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• In what circumstances can the views of an individual scientist be indicative of the views of their community? For example, can a historical analysis of Giordano Bruno’s belief in heliocentricism and the opposition he received from other natural philosophers shed light on the geocentric beliefs of his community? (Jennifer Whyte, Jacob MacKinnon, Joshua Payne Smith, 2016)
• Imagine two geographically isolated communities with different sets of beliefs. If these communities were to undergo change (without any inter-communication between them) and end up with the same set of beliefs, would they become a single community? (Jennifer Whyte, Hakob Barseghyan, 2016)
• We define a knowledge-producing community as being an epistemic community. Does a community such as a football team— which does not have a collective intentionality to produce knowledge, but may produce some as a by-product (e.g knowledge on the best strategies to win a football game)— count as an epistemic community?
• Is there a difference between producing knowledge and acquiring knowledge? If there is a difference, then is a community that holds a mosaic a knowledge-producing community or a knowledge-acquiring community, or do both kinds of communities hold mosaics?
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