Sufficient Reason

What is sufficient reason? How should it be defined?

In the scientonomic context, this term was first used by Kye Palider in 2019.

Scientonomic History

Acceptance Record of the Term

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

All Definitions

The following definitions of sufficient reason the term have been suggested:

Theory	Formulation	Formulated In
Sufficient Reason (Palider-2019)	An agent takes theory A to be a sufficient reason for (accepting) theory B iff the following four conditions are met: (1) The agent accepts A. (2) The agent accepts that A → B. (3) The agent employs ε. (4) The agent accepts (ε, A, A→B) →ε (Should accept B).	2019

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Accepted Definitions

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

Suggested Modifications

Here is a list of modifications concerning the definitions of sufficient 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

The term currently has no accepted definition.

Ontology

Existence

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

Subtypes

No classes are currently accepted as subtypes of a sufficient reason.

Supertypes

No classes are currently accepted as supertypes of a sufficient reason.

Associations

No associations of a sufficient reason are currently accepted.

Disjointness

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

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Dynamics

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