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|Authors List=Paul Patton,
|Resource=Patton (2019)
|Preamble=TODOTools and instruments, from a thermometer or a ruler to the Large Hadron Collider or the Hubble Space Telescope clearly play a central role in the process of [[Scientific Change|scientific change]].[[CiteRef::Patton (2019)]] However, the role of tools and instruments in the process of scientific change is yet to be understood in scientonomy. Existing roles available within scientonomic theory do not seem appropriate. It does not seem plausible, for example, to treat tools and instruments as subjects of [[Authority Delegation|authority delegation]]. This is because the scientific data produced with epistemic tools is itself a kind of [[Theory|theory]], and therefore requires [[Mechanism of Theory Acceptance|assessment]] under the [[Method|employed method]] of the time. A tool or instrument is not capable of assessing its own data under the employed method, since that would require cognitive abilities, such as the ability to semantically understand propositions, which are still beyond the bounds of current artificial intelligence. Such an assessment requires an [[Epistemic Agent|epistemic agent]] intimately familiar with theories specifying the conditions under which the tool is a reliable source of knowledge.[[CiteRef::Patton (2019)]] Thus, a clear scientonomic notion of [[Epistemic Tool|epistemic tool]] is required.
|Modification=Accept that the following symbol is to be used in scientonomic diagrams to depict epistemic tools:
