Epistemic Action

What is epistemic action? How should it be defined?

An action-based scientonomic perspective of scientific practice necessitates clarifying the notion of epistemic action, i.e. what sorts of actions count as epistemic and what sorts of actions don't.

In the scientonomic context, this term was first used by Joshua Allen in 2023. The term is currently accepted by Scientonomy community.

Scientonomic History

Acceptance Record of the Term

Here is the complete acceptance record of this term (it includes all the instances when the term was accepted as a part of a community's taxonomy):

Community	Accepted From	Acceptance Indicators	Still Accepted	Accepted Until	Rejection Indicators
Scientonomy	31 December 2023	This is when the first definition of the term was suggested, indicating that the term itself is accepted.	Yes

All Definitions

The following definitions of epistemic action the term have been suggested:

Theory	Formulation	Formulated In
Epistemic Action (Allen-2023)	An action of an epistemic agent that involves an epistemic element.	2023

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Accepted Definitions

According to our records, no definition of epistemic action has ever been accepted.

Suggested Modifications

Here is a list of modifications concerning the definitions of epistemic action:

Modification	Community	Date Suggested	Summary	Date Assessed	Verdict	Verdict Rationale
Sciento-2023-0005	Scientonomy	31 December 2023	Accept the definition of epistemic action as an action of an epistemic agent that involves an epistemic element.		Open

Current Definition

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

Ontology

Existence

In Scientonomy, there are currently no accepted claims concerning the existence of Epistemic Action.

Subtypes

In Scientonomy, there are currently no accepted subtypes of Epistemic Action.

Supertypes

In Scientonomy, there are currently no accepted supertypes of Epistemic Action.

Associations

In Scientonomy, there are currently no accepted associations of Epistemic Action.

Disjointness

In Scientonomy, no classes are currently accepted as disjoint with Epistemic Action.

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Dynamics

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