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|Question=Who can be a ''bearer'' of a ''mosaic''? Can a ''community'' be a bearer of a mosaic? Can an ''individual'' be a bearer of a mosaic? Can an ''instrument'' be a bearer of a mosaic?
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|Description=An agent is defined as an entity with a capacity to act.[[CiteRef::Schlosser (2015)]] The actions in question for an epistemic agent are epistemic actions such as taking [[Epistemic Stances|stances]] towards [[Epistemic Elements|epistemic elements]] or being the bearer of a [[Scientific Mosaic|scientific mosaic]]. The question at issue is who or what can be an epistemic agent. Can individuals be epistemic agents, or communities, or perhaps artificial systems such as databases or instruments? For example, consider a [[Epistemic Community|community]] that [[Authority Delegation|delegates authority]] over a certain topic to its sub-community. Then this sub-community delegates authority over a sub-topic of this topic to its sub-sub-community. Finally, this sub-sub-community delegates one very specific question to a single expert. Does this mean that an individual scientist can be an epistemic agent?
