This document discusses two hypotheses: H1 is that research into ordinary reasoning over the last century should be considered part of the taxonomy of reasoning styles. H2 is that reasoning styles are not exclusive to individual disciplines and form part of the epistemological and methodological assumptions across scientific practice. The document analyzes whether ordinary reasoning can be integrated into existing taxonomies of reasoning styles. It argues that if ordinary reasoning is a style, it should be possible to detect its characteristic propositions, laws, explanations and criteria of validity through its historical evolution. This would mean reasoning studies are part of historical epistemology and meta-epistemology.