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
Community | Accepted From | Acceptance Indicators | Still Accepted | Accepted Until | Rejection Indicators |
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Scientonomy | 23 December 2019 | This is when Palider's paper presenting the first scientonomic definition of the term was published. | Yes |
All Theories
Theory | Formulation | Formulated In |
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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 |
Accepted Theories
Suggested Modifications
Modification | Community | Date Suggested | Summary | Date Assessed | Verdict | Verdict Rationale |
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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
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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