Inexplicable
What is inexplicable knowledge? How should it be defined?
In the scientonomic context, this term was first used by Hakob Barseghyan and Maxim Mirkin in 2018. The term is currently accepted by Scientonomy community.
In Scientonomy, the accepted definition of the term is:
- Non-propositional knowledge, i.e. knowledge that cannot, even in principle, be formulated as a set of propositions.
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Scientonomic History
Acceptance Record
Community | Accepted From | Acceptance Indicators | Still Accepted | Accepted Until | Rejection Indicators |
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Scientonomy | 28 December 2018 | The publication of Maxim Mirkin's The Status of Technological Knowledge in the Scientific Mosaic is an indication of the acceptance of the term by the community. | Yes |
All Theories
Theory | Formulation | Formulated In |
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Inexplicable (Mirkin-Barseghyan-2018) | Non-propositional knowledge, i.e. knowledge that cannot, even in principle, be formulated as a set of propositions. | 2018 |
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Accepted Theories
Community | Theory | Accepted From | Accepted Until |
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Scientonomy | Inexplicable (Mirkin-Barseghyan-2018) | 1 September 2019 |
Suggested Modifications
Modification | Community | Date Suggested | Summary | Date Assessed | Verdict | Verdict Rationale |
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Sciento-2018-0011 | Scientonomy | 28 December 2018 | Accept the three-fold distinction between explicit, explicable-implicit, and inexplicable. | 1 September 2019 | Accepted | The consensus on this modification emerged primarily off-line. It was agreed that "the modification should be accepted".c1 It was also agreed "that the three-fold distinction is to be accepted as it introduces a distinction between explicable-implicit and inexplicable and thus contributes to the clarity of discussions concerning implicit and explicit."c2 |
Current View
In Scientonomy, the accepted definition of the term is Inexplicable (Mirkin-Barseghyan-2018).
Inexplicable (Mirkin-Barseghyan-2018) states: "Non-propositional knowledge, i.e. knowledge that cannot, even in principle, be formulated as a set of propositions."
The category is agent-relative and encompasses that knowledge which cannot - even in principle - be explicated. The definition was first suggested by Hakob Barseghyan and Maxim Mirkin in their The Role of Technological Knowledge in Scientific Change1 and was restated by Mirkin in his The Status of Technological Knowledge in the Scientific Mosaic.
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References
- ^ Barseghyan, Hakob and Mirkin, Maxim. (2019) The Role of Technological Knowledge in Scientific Change. In Héder and Nádasi (Eds.) (2019), 5-17.