Epistemic Stances Towards Theories - Scientificity (Sarwar-Fraser-2018)

This is an answer to the question Epistemic Stances Towards Theories that states "The stance of scientificity can be taken towards a theory."

Epistemic Stances Towards Theories - Scientificity was formulated by Patrick Fraser and Ameer Sarwar in 2018.1

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Modification	Community	Date Suggested	Summary	Verdict	Verdict Rationale	Date Assessed
Sciento-2018-0013	Scientonomy	28 December 2018	Accept scientificity as a distinct epistemic stance that epistemic agents can take towards theories. Also accept several questions concerning the definition of scientificity and the applicability of scientificity to other epistemic elements, such as methods and questions, as legitimate topics of scientonomic inquiry.	Open

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Epistemic Stances Towards Theories - Scientificity (Sarwar-Fraser-2018) is an attempt to answer the following question: What types of epistemic stances can be taken by epistemic agents towards theories?

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It is argued by Sarwar and Fraser that, in addition to the already accepted epistemic stances, the stance of scientificity can be taken towards theories.1

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