Epistemic Stances Towards Questions
What types of epistemic stances can be taken by epistemic agents towards questions?
What are the types of stances that an epistemic agent can take towards questions? For instance, can questions be accepted, used, pursued, employed, etc.?
In the scientonomic context, this question was first formulated by William Rawleigh in 2018. The question is currently accepted as a legitimate topic for discussion by Scientonomy community.
In Scientonomy, the accepted answers to the question can be summarized as follows:
- The stance of question acceptance can be taken towards a question.
- The stance of compatibility can be taken towards an epistemic element.
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Scientonomic History
Acceptance Record
Community | Accepted From | Acceptance Indicators | Still Accepted | Accepted Until | Rejection Indicators |
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Scientonomy | 26 September 2018 | The acceptance of questions as a distinct element of the scientonomic ontology indicates that the question of epistemic stances that can be taken towards questions became accepted. | Yes |
All Theories
Theory | Formulation | Formulated In |
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Epistemic Stances Towards Questions - Question Acceptance (Rawleigh-2018) | The stance of question acceptance can be taken towards a question. | 2018 |
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Accepted Theories
Community | Theory | Accepted From | Accepted Until |
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Scientonomy | Epistemic Stances Towards Questions - Question Acceptance (Rawleigh-2018) | 1 November 2018 |
Suggested Modifications
Modification | Community | Date Suggested | Summary | Verdict | Verdict Rationale | Date Assessed |
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Sciento-2018-0003 | Scientonomy | 12 May 2018 | Accept that the epistemic stance that can be taken by an epistemic agent towards a question is question acceptance (the opposite is unacceptance), where question acceptance is defined as "a question is said to be accepted if it is taken as a legitimate topic of inquiry". | Accepted | It was noted that "the whole point of adding questions to the ontology of epistemic elements was that we can legitimately speak of a question being accepted by a certain agent at a certain time".c1 The discussion also revealed a need to distinguish "a situation where no consensus exists from a situation where a consensus exists that a question is illegitimate".c2 In other words, "just as question acceptance, theory acceptance too seems to allow for three values: (clearly) accepted; (clearly) unaccepted; no consensus".c3 Thus, a new question was suggested concerning the binary character of epistemic stances: "are all epistemic stances binary, or do they allow for more than two values?"c4 | 1 November 2018 |
Current View
In Scientonomy, the accepted answers to the question are Epistemic Stances Towards Questions - Question Acceptance (Rawleigh-2018) and Epistemic Stances Towards Epistemic Elements - Compatibility (Fraser-Sarwar-2018).
Epistemic Stances Towards Questions - Question Acceptance (Rawleigh-2018) states: "The stance of question acceptance can be taken towards a question."
Rawleigh argued that, just like theories, questions too can be accepted or unaccepted. A question can be accepted by an agent at one period at not accepted by another.
Epistemic Stances Towards Epistemic Elements
Epistemic Stances Towards Epistemic Elements - Compatibility (Fraser-Sarwar-2018) states: "The stance of compatibility can be taken towards an epistemic element."
Fraser and Sarwar argued that, as an epistemic stance, compatibility can be taken towards epistemic elements of all types.1p. 70
Related Topics
This question is a subquestion of Epistemic Stances Towards Epistemic Elements.
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References
- ^ Fraser, Patrick and Sarwar, Ameer. (2018) A Compatibility Law and the Classification of Theory Change. Scientonomy 2, 67-82. Retrieved from https://scientojournal.com/index.php/scientonomy/article/view/31278.