The phrase "a putative reason" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when referring to a reason that is generally assumed or supposed, but not necessarily proven or confirmed.
Example: "The committee provided a putative reason for the delay, but further investigation revealed other factors at play."
Alternatives: "an assumed reason" or "a supposed reason".
Deviant causal chains seem to occur when the chain of causal events from a putative reason to a belief veers outside the persons cognitive structure.
This line of argument is perfectly general, so any principle citing a putative reason in its antecedent which could never actually be a reason (and whose consequent can be false; principles with tautologous consequents will of course be trivially true on anybody's account) will turn out to be false.
A putative reason for the weak binding of hPS in the P1 site is the remoteness of the positively charged protein side chains from the site.
Differential tissue specific regulation of genes by hypoxia provides a putative reason, for the remarkable specificity of VHL to produce invasive renal tumours.
This is in contrast to the increased 5-HT2C signalling discussed above as a putative reason for the hyperactive HPA axis.
The 90-minute show (no intermission) is even better viewed, however, as a companion piece to the Globe's concurrent staging of "Troilus and Cressida," a Shakespeare play on the ravages of a combat, the Trojan War, whose putative reason for being — the "pearl" that is Helen — is granted but a single scene.
Note well: the putative reason offered is a psychological hypothesis about the private life of scientists who explore hypotheses contrary to current accepted scientific opinion.
The putative reason for the NOC linkage regulations was to provide a balance between the economic interests of the brand-name and generic pharmaceutical companies.
In another exchange, Cooper pressed Conway about the putative reason for the firing.
The putative reason the wangbas operate is to provide online access.
The putative reason for the change is that Cuba still violates the human rights of its own people, including jailing dissidents and independent journalists.
