Mind · Memory
Reasonfade
A judgment kept after its reasons are lost is held as an assumption until the reasons are restored
Definition
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 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.
Risks
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.
Relationships
Builds on
References
Infrastructure
Provisional truth
Nothing in this library builds on this pattern yet.
Reference