Existence of Local Epistemic Action

Does a local epistemic action exist?

In the scientonomic context, this question was first formulated by Joshua Allen in 2023. The question is currently accepted as a legitimate topic for discussion by Scientonomy community. There is currently no accepted answer to this question.

Scientonomic History

Acceptance Record

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Community	Accepted From	Acceptance Indicators	Still Accepted	Accepted Until	Rejection Indicators
Scientonomy	31 December 2023	Existence of Local Epistemic Action became accepted by virtue of the acceptance of Local Epistemic Action. This is when the first definition of the term was suggested, indicating that the term itself is accepted.	Yes

All Theories

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Theory	Formulation	Formulated In
Local Epistemic Action Exists	There is such a thing as a local epistemic action.	2023

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Accepted Theories

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Suggested Modifications

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Modification	Community	Date Suggested	Summary	Verdict	Verdict Rationale	Date Assessed
Sciento-2023-0006	Scientonomy	31 December 2023	Accept that epistemic actions can be local or global. Also accept the definition of global epistemic action as an epistemic action that is available to all epistemic agents trans-historically and universally and the definition of local epistemic action as an epistemic action that is not available trans-historically to all epistemic agents, but is specific to some time periods or some agents.	Open

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