Epistemic Sequence: Proximity → Legibility → Recognition → Alignment → Orientation

This paper stabilizes an ordered epistemic sequence consisting of proximity, legibility, recognition, alignment, and orientation. It clarifies each stage as functionally distinct and prevents their collapse into interchangeable terms. The sequence is not presented as a universal system but as a structured pattern that has become visible within experience. The paper stabilizes terminology across adjacent work and clarifies boundaries that prevent confusion between perception, knowing, response, and sustained direction. It prevents the collapse of epistemic stages into interchangeable language and stabilizes a single sequence for describing their relation within the scope of this paper.