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|Description=A '''Reason''' is a theory that is potentially hypothetical, i.e. not accepted, that may serve serve, if accepted, as a [[Sufficient Reason (Palider-2019)]] for accepting another theory. For example, one may say that a double-blind trial will constitute a reason for accepting a drug's efficacy, even if the double-blind trial has not yet been done.
A reason is separated into components of [[Implication (Palider-2019)]], [[Normative Inference (Palider-2019)]], and employment of a relevant method. These components as a whole assure that the reason implies the theory to be accepted, normatively infers that the theory to be accepted should be accepted, and that the method by which that normative inference is evaluated is actually employed. Notably, it does not involve the acceptance of the theory serving as a reason, which is what separates a reason from a sufficient reason.
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