---
slug: "Reframe"
name: "Reframe"
type: "Reasoning"
layer: "Mind"
ref: "Reframe#cbfd"
sema_id: "sema:Reframe#mh:SHA-256:cbfd4fadde729367ef8f32a68951e5852535b7f7c3edc68a502d9187b8c1d54a"
tags: ["Mind","Reasoning"]
updated: 2026-11-11
mindscape: "bootstrap"
index_url: https://mindscape.pages.dev/bootstrap/index.json
url: https://mindscape.pages.dev/bootstrap/Reframe/
related: ["Problem","AntifragileInversion","Askwiden","FractalIntelligence","Invert","LateralOptimization","Lensweave","MetaProtocols","ModestClaim","ProblemFramer","StepBack","WhyClimb","SolutionRoot","SolutionTree","Askwiden#819d","Lensweave#7d5b"]
---

# Reframe

Changing perspective to restructure the tree and find a new solution root

Layer: Mind · Category: Reasoning

## Mechanism

Transform the [Problem](https://mindscape.pages.dev/bootstrap/Problem.md) statement by changing perspective, scope, or framing. This mechanism not only restructures the current solver tree but actively seeks a new solver root better aligned with the transformed problem. Techniques: invert the goal, change the subject, shift time horizon, alter constraints. A problem unsolvable in frame A may be trivial in frame B.

## Invariants

- Retains the original [Problem](https://mindscape.pages.dev/bootstrap/Problem.md) statement alongside the transformed one.
- Names which transformation was applied — inverting the goal, changing the subject, shifting the horizon, altering constraints.

## Preconditions

- Stuck problem state

## Postconditions

- New solution path visible

## Failure modes

- Frame Blindness: New frame has its own blind spots, trading one bias for another.

## Builds on

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

## Used by

- [AntifragileInversion](https://mindscape.pages.dev/bootstrap/AntifragileInversion.md) (Mind; References)
- [Askwiden](https://mindscape.pages.dev/bootstrap/Askwiden.md) (Mind; References)
- [FractalIntelligence](https://mindscape.pages.dev/bootstrap/FractalIntelligence.md) (Mind; Composes with)
- [Invert](https://mindscape.pages.dev/bootstrap/Invert.md) (Mind; References)
- [LateralOptimization](https://mindscape.pages.dev/bootstrap/LateralOptimization.md) (Mind; Composes with)
- [Lensweave](https://mindscape.pages.dev/bootstrap/Lensweave.md) (Mind; References)
- [MetaProtocols](https://mindscape.pages.dev/bootstrap/MetaProtocols.md) (Mind; References)
- [ModestClaim](https://mindscape.pages.dev/bootstrap/ModestClaim.md) (Society; References)
- [ProblemFramer](https://mindscape.pages.dev/bootstrap/ProblemFramer.md) (Mind; Composes with)
- [StepBack](https://mindscape.pages.dev/bootstrap/StepBack.md) (Mind; References)
- [WhyClimb](https://mindscape.pages.dev/bootstrap/WhyClimb.md) (Mind; References)

## Identity

- Sema ID: `sema:Reframe#mh:SHA-256:cbfd4fadde729367ef8f32a68951e5852535b7f7c3edc68a502d9187b8c1d54a`
- Ref: `Reframe#cbfd`
- Supersedes:
  - `sema:Reframe#mh:SHA-256:ba00c40311ec71aab4f5942fcdd6876df95b15604cf54260182737e21a874dc9`
  - `sema:Reframe#mh:SHA-256:573733f86a965e0db34ce77c54bada908c9561248a7d5a9b76652dba71e1565a`

## Links

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