Epistemic Community

What is epistemic community? How should it be defined? I.e. how is it different from non-epistemic community?

The term is widely used in many contexts when referring to communities that have to do with knowledge. The term needs a proper definition to make it clear what differentiates epistemic communities from non-epistemic communities.

In the scientonomic context, this question was first formulated by Nicholas Overgaard in 2016. The question is currently accepted as a legitimate topic for discussion by Scientonomy community. At the moment, the question has no accepted answer in Scientonomy.

Prehistory

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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):

Community	Accepted From	Acceptance Indicators	Still Accepted	Accepted Until	Rejection Indicators
Scientonomy	10 September 2016	The question became accepted with the publication of Overgaard's A Taxonomy for Social Agents of Scientific Change.1	Yes

All Theories

The following theories have attempted to answer this question:

Theory	Formulation	Formulated In
Epistemic Community (Overgaard-2017)	A community that has a collective intentionality to know the world.	2017

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Accepted Theories

According to our records, no theory on this topic has ever been accepted.

Suggested Modifications

Here is a list of modifications concerning this topic:

Modification	Community	Date Suggested	Summary	Verdict	Verdict Rationale	Date Assessed
Sciento-2017-0014	Scientonomy	19 May 2017	Provided that the definition of community is accepted, accept new definitions of epistemic community and non-epistemic community as sub-types of community.	Open

Current View

There is currently no accepted answer to this question.

Open Questions

The following related topic(s) currently lack an accepted answer:

• Non-Epistemic Community: What is non-epistemic community? How should it be defined? I.e. how can it be differentiated from epistemic community? The topic has no accepted answer in Scientonomy.

Related Topics

This topic is also related to the following topic(s):

• Community
• Non-Epistemic Community

References

1. ^ Overgaard (2016) 

Contributors

Hakob Barseghyan (100.0%)