Modification: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 This modification presupposes the acceptance of Sciento-2023-0006. The modification is currently being evaluated; a verdict is pending.

Preamble

The historical instances of the emergence of various local actions suggest that an action becomes available to an agent when the norm stating its permissibility/desirability/etc. is derivable from a non-empty subset of other elements of that agent’s mosaic. First, it is important to appreciate that the availability of local epistemic action A to an agent amounts to the employment of the norm that says “Epistemic action A is permissible/obligatory/desirable/etc.”.1p. 79 Thus, from the law of norm employment, one can argue that for an action A to become available to an agent, the agent must employ at least one norm and accept one theory from which the norm “Action A is permissible/desirable” deductively follows.1p. 81 Therefore, it follows from the law of norm employment that 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.

Modification

Theories To Accept

• Local Action Availability theorem (Allen-2023): 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.

• Local Action Availability (Allen-2023): A local action A is said to be available to an epistemic agent iff that agent employs the norm “A is permissible/desirable”.

• Local Action Availability theorem (Allen-2023) Reason1: The local action availability theorem is a deductive consequence of the law of norm employment and the definition of local action availability

Questions Answered

This modification attempts to answer the following question(s):

• Mechanism of Local Epistemic Action Availability: How does a local epistemic action become available to an epistemic agent? What should happen for a local epistemic action to become part of the repertoire of an epistemic agent?
• Local Action Availability: What is local action availability? How should it be defined?

Verdict

The modification is currently being evaluated; a verdict is pending. The modification can only become accepted once modification Sciento-2023-0006 becomes accepted.

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