Modification:Sciento-2021-0001
Accept the definition of epistemic presupposition, stating that a theory is said to be an epistemic presupposition of a question for some agent, iff the agent accepts that accepting any possible answer to the question will necessitate accepting the theory.
The modification was suggested to Scientonomy community by Hakob Barseghyan and Nichole Levesley on 1 August 2021.1 The modification was accepted on 6 February 2023.
Contents
Preamble
While theories are answers to questions, questions themselves presuppose theories (e.g. the question "") are answers to
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Modification
Theories To Accept
- Epistemic Presupposition (Barseghyan-Levesley-2021): A theory is said to be an epistemic presupposition of a question for some agent, iff the agent accepts that accepting any direct answer to the question will necessitate accepting the theory.
- Logical Presupposition (Barseghyan-Levesley-2021): A theory is said to be a logical presupposition of a question, iff the theory is logically entailed by any direct answer to the question.
- Epistemic Presupposition Exists: There is such a thing as an epistemic presupposition.
Questions To Accept
- Subtypes of Epistemic Presupposition: What are the subtypes of an epistemic presupposition?
Questions Answered
This modification attempts to answer the following question(s):
- Epistemic Presupposition: What is epistemic presupposition? How should it be defined?
- Logical Presupposition: What is logical presupposition? How should it be defined?
- Existence of Epistemic Presupposition: Does an epistemic presupposition exist?
Verdict
The modification was accepted on 6 February 2023. It was emphasized that the "modification is appealing given the presence of questions as a basic class of epistemic element in our ontology and the need to reference their presuppositions in observational scientonomy alongside proposed laws concerning questions in theoretical scientonomy".c1 The commentators agreed that "an epistemic agent could plausibly accept all the epistemic presuppositions without necessarily accepting all the logical presuppositions".c2 They also also noted that "accepting separate definitions of logical presupposition and epistemic presupposition would improve the specificity of our communal knowledge - and perhaps our visualization capabilities".c3 Specifically, "there is clear value in distinguishing logical and epistemic presuppositions in scientonomic diagrams".c4 Finally, the commentators highlighted the importance of the distinction for the law of question acceptance.c5 c6
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References
- ^ Barseghyan, Hakob and Levesley, Nichole. (2021) Question Dynamics. Scientonomy 4, 1-19. Retrieved from https://scientojournal.com/index.php/scientonomy/article/view/37120.