Subtypes of Authority Delegation

What are the subtypes of authority delegation?

In the scientonomic context, this question was first formulated by Nicholas Overgaard and Mirka Loiselle in 2016. The question is currently accepted as a legitimate topic for discussion by Scientonomy community. The following subtypes of Authority Delegation are currently accepted in Scientonomy:

• On the basis of cardinality, the subtypes of Authority Delegation are Singular Authority Delegation and Multiple Authority Delegation.
• On the basis of reciprocity, the subtypes of Authority Delegation are Mutual Authority Delegation and One-sided Authority Delegation.

Scientonomic History

Acceptance Record

Here is the complete acceptance record of this question (it includes all the instances when the question was accepted as a legitimate topic for discussion by a community):

Community	Accepted From	Acceptance Indicators	Still Accepted	Accepted Until	Rejection Indicators
Scientonomy	7 September 2016	The question of Subtypes of Authority Delegation became accepted by virtue of the acceptance of Authority Delegation. The publication of the article by Overgaard and Loiselle titled Authority Delegation is a good indication of acceptance of the question.Overgaard and Loiselle (2016)	Yes

All Theories

The following answers have been added to this encyclopedia:

Theory	Formulation	Formulated In
One-sided Authority Delegation Is a Subtype of Authority Delegation (Overgaard-Loiselle-2016)	One-sided Authority Delegation is a subtype of Authority Delegation, i.e. authority delegation is a supertype of one-sided authority delegation.	2016
Mutual Authority Delegation Is a Subtype of Authority Delegation (Overgaard-Loiselle-2016)	Mutual Authority Delegation is a subtype of Authority Delegation, i.e. authority delegation is a supertype of mutual authority delegation.	2016
Singular Authority Delegation Is a Subtype of Authority Delegation (Loiselle-2017)	Singular Authority Delegation is a subtype of Authority Delegation, i.e. authority delegation is a supertype of singular authority delegation.	2017
Multiple Authority Delegation Is a Subtype of Authority Delegation (Loiselle-2017)	Multiple Authority Delegation is a subtype of Authority Delegation, i.e. authority delegation is a supertype of multiple authority delegation.	2017

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Accepted Theories

The following theories have been accepted as answers to this question:

Community	Theory	Accepted From	Accepted Until
Scientonomy	Mutual Authority Delegation Is a Subtype of Authority Delegation (Overgaard-Loiselle-2016)	2 February 2018
Scientonomy	One-sided Authority Delegation Is a Subtype of Authority Delegation (Overgaard-Loiselle-2016)	2 February 2018
Scientonomy	Singular Authority Delegation Is a Subtype of Authority Delegation (Loiselle-2017)	23 October 2018
Scientonomy	Multiple Authority Delegation Is a Subtype of Authority Delegation (Loiselle-2017)	23 October 2018

Suggested Modifications

Here is a list of modifications concerning this topic:

Modification	Community	Date Suggested	Summary	Date Assessed	Verdict	Verdict Rationale
Sciento-2016-0004	Scientonomy	7 September 2016	Provided that the notion of authority delegation is accepted, accept the notions of mutual authority delegation and one-sided authority delegation as subtypes of authority delegation.	2 February 2018	Accepted	Following a period of discussion, it was finally agreed that "the current definitions of authority delegation, mutual authority delegation, and one-sided authority delegation, despite their problems, are currently the best available such definitions".c1 It was noted that these definitions don't take into the account the possibility of conditional authority delegation, where community A is prepared to accept the findings of another community on a certain topic only if these findings also satisfy some additional criteria imposed by community A. It was argued that there might be cases where a community's reliance on the findings of another community might be "conditional in ways that the current authority delegation definition is too restrictive to encompass".c2 The idea of conditional delegation was found pursuit-worhty.c3 It was also stressed that these definitions are only the first step towards a deeper understanding of the mechanism of authority delegation. Scientonomists were advised to pursue the idea of deducing "theorems concerning theory acceptance and method employment in delegating mosaics".c4
Sciento-2017-0007	Scientonomy	19 May 2017	Accept the definitions of the following subtypes of authority delegation: singular authority delegation, multiple authority delegation, hierarchical authority delegation, and non-hierarchical authority delegation.	23 October 2018	Accepted	While the notions of singular and multiple authority delegation didn't cause much controversy, the notions of hierarchical and non-hierarchical authority delegation gave rise to notable disagreement among scientonomists. As a result, the modification was in discussion for about a year and a half.c1 Eventually, a consensus emerged mostly as a result of offline (in-person) discussion meetings. It was agreed that "for decisions that are not rote and routine, it seems highly unlikely that a pre-established hierarchy of authority delegation does or could exist, nor could a pre-established belief that all authorities should be given equal weight".c2 However, it was also agreed that Loiselle's study "have identified at least one aspect of hierarchical authority delegation in epistemic communities",c3 for "there seem to be instances where some experts occupy privileged positions in the eyes of those delegating authority" and that "alone is sufficient to suggest that hierarchies of authority delegation exists, regardless of of how transient or fixed they might be".c4

Current View

In Scientonomy, the following subtypes of Authority Delegation are currently accepted:

• On the basis of cardinality, the subtypes of Authority Delegation are Singular Authority Delegation and Multiple Authority Delegation.
• On the basis of reciprocity, the subtypes of Authority Delegation are Mutual Authority Delegation and One-sided Authority Delegation.

Singular Authority Delegation Is a Subtype of Authority Delegation (Loiselle-2017) states: "Singular Authority Delegation is a subtype of Authority Delegation, i.e. authority delegation is a supertype of singular authority delegation."

Multiple Authority Delegation Is a Subtype of Authority Delegation (Loiselle-2017) states: "Multiple Authority Delegation is a subtype of Authority Delegation, i.e. authority delegation is a supertype of multiple authority delegation."

One-sided Authority Delegation Is a Subtype of Authority Delegation (Overgaard-Loiselle-2016) states: "One-sided Authority Delegation is a subtype of Authority Delegation, i.e. authority delegation is a supertype of one-sided authority delegation."

Mutual Authority Delegation Is a Subtype of Authority Delegation (Overgaard-Loiselle-2016) states: "Mutual Authority Delegation is a subtype of Authority Delegation, i.e. authority delegation is a supertype of mutual authority delegation."