Applicability of the Laws of Scientific Change to Individuals

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Do the scientonomic laws apply to individual epistemic agents?

The laws of scientific change attempt to explain changes in belief systems of epistemic agents, i.e. changes in stances that epistemic agents take towards to epistemic elements. The question is whether these laws apply to changes in belief systems of individuals.

In the scientonomic context, this question was first formulated by Paul Patton in 2019. The question is currently accepted as a legitimate topic for discussion by Scientonomy community.

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Scientonomy26 December 2019The publication of Patton (2019) is and indication of the acceptance of the question.Yes

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