Norm Employment

What is norm employment? How should it be defined?

If it is assumed that normative theories of all types have the capacity of being employed, then it is important to define the term norm employment.

In the scientonomic context, this term was first used by Hakob Barseghyan in 2018. The term is currently accepted by Scientonomy community.

In Scientonomy, the accepted definition of the term is:

• A norm is said to be employed if its requirements constitute the actual expectations of an epistemic agent.

Scientonomic History

Acceptance Record of the Term

Here is the complete acceptance record of this term (it includes all the instances when the term was accepted as a part of a community's taxonomy):

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

All Definitions

The following definitions of norm employment the term have been suggested:

Theory	Formulation	Formulated In
Norm Employment (Barseghyan-2018)	A norm is said to be employed if its requirements constitute the actual expectations of an epistemic agent.	2018

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Accepted Definitions

The following definitions of norm employment have been accepted:

Community	Theory	Formulation	Accepted From	Accepted Until
Scientonomy	Norm Employment (Barseghyan-2018)	A norm is said to be employed if its requirements constitute the actual expectations of an epistemic agent.	1 September 2019

Suggested Modifications

Here is a list of modifications concerning the definitions of norm employment:

Modification	Community	Date Suggested	Summary	Date Assessed	Verdict	Verdict Rationale
Sciento-2018-0008	Scientonomy	8 October 2018	Accept the definition of norm employment.	1 September 2019	Accepted	The consensus on this modification emerged mostly off-line.c1 Importantly, it was also emphasized that its acceptance may have a ripple effect on other accepted definitions.c2 It was not clear whether "the acceptance of a new theory could be considered to implicitly grant permission to the editors to make small changes to old theories for the sake of maintaining consistency, without the need for explicit review and acceptance".c3 Thus, a new question concerning handling this ripple effect was accepted.

Current Definition

In Scientonomy, the accepted definition of the term is Norm Employment (Barseghyan-2018).

Norm Employment (Barseghyan-2018) states: "A norm is said to be employed if its requirements constitute the actual expectations of an epistemic agent."

This definition is meant to ensure that the notion of employment is applicable not only to methods but to norms of all types, as is the case in the ontology of epistemic elements suggested by Barseghyan in 2018. According to that ontology, the capacity of being employed can be ascribed not only to norms of theory evaluation (i.e. methods), but to norms of all types, including ethical norm and aesthetic norms.1

Ontology

Existence

In Scientonomy, it is currently accepted that "There is such a thing as norm employment."

Subtypes

In Scientonomy, there are currently no accepted subtypes of Norm Employment.

Supertypes

In Scientonomy, the following supertype of Norm Employment is currently accepted:

• Epistemic Stance

Associations

In Scientonomy, there are currently no accepted associations of Norm Employment.

Disjointness

In Scientonomy, no classes are currently accepted as disjoint with Norm Employment.

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Dynamics

Mechanism of Method Employment

In Scientonomy, the accepted answer to the question is:

• A method becomes employed only if it is derivable from a non-empty subset of other elements of the mosaic.

Mechanism of Norm Employment

In Scientonomy, the accepted answer to the question is:

• A norm becomes employed only if it is derivable from a non-empty subset of other elements of the mosaic.

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Related Topics

This term is also related to the following topic(s):

• Epistemic Stances Towards Normative Theories