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

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 Theories

The following definitions of 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 Theories

According to our records, no definition of the term has ever been accepted.

Suggested Modifications

Here is a list of modifications concerning this term:

Modification	Community	Date Suggested	Summary	Verdict	Verdict Rationale	Date Assessed
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

There is currently no accepted answer to this question.

Ontology

Existence

There is currently no accepted view concerning the existence of epistemic actions.

Disjointness

No classes are currently accepted as being disjoint with this class.

Subtypes

No classes are currently accepted as subtypes of an epistemic action.

Supertypes

No classes are currently accepted as supertypes of an epistemic action.

Associations

No associations of an epistemic action are currently accepted.

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Dynamics

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