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MENTAL MODEL · M7247

Principle of Sufficient Reason

Principle of Sufficient Reason
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Version 1.0.0 · Updated 2026-07-30

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SCAFFOLDING EFFECT

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Reduce cognitive load

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Anchor fast decisions

Leibniz's "principle of sufficient reason": everything that exists or occurs has a sufficient reason; nothing happens without cause. The mechanism is the assumption of "causal closure"—the world can be questioned, and beneath appearances there must be an explainable chain of causes, refusing to attribute anomalies to "coincidence."

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