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|Community=Community:Scientonomy
|Acronym=Sciento
|Summary=Accept ''scientificity'' as a distinct epistemic stance that epistemic agents can take towards theories. Also accept several questions concerning the definition of scientificity and the applicability of scientificity to other epistemic elements , such as methods and questions, as legitimate topics of scientonomic inquiry.
|Date Suggested Year=2018
|Date Suggested Month=December
|Date Suggested Day=28
|Date Suggested Approximate=No
|Authors List=Ameer Sarwar, Patrick Fraser,
|Resource=Sarwar and Fraser (2018)
|Preamble=It is currently accepted in scientonomy that epistemic agents can take three unique and independent stances towards theories, viz., ''acceptance'', ''use'', and ''pursuit''. However, the history of science shows that an independent stance of ''scientificity'' (i.e., whether a theory is considered scientific or unscientific) has been taken by epistemic agents towards theories. The stance of scientificity can be taken towards a theory independently of other stances, which is confirmed by numerous cases from the history of science, where a theory whether it is considered scientific without being accepted, used, or pursued. Thus, we suggest that scientificity is a unique epistemic stance taken by epistemic agents towards theories.|Modification=|To Accept=Epistemic Stances Towards Theories - Scientificity Acceptance Use and Pursuit (Sarwar-Fraser-2018),|To Reject=Epistemic Stances Towards Theories - Acceptance Use and Pursuit (Barseghyan-2015),|To Accept Questions=Scientificity, Scientificity of Methods, Scientificity of Questions,
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|Verdict=Open
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