Joshua Allen

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Joshua Allen is a Canadian scientonomer notable for his work on epistemic practice and the mechanism of local action availability.


Suggested Modifications

Here are all the modifications suggested by Allen:

  • Sciento-2023-0005: Accept the definition of epistemic action as an action of an epistemic agent that involves an epistemic element. The modification was suggested to Scientonomy community by Joshua Allen on 31 December 2023.1 The modification is currently being evaluated; a verdict is pending.
  • Sciento-2023-0006: Accept that epistemic actions can be local or global. Also accept the definition of global epistemic action as an epistemic action that is available to all epistemic agents trans-historically and universally and the definition of local epistemic action as an epistemic action that is not available trans-historically to all epistemic agents, but is specific to some time periods or some agents. The modification was suggested to Scientonomy community by Joshua Allen on 31 December 2023.1 The modification is currently being evaluated; a verdict is pending.
  • Sciento-2023-0007: Accept that the a local action A is said to be available to an epistemic agent iff that agent employs the norm “A is permissible/desirable”. Also accept the theorem of local action availability as a deductive consequence of this definition and the law of norm employment: a local epistemic action becomes available to an agent only when its permissibility/desirability is derivable from a non-empty subset of other elements of the agent’s mosaic. The modification was suggested to Scientonomy community by Joshua Allen on 31 December 2023.1 The modification is currently being evaluated; a verdict is pending. The modification can only become accepted once modification Sciento-2023-0006 becomes accepted.

Theories

The following table contains all the theories formulated by Allen:

TitleTypeFormulationFormulated In
Local Action Availability (Allen-2023)DefinitionA local action A is said to be available to an epistemic agent iff that agent employs the norm “A is permissible/desirable”.2023
Epistemic Action (Allen-2023)DefinitionAn action of an epistemic agent that involves an epistemic element.2023
Local Epistemic Action (Allen-2023)DefinitionAn epistemic action that is not available trans-historically to all epistemic agents, but is specific to some time periods or some agents.2023
Local Action Availability theorem (Allen-2023) Reason1The local action availability theorem is a deductive consequence of the law of norm employment and the definition of local action availability2023
Epistemic Action ExistsDescriptiveThere is such a thing as an epistemic action.2023
Local Epistemic Action ExistsDescriptiveThere is such a thing as a local epistemic action.2023
Global Epistemic Action (Allen-2023)DefinitionAn epistemic action that is available to all epistemic agents trans-historically and universally.2023
Local Epistemic Action Is a Subtype of Epistemic Action (Allen-2023)DescriptiveLocal Epistemic Action is a subtype of Epistemic Action, i.e. epistemic action is a supertype of local epistemic action.2023
Global Epistemic Action Is a Subtype of Epistemic Action (Allen-2023)DescriptiveGlobal Epistemic Action is a subtype of Epistemic Action, i.e. epistemic action is a supertype of global epistemic action.2023
Local Action Availability theorem (Allen-2023)DescriptiveA local epistemic action becomes available to an agent only when its permissibility/desirability is derivable from a non-empty subset of other elements of the agent’s mosaic.2023
Global Epistemic Action ExistsDescriptiveThere is such a thing as a global epistemic action.2023

Questions

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Publications

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