Reason

What is reason? Hos should it be defined?

The notion of reason plays an important role in the analysis of historical episodes. A proper scientonomic definition of reason is therefore needed.

In the scientonomic context, this question was first formulated by Kye Palider in 2019.

Scientonomic History

Acceptance Record

Our records state that this term has never been accepted by any community.

All Theories

The following definitions of the term have been suggested:

Theory	Formulation	Formulated In
Reason (Palider-2019)	An agent takes theory A to be a reason for theory B iff the agent accepts that A→B, employs ε, and accepts (ε, A, A→B) →ε (Should accept B).	2019

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Accepted Theories

According to our records, no definition of the term has ever been accepted.

Suggested Modifications

Here is a list of modifications concerning this term:

Modification	Community	Date Suggested	Summary	Verdict	Verdict Rationale	Date Assessed
Sciento-2019-0010	Scientonomy	23 December 2019	Accept the new definitions of sufficient reason, reason, support, and normative inference.	Open

Current Definition

There is currently no accepted definition of the term.

Ontology

Existence

There is currently no accepted view concerning the existence of reasons.

Disjointness

No classes are currently accepted as being disjoint with this class.

Subtypes

No classes are currently accepted as subtypes of a reason.

Supertypes

No classes are currently accepted as supertypes of a reason.

Associations

No associations of a reason are currently accepted.

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Dynamics

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