---
slug: "Reasonfade"
name: "Reasonfade"
type: "Memory"
layer: "Mind"
ref: "Reasonfade#3ac3"
sema_id: "sema:Reasonfade#mh:SHA-256:3ac3e8afee958a451985a4e1abb4837e2271d7b05818a92119d4ed5a07c0816d"
tags: ["Mind","Memory"]
updated: 2026-11-11
mindscape: "bootstrap"
index_url: https://mindscape.pages.dev/bootstrap/index.json
url: https://mindscape.pages.dev/bootstrap/Reasonfade/
related: ["Assumption","BeliefTracking#c78d","TraceBelief#7b8a"]
---

# Reasonfade

A judgment kept after its reasons are lost is held as an assumption until the reasons are restored

Layer: Mind · Category: Memory

## Mechanism

A retained judgment is checked for its reasons. If the reasons cannot be recovered from the record, the judgment is marked as reason-faded and held as an [Assumption](https://mindscape.pages.dev/bootstrap/Assumption.md) rather than a finding, until its reasons are restored or it is decided again.

## Invariants

- A judgment whose reasons cannot be recovered is held as an assumption, not a finding.
- The mark is cleared only by restoring the reasons or by deciding again.

## Failure modes

- Authority substitution: the judgment's age or source is offered in place of its reasons.
- Compaction loss: a summary keeps the decision and drops why it was made.

## Builds on

- [Assumption](https://mindscape.pages.dev/bootstrap/Assumption.md) (Infrastructure; References)

## Used by

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## Identity

- Sema ID: `sema:Reasonfade#mh:SHA-256:3ac3e8afee958a451985a4e1abb4837e2271d7b05818a92119d4ed5a07c0816d`
- Ref: `Reasonfade#3ac3`

## Links

- [Pattern page](https://mindscape.pages.dev/bootstrap/Reasonfade/)
- [View in the interactive graph](https://mindscape.pages.dev/bootstrap/#Reasonfade)
- [JSON](https://mindscape.pages.dev/bootstrap/Reasonfade.json)
- [Index of all patterns](https://mindscape.pages.dev/bootstrap/index.json)