Fundamental principles
From Chains of Reason
These are the fundamental principles which underlie the running of Chains of Reason. While these principles are not beyond debate, the founder, Derrick, currently has the final say.
- Reasoning is presented in the chain format, rather than the traditional paragraph format (see Why this format?).
- Chains of Reason is ultimately about the presentation, rather than the assessment, of reasoning, with people left to make their own assessment about the soundness of the reasoning presented.
- The presentation of unsound reasoning is as important as that of sound reasoning, given that awareness of unsound reasoning can be just as valuable as that of sound reasoning.
- Users must register and login in order to contribute to the site.
- Edits must only be made after a consensus has been reached on the relevant page's talk page, and can only be made by an admin.
- Admins do not have any more of a say than non-admins on proposed edits - admins merely implement edits that have been agreed.
- There is no editor, or editorial board, for making final decisions on content, which is solely decided by consensus.
- The site is run on a non-profit basis.
- Site content is not under any copyright license, but is in the public domain (except where stated otherwise).
- Every registered user has an equal say in how the site is run - aside from these fundamental principles (see introductory note above).
- The site is run in a completely transparent manner - all discussions among registered users about the running of the site should take place in the main forum
Any comments, questions and suggestions about these principles should be posted on this page's talk page.
