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|Description=It has been is postulated by Sarwar and Fraser[[CiteRef::Sarwar and Fraser (2018)]] that, in addition to the already accepted epistemic stances that an epistemic agent agents may take towards a theory (i.e. acceptance, use, and pursuit)theories, ''scientificity'' is a unique and independent stance that agents can also be taken as a stance take towards theories. [[CiteRef::Sarwar and Fraser (2018)]] In particular, if a theory satisfies the demarcation criteria employed by a particular agent, then that agent considers the theory to be scientific. If a the theory does not satisfy the its demarcation criteria of a particular agent, that agent takes then the theory is taken to be unscientific. If assessment is inconclusive, the theory may be taken to be as scientific, unscientific, or there may be an additional possible outcome, as of yet not understooduncertain. Sarwar and Fraser demonstrate argue that scientific communities may consider theories to be scientific take the stance of scientificity or unscientific irrespective unscientificity independent of whether or not those theories are accepted, unaccepted, used, unused, pursued, or unpursued. As such, they conclude that it scientificity is a distinct epistemic stance.

|History=It has been previously recognized is accepted in scientonomy that epistemic agents may take a variety of epistemic stances towards theories, including ''acceptance'', ''use'', and ''pursuit''. It has been postulated that scientificityHowever, it is recognized that this list is, whether a theory is scientific or unscientific, also constitutes an epistemic stance which may be taken towards theories which is distinct from the other threeby no means exhausitve.[[CiteRef::Sarwar and Fraser (2018)]]