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A
Criteria for determining whether a theory is ''acceptable'' or ''unacceptable.'' +
A group that does not have a collective intentionality. +
The commentators of suggested modifications are allowed to suggest reformulations of the original formulations in the comments. By default, the new formulation should bear the original author’s name, unless the author decides to give credit to those who significantly contributed to the new reformulation. +
At the level of metatheory, the relevant evidence for assessing a scientonomic theory ''ought to be'' the facts relating to the state of the ''scientific mosaic'' and its ''transitions''. The complete list of relevant phenomena that ought to be considered can ''only'' be identified for a specific scientonomic theory. +
The employment of new methods can ''be'' but is not ''necessarily'' a result of the acceptance of new theories. +
Community A is said to be delegating authority over topic ''x'' to community B ''iff'' (1) community A accepts that community B is an expert on topic ''x'' and (2) community A will accept a theory on topic ''x'' if community B says so. +
Epistemic agent A is said to be delegating authority over question ''x'' to epistemic agent B ''iff'' (1) agent A accepts that agent B is an expert on question ''x'' and (2) agent A will accept a theory answering question ''x'' if agent B says so. +
B
Only a community can be a bearer of a scientific mosaic. +
C
A modification should be accepted by default if there are no objections within a 90-day period following its publication. +
The verdict on a suggested modification should be decided by a communal vote that will follow the discussion period. +
A group that has a collective intentionality. +
doesn't exist +
exists +
The ability of two elements to coexist in the same mosaic. +
At any moment of time, the elements of the scientific mosaic are compatible with each other. +
Criteria for determining whether two theories are ''compatible'' or ''incompatible.'' +
Criteria for determining whether two elements are compatible or incompatible. +
Theory assessment is an assessment of a proposed modification of the mosaic by the method employed at the time. +
A core question of a discipline is a question identified in the discipline’s delineating theory as definitive of the discipline. +
A core theory of a discipline is a theory presupposed by the discipline’s core questions. +
D
A statement of the meaning of a term. +
exists +
A second-order theory identifying the set of core questions of a discipline. +
Criteria for determining whether a theory is ''scientific'' or ''unscientific.'' +
Every theory that becomes accepted satisfies the demarcation criteria employed at the time of acceptance. +
A set of propositions that attempts to describe something. +
exists +
Descriptive Theory +
A discipline is characterized by (1) a non-empty set of core questions ''Q'' and (2) the delineating theory stating that ''Q'' are the core questions of the discipline. +
A discipline is said to be accepted by an epistemic agent if that agent accepts the core questions specified in the discipline’s delineating theory as well as the delineating theory itself. +
If an accepted theory is taken as the final truth, it will always remain accepted; no new theory on the subject can ever be accepted. +
All substantive methods are necessarily dynamic. +
E
exists +
Non-Scientonomic +
A method is said to be ''employed'' at time ''t'' if, at time ''t'', theories become accepted only when their acceptance is permitted by the method. +
A method is said to be employed if its requirements constitute the actual expectations of the community. +
An action of an epistemic agent that involves an epistemic element. +
exists +
An agent capable of taking epistemic stances towards epistemic elements. +
exists +
A community that has a collective intentionality to know the world. +
A non-epistemic community can consist of epistemic communities. +
exists +
Epistemic Community +
exists +
A theory is said to be an epistemic presupposition of a question for some agent, ''iff'' the agent accepts that accepting any direct answer to the question will necessitate accepting the theory. +
exists +
The list of possible stances towards a method is limited to ''employment''. +
Question Acceptance +
Theory Acceptance +
A physical object or system is an epistemic tool for an epistemic agent ''iff'' there is a procedure by which the tool can provide an acceptable source of knowledge for answering some question under the employed method of that agent. +
An epistemic agent is said to commit an error if the agent accepts a theory that should not have been accepted given that agent’s employed method. +
The handling of instances of scientific error is consistent with the theory rejection theorem; it involves a replacement of an erroneously accepted theory either with a first- or second-order proposition. +
Propositional knowledge that hasn’t been openly formulated by the agent. +
Propositional knowledge that has been openly formulated by the agent. +
G
An epistemic action that is available to all epistemic agents trans-historically and universally. +
exists +
Global Epistemic Action +
The goal of peer reviews in the scientonomic workflow is evaluation for ''pursuitworthiness'' rather than ''acceptability''. +
Two or more people who share any characteristic. +
H
The encyclopedia editors should be granted official housekeeping rights to handle the ripple effects. If the additional required changes are ''implicit'' in the suggested modification, the editors should create and alter encyclopedia pages to ensure that the accepted body of scientonomic knowledge is properly documented; if it is conceivable to accept the modification ''without'' accepting the ripple effect change in question, the editors should register these changes as new suggested modifications so that the community can discuss and evaluate them in an orderly fashion. +
A sub-type of multiple authority delegation where different communities are delegated different degrees of authority over topic ''x''. +
A sub-type of multiple authority delegation where different epistemic agents are delegated different degrees of authority over question ''x''. +
Hierarchical Authority Delegation +
A descriptive discipline that attempts to trace and explain ''individual'' changes in the scientific mosaic. +
I
A logical transition from one theory to another. +
Not explicit. +
The ''employed method'' of theory appraisal of a community at some time is not necessarily indicated by the ''methodological texts'' of that time and must be inferred from ''actual patterns'' of theory acceptance and other ''indirect evidence''. +
''Indicators of theory acceptance'' are textual sources that represent the position of a scientific community regarding a theory at some time. Useful indicators are ''contextual'' to time and culture. They might include such things as ''encyclopedias'', ''textbooks'', ''university curricula'', and ''minutes of association meetings''. +
Individual Epistemic Agent +
The level of the beliefs of the individual scientist about the world and the rules she employs in theory assessment. +
Non-propositional knowledge, i.e. knowledge that cannot, even in principle, be formulated as a set of propositions. +
Inferring Theory Assessment Outcomes from Acceptance or Unacceptance of Two Contenders (Patton-Overgaard-Barseghyan-2017) +
There is a series of inferences that can be made from the acceptance or unacceptance of two contender theories. +
Inferring Theory Assessment Outcomes from Acceptance or Unacceptance of a Single Contender (Patton-Overgaard-Barseghyan-2017) +
There is a series of inferences that can be made from the acceptance or unacceptance of a single contender. +
L
A local action ''A'' is said to be available to an epistemic agent ''iff'' that agent employs the norm “''A'' is permissible/desirable”. +
A local epistemic action becomes available to an agent only when its permissibility/desirability is derivable from a non-empty subset of other elements of the agent’s mosaic. +
An epistemic action that is not available trans-historically to all epistemic agents, but is specific to some time periods or some agents. +
exists +
Local Epistemic Action +
A theory is said to be a logical presupposition of a question, ''iff'' the theory is logically entailed by any direct answer to the question. +
exists +
M
A set of requirements for employment in theory assessment. +
A set of criteria for theory evaluation. +
A set of methods is said to constitute a hierarchy ''iff'' theories that satisfy the requirements of methods that are higher in the hierarchy are preferred to theories that satisfy the requirements of methods that are lower in the hierarchy. +
exists +
A method ceases to be employed only when other methods that are incompatible with the method become employed. +
