Epistemic Community

What is epistemic community? How should it be defined? I.e. how is it different form non-epistemic community?

The term is widely used in many contexts when referring to communities that have to do with knowledge. The term needs a proper definition to make it clear what differentiates epistemic communities from non-epistemic communities.

In the scientonomic context, this term was first used by Nicholas Overgaard in 2016. The term is currently accepted by Scientonomy community.

Broader History

TODO: Prehistory here

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	19 May 2017	The question became accepted with the publication of Overgaard's A Taxonomy for Social Agents of Scientific Change.	Yes

All Theories

The following direct answers to the question have been suggested:

Theory	Formulation	Formulated In
Epistemic Community (Overgaard-2017)	A community that has a collective intentionality to know the world.	2017

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Accepted Theories

No direct answer to this question has ever been accepted.

Suggested Modifications

Here is a list of modifications concerning direct answers to this question:

Modification	Community	Date Suggested	Summary	Date Assessed	Verdict	Verdict Rationale
Sciento-2017-0014	Scientonomy	19 May 2017	Provided that the definition of community is accepted, accept new definitions of epistemic community and non-epistemic community as sub-types of community.		Open

Current View

At the moment, the term has no accepted definition in Scientonomy.