages.dev/bootstrap/index.json
url: https://mindscape.pages.dev/bootstrap/Askwiden/
related: ["Reframe","StepBack#f345","PerspectiveEnsemble#4afd"]
---

# Askwiden

Record when another perspective changes which questions can be asked, not just which answers are given

Layer: Mind · Category: Reasoning

## Mechanism

Before consulting another perspective, the agent writes down its open questions, and afterwards it compares. An askwiden is recorded for each new question that uses a term or distinction the earlier list lacked; a new answer to an old question is not one. The new questions are candidates for a [Reframe](https://mindscape.pages.dev/bootstrap/Reframe.md).

## Invariants

- The question list is written before the other perspective is consulted.
- An askwiden is claimed only for a question that uses a term or distinction absent from the earlier list.

## Failure modes

- Answer taken for question: a new answer to an old question is recorded as a new question.
- Rewording: an old question in new words is recorded as new.

## Builds on

- [Reframe](https://mindscape.pages.dev/bootstrap/Reframe.md) (Mind; References)

## Used by

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## Identity

- Sema ID: `sema:Askwiden#mh:SHA-256:819d9a81e9e27f91531d3194b8aad264cb3526d1db1fa14aa8dbe07f9568bedc`
- Ref: `Askwiden#819d`

## Links

- [Pattern page](https://mindscape.pages.dev/bootstrap/Askwiden/)
- [View in the interactive graph](https://mindscape.pages.dev/bootstrap/#Askwiden)
- [JSON](https://mindscape.pages.dev/bootstrap/Askwiden.json)
- [Index of all patterns](https://mindscape.pages.dev/bootstrap/index.json)