premise-can-receive-justification
IN premise
A premise node (initially no justifications) can receive a justification via `add_justification`, giving it a derived backup path that keeps it IN even if its premise status is retracted.
Summary
Nodes that start as premises aren't locked into that status forever. You can later add a derived justification to them, which means if someone retracts the premise, the node can still survive by being supported through its other justification path. This gives the system resilience — a fact can have multiple independent reasons to be true.
Dependents
These beliefs depend on this one:
- premise-identity-is-inherently-transient — Premise identity is inherently transient because it emerges from the absence of justifications, and any justification addition — whether from dialectical challenge, defend, or direct add_justification — irreversibly transforms a premise into a derived node without explicit opt-in.
Details
| Source | entries/2026/04/24/tests-test_add_justification.md |