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|Preamble=Tools 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, but that the role has not of tools and instruments in the process of scientific change is yet been defined to be understood in scientonomy. Existing roles available within scientonomyscientonomic theory do not seem appropriate. The question of whether or It does not seem plausible, for example, to treat tools and instruments can be objects as subjects of [[Authority Delegation|authority delegation has been raised]]. The relationship between This is because the scientific data produced with epistemic tools is itself a kind of [[Theory|theory]], and instruments and therefore requires [[Mechanism of Theory Acceptance|assessment]] under the [[Method|employed method]] of the concrete requirements time. A tool or instrument is not capable of an assessing its own data under the employed method also need , since that would require cognitive abilities, such as the ability to be clarifiedsemantically 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.