Non-Epistemic Community (Overgaard-2017)
This is a definition of Non-Epistemic Community that states "A community that does not have a collective intentionality to know the world."
This definition of Non-Epistemic Community was formulated by Nicholas Overgaard in 2017.1
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Suggestions To Accept
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Modification | Community | Date Suggested | Summary | Verdict | Verdict Rationale | Date Assessed |
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Sciento-2017-0014 | Scientonomy | 19 May 2017 | Provided that the definition of community is accepted, accept new definitions of epistemic community and non-epistemic community as sub-types of community. | Open |
Question Answered
Non-Epistemic Community (Overgaard-2017) is an attempt to answer the following question: What is non-epistemic community? How should it be defined? I.e. how can it be differentiated from epistemic community?
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Description
This definition is meant to highlight the key difference between epistemic and non-epistemic communities. The former are said to have a collective intentionality to know the world, while the latter lack such an intentionality. A typical example of a non-epistemic community, according to Overgaard, is an orchestra that has a collective intentionality to play music but lack the intentionality of knowing the world.1 Another example of a non-epistemic community, according to Overgaard, is a political party. While a political party might have some accepted theories, such as ideas concerning, for instance, effective governance, "a political party would be considered a non-epistemic community because it lacks a collective intentionality to know the world".1
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References
- a b c Overgaard, Nicholas. (2017) A Taxonomy for the Social Agents of Scientific Change. Scientonomy 1, 55-62. Retrieved from https://www.scientojournal.com/index.php/scientonomy/article/view/28234.