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• Epistemic Action (Allen-2023)  + (An action of an epistemic agent that involves an epistemic element.)
• Epistemic Agent (Patton-2019)  + (An agent capable of taking epistemic stances towards epistemic elements.)
• Reason (Palider-2019)  + (An agent takes theory ''A'' to be a reason for theory ''B'' ''iff'' the agent accepts that ''A''→''B'', employs ''ε'', and accepts (''ε'', ''A'', ''A''→''B'') →_''ε'' (Should accept ''B'').)
• Sufficient Reason (Palider-2019)  + (An agent takes theory ''A'' to be a suffic … An agent takes theory ''A'' to be a sufficient reason for (accepting) theory ''B'' ''iff'' the following four conditions are met:</br></br>(1) The agent accepts ''A''.</br></br>(2) The agent accepts that ''A'' → ''B''.</br></br>(3) The agent employs ''ε''.</br></br>(4) The agent accepts (''ε'', ''A'', ''A''→''B'') →_''ε'' (Should accept ''B'').) →_''ε'' (Should accept ''B'').)
• Support (Palider-2019)  + (An agent takes theory ''A'' to be supporting theory ''B'' ''iff'' the agent accepts ''A'' and accepts that ''A''→''B''.)
• Normative Inference (Palider-2019)  + (An agent takes theory ''A'' to normatively infer theory ''B'' ''iff'' the agent accepts ''A'', accepts that ''A''→''B'', and accepts (''ε'', ''A'', ''A''→''B'') →_''ε'' (Should accept ''B'').)
• The First Law (Barseghyan-2015)  + (An element of the mosaic remains in the mosaic unless replaced by other elements.)
• The First Law for Methods (Barseghyan-2015)  + (An employed method remains employed unless replaced by other methods.)
• The First Law for Norms (Barseghyan-Pandey-2023)  + (An employed norm remains employed in the mosaic unless replaced by other elements.)
• Global Epistemic Action (Allen-2023)  + (An epistemic action that is available to all epistemic agents trans-historically and universally.)
• Local Epistemic Action (Allen-2023)  + (An epistemic action that is not available trans-historically to all epistemic agents, but is specific to some time periods or some agents.)
• Question Pursuit (Barseghyan-2022)  + (An epistemic agent ''S'' considers a question ''Q'' pursuitworthy, if and only if ''S'' accepts that it is worth finding a theory ''T'' that answers ''Q''.)
• Error (Machado-Marques-Patton-2021)  + (An epistemic agent is said to commit an error if the agent accepts a theory that should not have been accepted given that agent’s employed method.)
• Tool Reliance (Patton-2019)  + (An epistemic agent is said to rely on an epistemic tool ''iff'' there is a procedure through which the tool can provide an acceptable source of knowledge for answering some question under the employed method of that agent.)
• Outcome Inconclusive (Barseghyan-2015)  + (An outcome of theory assessment which allows for the theory to be accepted but doesn't dictate so.)
• Outcome Accept (Barseghyan-2015)  + (An outcome of theory assessment which prescribes that the theory must be accepted.)
• Outcome Not Accept (Barseghyan-2015)  + (An outcome of theory assessment which prescribes that the theory must not be accepted.)
• Scientific Change (Barseghyan-2015)  + (Any change in the ''scientific mosaic'', i.e. a transition from one accepted ''theory'' to another or from one employed ''method'' to another.)
• Compatibility Corollary (Fraser-Sarwar-2018)  + (At any moment of time, the elements of the scientific mosaic are compatible with each other.)
• The Zeroth Law (Harder-2015)  + (At any moment of time, the elements of the scientific mosaic are compatible with each other.)
• Assessment of Scientonomy - Relevant Facts (Barseghyan-2015)  + (At the level of metatheory, the relevant e … At the level of metatheory, the relevant evidence for assessing a scientonomic theory ''ought to be'' the facts relating to the state of the ''scientific mosaic'' and its ''transitions''. The complete list of relevant phenomena that ought to be considered can ''only'' be identified for a specific scientonomic theory.tified for a specific scientonomic theory.)
• Mutual Authority Delegation (Overgaard-Loiselle-2016)  + (Communities A and B are said to be in a relationship of mutual authority delegation ''iff'' community A delegates authority over topic ''x'' to community B, and community B delegates authority over topic ''y'' to community A.)
• One-sided Authority Delegation (Overgaard-Loiselle-2016)  + (Communities A and B are said to be in a relationship of one-sided authority delegation ''iff'' community A delegates authority over topic ''x'' to community B, but community B doesn’t delegate any authority to community A.)
• Authority Delegation (Overgaard-Loiselle-2016)  + (Community A is said to be delegating authority over topic ''x'' to community B ''iff'' (1) community A accepts that community B is an expert on topic ''x'' and (2) community A will accept a theory on topic ''x'' if community B says so.)
