The Necessity of Language in Community

Is a shared language, or propositional code, presupposed by the existence of an epistemic community?

This question seeks to uncover what level of communication is presupposed by the existence of an epistemic community, and the role it plays in the process of scientific change.

In the scientonomic context, this question was first formulated by Paul Patton, Karl Loszak, Brendan Wu and Calahan Janik-Jones in 2017. The question is currently accepted as a legitimate topic for discussion by Scientonomy community.

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Community	Accepted From	Acceptance Indicators	Still Accepted	Accepted Until	Rejection Indicators
Scientonomy	24 March 2017	This question was acknowledged as legitimate in the Scientonomy Seminar 2017.	Yes

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