Local Epistemic Action Exists

This is a theory that states "There is such a thing as a local epistemic action."

Existence of Local Epistemic Action was formulated by Joshua Allen in 2023.1

Scientonomic History

Acceptance Record

This theory has never been accepted.

Suggestions To Accept

Here are all the modifications where the acceptance of this theory has been suggested:

Modification	Community	Date Suggested	Summary	Verdict	Verdict Rationale	Date Assessed
Sciento-2023-0006	Scientonomy	31 December 2023	Accept that epistemic actions can be local or global. Also accept the definition of global epistemic action as an epistemic action that is available to all epistemic agents trans-historically and universally and the definition of local epistemic action as an epistemic action that is not available trans-historically to all epistemic agents, but is specific to some time periods or some agents.	Open

Question Answered

Local Epistemic Action Exists is an attempt to answer the following question: Existence of Local Epistemic Action.

See Existence of Local Epistemic Action for more details.

Description

Allen points out that many epistemic actions are local (e.g. actions of simulating, experimenting, or modelling).1p. 79

Reasons

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