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@yankel-berel

I have no idea what you are talking about. Is this a distinction you made up? is there a kosher source you can point me to that gave you this concept?

Ideas of kefira and ideas of a”z are by nature “hashkafik”. When one acts on them and one must poskin on those actions, it becomes “halachik”. To be a bit more precise, the “halaha” is the thing you must do in response to a situation. So, vis-a-vis kefira, the psak halacha is the required reaction to a person (that seems to be) acting on a specific “hashkafa” of kefira.

However, there are not two types of a”z, one called “hashkafic” and one called “halachik”. That’s wordy gibberish trying to obfuscate actual thinking. Try expressing your idea without using the terms “haskafic” or “halachik”. I can do that very easily with my stance:

An idea that is inconsistent with traditional Torah teachings is called “heresy”. A person who knowingly believes in a heretical idea – either rejection or replacing a Torah teaching – is called a “heretic”. However, there are many cases of common misconceptions where kosher Jews innocently maintain heretical ideas either because they have been socially mainstreamed or because he was never exposed to the Torah concepts that challenge his flaw. Those people may not be heretics despite believing heretical ideas.
The “13 ikkarim” are an exception to this rule, as a person who even unwittingly rejects – or even has passing doubt in – those 13 fundamental Jewish concepts is necessarily a heretic, as those fundamentals are baseline requirements for Judaism.

I would ask you to try to do the same thing and talk about the thing you are actually trying to say without hiding behind vague and distorted specific words. Try actually talking about the thing.