Reason

What is reason? How 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 term was first used by Kye Palider in 2019. The term is currently accepted by Scientonomy community.

Scientonomic History

Acceptance Record of the Term

Here is the complete acceptance record of this term (it includes all the instances when the term was accepted as a part of a community's taxonomy):

Community	Accepted From	Acceptance Indicators	Still Accepted	Accepted Until	Rejection Indicators
Scientonomy	23 December 2019	This is when Palider's paper presenting the first scientonomic definition of the term was published.	Yes

All Definitions

The following definitions of reason 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 Definitions

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

Suggested Modifications

Here is a list of modifications concerning the definitions of reason:

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

Current Definition

At the moment, the term has no accepted definition in Scientonomy.

Ontology

Existence

In Scientonomy, there are currently no accepted claims concerning the existence of Reason.

Subtypes

In Scientonomy, there are currently no accepted subtypes of Reason.

Supertypes

In Scientonomy, there are currently no accepted supertypes of Reason.

Associations

In Scientonomy, there are currently no accepted associations of Reason.

Disjointness

In Scientonomy, no classes are currently accepted as disjoint with Reason.

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Dynamics

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