Inexplicable (Mirkin-Barseghyan-2018)

This is a definition of Inexplicable that states "Non-propositional knowledge, i.e. knowledge that cannot, even in principle, be formulated as a set of propositions."

This definition of Inexplicable was formulated by Hakob Barseghyan and Maxim Mirkin in 2018.1 It is currently accepted by Scientonomy community as the best available definition of the term.

Scientonomic History

Acceptance Record

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Community	Accepted From	Acceptance Indicators	Still Accepted	Accepted Until	Rejection Indicators
Scientonomy	1 September 2019	The definition became accepted as a result of the acceptance of the respective suggested modification.	Yes

Suggestions To Accept

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Modification	Community	Date Suggested	Summary	Date Assessed	Verdict	Verdict Rationale
Sciento-2018-0011	Scientonomy	28 December 2018	Accept the three-fold distinction between explicit, explicable-implicit, and inexplicable.	1 September 2019	Accepted	The consensus on this modification emerged primarily off-line. It was agreed that "the modification should be accepted".c1 It was also agreed "that the three-fold distinction is to be accepted as it introduces a distinction between explicable-implicit and inexplicable and thus contributes to the clarity of discussions concerning implicit and explicit."c2

Question Answered

Inexplicable (Mirkin-Barseghyan-2018) is an attempt to answer the following question: What is inexplicable knowledge? How should it be defined?

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Description

The category is agent-relative and encompasses that knowledge which cannot - even in principle - be explicated. The definition was first suggested by Hakob Barseghyan and Maxim Mirkin in their The Role of Technological Knowledge in Scientific Change2 and was restated by Mirkin in his The Status of Technological Knowledge in the Scientific Mosaic.

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