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|Description=An [[Epistemic Agent|epistemic agent]] is said to rely on an [[Epistemic Tool|epistemic tool]] ''iff'' there is a procedure through which the tool can provide an acceptable source of knowledge for answering some [[Question|question]] under the employed [[Method|method]] of that agent. Note that tool reliance, like [[Authority Delegation|authority delegation]], is reducible to the theories and methods of an agent. | |Description=An [[Epistemic Agent|epistemic agent]] is said to rely on an [[Epistemic Tool|epistemic tool]] ''iff'' there is a procedure through which the tool can provide an acceptable source of knowledge for answering some [[Question|question]] under the employed [[Method|method]] of that agent. Note that tool reliance, like [[Authority Delegation|authority delegation]], is reducible to the theories and methods of an agent. | ||
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Latest revision as of 07:50, 27 June 2024
This is a definition of Tool Reliance that states "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."
This definition of Tool Reliance was formulated by Paul Patton in 2019.1 It is currently accepted by Scientonomy community as the best available definition of the term.
Contents
Scientonomic History
Acceptance Record
Community | Accepted From | Acceptance Indicators | Still Accepted | Accepted Until | Rejection Indicators |
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Scientonomy | 23 February 2024 | The definition became accepted as a result of the acceptance of the respective modification. | Yes |
Suggestions To Accept
Here are all the modifications where the acceptance of this definition has been suggested:
Modification | Community | Date Suggested | Summary | Date Assessed | Verdict | Verdict Rationale |
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Sciento-2019-0018 | Scientonomy | 26 December 2019 | Accept that the relationship of tool reliance can obtain between epistemic agents and epistemic tools. Also accept the definition of tool reliance, which states that an epistemic agent is said to rely on an epistemic tool when 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. | 23 February 2024 | Accepted | The modification was discussed during the 2024 workshop. Firstly, the similarity between this definition and the recently accepted modification suggesting a definition of epistemic tool was highlighted by the community as an indicator that this modification might require further work to separate out its definitional content from dynamics content before it could be accepted. However, most of the discussion surrounding the modification concerned, as Jamie Shaw put it, whether the distinction between authority delegation and tool reliance was a distinction without a difference. Deivide Garcia suggested that there is a meaningful difference between the two: epistemic tools are inherently passive, whereas epistemic agents inherently play an active role both in tool reliance and in authority delegation. Paul Patton highlighted several examples of “troubleshooting” epistemic tools in the history of science, which is suggestive of a relationship between the epistemic agent and the epistemic tool that differs significantly from the relationship between two epistemic agents in an authority delegation relation. Yet, Hakob Barseghyan highlighted that the process of troubleshooting of tools could be conceptualized in different terms very similar to how scientonomers already describe authority delegation relations. Joshua Allen suggested that the modification would be useful to accept anticipating further work being done on the relationship between epistemic tools and epistemic actions. Ultimately, after most participants agreed that the modification was useful in its current state, the modification was accepted with over 2/3rds majority (11 votes to accept, 4 votes to keep the modification open). |
Question Answered
Tool Reliance (Patton-2019) is an attempt to answer the following question: What is tool reliance? How should it be defined?
See Tool Reliance for more details.
Description
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. Note that tool reliance, like authority delegation, is reducible to the theories and methods of an agent.
Reasons
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Questions About This Definition
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References
- ^ Patton, Paul. (2019) Epistemic Tools and Epistemic Agents in Scientonomy. Scientonomy 3, 63-89. Retrieved from https://scientojournal.com/index.php/scientonomy/article/view/33621.