Recursive Criteria-Lessness: A Multi-Level Analytical Observation

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This concept note introduces recursive criteria-lessness as a preliminary analytical observation concerning situations in which explicit, operational, or documented criteria may remain non-identifiable across multiple analytical levels, including evaluation, classification, and documentation.

The note extends the earlier concept of criteria-lessness by considering whether limitations at one analytical level may recur within higher-order processes that organise, document, or review evaluation. It is methodologically related to cross-level analytical distribution within the Self-Matryoshka Analytical Framework (S-MAF).

The note is conceptual and exploratory and does not assess specific cases, establish causal relations, or demonstrate the absence of criteria in practice. Subsequent document-based publications within the criteriology research programme examine related empirical configurations concerning criteria, documentation, identifiability, and reviewability.

Part of the community: Self-Matryoshka Analytical Framework (S-MAF) and Criteriology Research