Mind · Reasoning
Normance
Record how far a judgment rests on social default rather than on reasons its holder can state and check
Definition
Mechanism
For a Belief, the holder lists the reasons it can state and check without appeal to what others hold. Whatever support remains is recorded as social default: what is usual, what others believe, what a respected source said. The belief is then marked examined, mixed or default.
Invariants
- Every listed reason can be stated and checked without appeal to what others hold.
- The social defaults the belief leans on are named.
- The belief is marked examined, mixed or default.
Risks
Failure modes
Default disguised as reason
'everyone knows' is listed as a reason.
Examination theatre
reasons are produced after the fact to make a default look examined.
Relationships
Builds on
References
Infrastructure
A subjective claim with confidence and evidence
Nothing in this library builds on this pattern yet.
Reference