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 term was first used by Nicholas Overgaard in 2016. 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	19 May 2017	The question became accepted with the publication of Overgaard's A Taxonomy for Social Agents of Scientific Change.	Yes

All Definitions

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

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 Definitions

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

Suggested Modifications

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

Modification	Community	Date Suggested	Summary	Date Assessed	Verdict	Verdict Rationale
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 Definition

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

Ontology

Existence

In Scientonomy, it is currently accepted that "There is such a thing as an epistemic community."

Subtypes

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

Supertypes

In Scientonomy, the following supertype of Epistemic Community is currently accepted:

• Epistemic Agent

Associations

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

Disjointness

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

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Dynamics

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Related Topics

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

• Community
• Non-Epistemic Community