Community

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What is community? How should it be defined?

While some groups of people seem to have a merely accidental nature (e.g. the group of left handed Armenian smokers), others are clearly more than a result of coincidence. The question is what makes such groups different from mere accidental groups.

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

In Scientonomy, the accepted definition of the term is:

  • A group that has a collective intentionality.

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):
CommunityAccepted FromAcceptance IndicatorsStill AcceptedAccepted UntilRejection Indicators
Scientonomy19 May 2017The question became accepted with the publication of Overgaard's A Taxonomy for Social Agents of Scientific Change.Yes

All Theories

The following theories have attempted to answer this question:
TheoryFormulationFormulated In
Community (Overgaard-2017)A group that has a collective intentionality.2017

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Accepted Theories

The following theories have been accepted as answers to this question:
CommunityTheoryAccepted FromAccepted Until
ScientonomyCommunity (Overgaard-2017)2 February 2018

Suggested Modifications

Here is a list of modifications concerning this topic:
Modification Community Date Suggested Summary Verdict Verdict Rationale Date Assessed
Sciento-2017-0012 Scientonomy 19 May 2017 Accept a new taxonomy for group and its two sub-types - accidental group, and community. Accepted A consensus has emerged after a long discussion that the distinction and the respective definitions should be accepted. It was noted that "these formulations tend to be the starting point for so many of our discussions"c1 and that "despite all disagreements that this taxonomy causes, it is actually accepted by the community".c2 Yet, it was also indicated that whereas the definition of group as "two or more people that share a characteristic" is the best we have at the moment, it may be potentially necessary to pursue the idea of redefining it as "one or more people..." to allow for one-scientist communities.c3 Finally, while a question was raised whether there is any "value in defining accidental groups as something separate from groups",c4 it was eventually agreed that it is important to draw "a clear distinction between the two kinds of groups as accidental groups and communities".c5 2 February 2018

Current View

In Scientonomy, the accepted definition of the term is Community (Overgaard-2017).

Community (Overgaard-2017) states: "A group that has a collective intentionality."

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A group that has a collective intentionality.

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