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|Authors List=Paul Patton,
|Resource=Patton (2019)
|Preamble=The concept of an ''epistemic agent'' was made reference to by Barseghyan , [[CiteRef::Barseghyan (2018)]] but currently lacks a scientonomic definition. [[Community|Communities]] are taken to be capable of [[Epistemic Agents - Community (Barseghyan-2015)|bearing a scientific mosaic]] . [[CiteRef::Barseghyan (2015)|pp. 43-52]]. But , there are many uncertainties about what 'bearing a mosaic' actually means. For example, must a bearer of a mosaic be familiar, in full detail, with every theory, question, and method in the mosaic? Given such uncertainties it is not clear that 'mosaic bearing' is actually the best way to define epistemic agency. The issue of whether individuals can be epistemic agents, or whether tools and instruments can be requires clarification. For all these reasons, a clear definition of epistemic agent is needed.
|Modification=An epistemic agent is an agent capable of taking epistemic stances towards epistemic elements. The taking of these stances must be intentional, that is 1) The agent must have a semantic understanding of the propositions that constitute the epistemic element in question and its available alternatives; 2) The agent must be able to choose from among the available alternatives with reason, and with the motive of acquiring knowledge.
|To Accept=Epistemic Agent (Patton-2019),
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