• Singular Authority Delegation (Loiselle-2017)  + (Community A is said to engage in a relationship of singular authority delegation over topic ''x'' ''iff'' community A delegates authority over topic ''x'' to exactly one community.)
• Multiple Authority Delegation (Loiselle-2017)  + (Community A is said to engage in a relationship of multiple authority delegation over topic ''x'' ''iff'' community A delegates authority over topic ''x'' to more than one community.)

• Compatibility Is a Subtype of Epistemic Stance (Fraser-Sarwar-2018)  + (Compatibility)
• Epistemic Stances Towards Epistemic Elements - Compatibility (Fraser-Sarwar-2018)  + (Compatibility)

• Acceptance Criteria (Barseghyan-2015)  + (Criteria for determining whether a theory is ''acceptable'' or ''unacceptable.'')
• Demarcation Criteria (Barseghyan-2015)  + (Criteria for determining whether a theory is ''scientific'' or ''unscientific.'')
• Compatibility Criteria (Fraser-Sarwar-2018)  + (Criteria for determining whether two elements are compatible or incompatible.)
• Compatibility Criteria (Barseghyan-2015)  + (Criteria for determining whether two theories are ''compatible'' or ''incompatible.'')
• Definition Is a Subtype of Theory (Barseghyan-2018)  + (Definition)
• Descriptive Theory Is a Subtype of Theory (Barseghyan-2015)  + (Descriptive Theory)
• Epistemic Community Is a Subtype of Epistemic Agent (Barseghyan-2018)  + (Epistemic Community)
• Authority Delegation (Patton-2019)  + (Epistemic agent A is said to be delegating authority over question ''x'' to epistemic agent B ''iff'' (1) agent A accepts that agent B is an expert on question ''x'' and (2) agent A will accept a theory answering question ''x'' if agent B says so.)
• Singular Authority Delegation (Patton-2019)  + (Epistemic agent A is said to engage in a relationship of singular authority delegation over question ''x'' ''iff'' A delegates authority over question ''x'' to exactly one epistemic agent.)
• Multiple Authority Delegation (Patton-2019)  + (Epistemic agent A is said to engage in a relationship of multiple authority delegation over question ''x'' ''iff'' A delegates authority over question ''x'' to more than one epistemic agent.)
• Mutual Authority Delegation (Patton-2019)  + (Epistemic agents A and B are said to be in a relationship of mutual authority delegation ''iff'' A delegates authority over question ''x'' to B, and B delegates authority over question ''y'' to A.)
• One-sided Authority Delegation (Patton-2019)  + (Epistemic agents A and B are said to be in a relationship of one-sided authority delegation ''iff'' A delegates authority over question ''x'' to B, but B doesn’t delegate any authority to A.)
• Demarcation-Acceptance Synchronism (Fraser-Sarwar-2018)  + (Every theory that becomes accepted satisfies the demarcation criteria employed at the time of acceptance.)
• Explicit Is a Subtype of Epistemic Element (Mirkin-2018)  + (Explicit)
• Global Epistemic Action Is a Subtype of Epistemic Action (Allen-2023)  + (Global Epistemic Action)
• Hierarchical Authority Delegation Is a Subtype of Authority Delegation (Loiselle-2017)  + (Hierarchical Authority Delegation)
• The Law of Compatibility (Fraser-Sarwar-2018)  + (If a pair of elements satisfies the compat … If a pair of elements satisfies the compatibility criteria employed at the time, it becomes compatible within the mosaic; if it does not, it is deemed incompatible; and if assessment is inconclusive, the pair can become compatible, incompatible, or its status may be unknown.ncompatible, or its status may be unknown.)
• The Second Law (Patton-Overgaard-Barseghyan-2017)  + (If a theory satisfies the acceptance criteria of the method employed at the time, it becomes accepted into the mosaic; if it does not, it remains unaccepted; if assessment is inconclusive, the theory can be accepted or not accepted.)
• The Law of Theory Demarcation (Sarwar-Fraser-2018)  + (If a theory satisfies the demarcation criteria of the method employed at the time, it becomes scientific; if it does not, it remains unscientific; if assessment is inconclusive, the theory’s status can become scientific, unscientific, or uncertain.)
• Dogmatism No Theory Change theorem (Barseghyan-2015)  + (If an accepted theory is taken as the final truth, it will always remain accepted; no new theory on the subject can ever be accepted.)
• Response to the Argument from Nothing Permanent (Barseghyan-2015)  + (If there were indeed nothing permanent in science, then scientonomy would be impossible, however, scientonomy posits only that there are regularities in the process of scientific change.)
• Implicit Is a Subtype of Epistemic Element (Mirkin-2018)  + (Implicit)
• Non-Empty Mosaic theorem (Barseghyan-2015)  + (In order for the process of scientific change to be possible, the mosaic must necessarily contain at least one element. That is, scientific change is impossible in an empty mosaic.)
• Necessary Method theorem (Barseghyan-2015)  + (In order for the process of scientific change to be possible, the mosaic must necessarily contain at least one employed method.)