Epistemic Stances Towards Norms - Employment (Barseghyan-2018)

An attempt to answer the question of Epistemic Stances Towards Normative Theories which states "In addition to stances that can be taken towards theories of all types, norms can in principle be employed by epistemic agents."

Epistemic Stances Towards Norms - Employment was formulated by Hakob Barseghyan in 2018.1 It is currently accepted by Scientonomy community as the best available theory on the subject.

History

Acceptance Record

Here is the complete acceptance record of Epistemic Stances Towards Norms - Employment (Barseghyan-2018):

Community	Accepted From	Acceptance Indicators	Still Accepted	Accepted Until	Rejection Indicators
Scientonomy	1 September 2019	This theory was accepted as a ripple effect of the acceptance of the concept of norm employment through the respective suggested modification.	Yes

Question Answered

Epistemic Stances Towards Norms - Employment (Barseghyan-2018) is an attempt to answer the following question: What are the specific epistemic stances that can in principle be taken by an epistemic agent towards normative theories?

See Epistemic Stances Towards Normative Theories for more details.

Description

The stance of norm employment explained by Hakob Barseghyan

Since norms are a subtype of theory, all the epistemic stances that can in principle be taken by an epistemic agent towards theories of all types can also be taken towards norms. In addition to these more universal stances, norms can also be employed, i.e. they have the capacity of constituting the actual expectations of the epistemic agent. This applies to norms of all types.