Epistemic Stances Towards Questions - Acceptance (Rawleigh-2018)
An attempt to answer the question of Epistemic Stances Towards Questions which states "The epistemic stance that can be taken by an epistemic agent towards a question is question acceptance."
Epistemic Stances Towards Questions - Acceptance was formulated by William Rawleigh in 2018.1 It is currently accepted by Scientonomy community as the best available theory on the subject.
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History
Acceptance Record
| Community | Accepted From | Acceptance Indicators | Still Accepted | Accepted Until | Rejection Indicators |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Scientonomy | 1 November 2018 | The law became accepted as a result of the acceptance of the respective suggested modification. | Yes |
Suggestions To Accept
| Modification | Community | Date Suggested | Summary | Verdict | Verdict Rationale | Date Assessed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 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 |
Question Answered
Epistemic Stances Towards Questions - Acceptance (Rawleigh-2018) is an attempt to answer the following question: What epistemic stances can be taken towards a question?
See Epistemic Stances Towards Questions for more details.
Description
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. Consider, for instance, the question "what is the distance to the sphere of the stars?" which was once accepted as a legitimate topic of inquiry, but is no longer accepted. Similarly, the question "what is the mechanism of evolution of species?" is accepted nowadays, but wasn't accepted in the 17th century. Thus, we can say that questions acceptance is the stance that epistemic agents take towards questions.
References
- ^ ↑ Rawleigh, William. (2018) The Status of Questions in the Ontology of Scientific Change. Scientonomy 2, 1-12. Retrieved from https://scientojournal.com/index.php/scientonomy/article/view/29651.
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Hakob Barseghyan (100.0%)
