Arbitrary

Arbitrary (Dave Hewitt, 1990s) ­– those Features of a Concept that are not assigned by choice, habit, or history, but that do not alter the Concept if changed (e.g., the words “one” and “plus” and the symbols “1” and “+” are Arbitrary – as evidenced by the fact that they’re named differently in French and Swahili, but the underlying Concepts are stable)

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Davis, B., & Francis, K. (2023). “Arbitrary” in Discourses on Learning in Education. https://learningdiscourses.com.