20.500.12556/DKUM-94047 The mix matters exploring the interplay between epistemic and zetetic norms in scientific disagreement What is the rational response to a scientific disagreement? Many epistemologists argue that disagreement with an epistemic peer should generally lead to conciliation by lowering confidence in the disputed belief or even suspending judgment altogether. Although this conciliatory approach is widely regarded as a norm of individual rationality, its value in the context of collective scientific inquiry is less clear. Some have even raised concerns that conciliating in scientific disagreements may slow progress or reduce the efficiency of inquiry. In this article,we introduce a novel agent-based model that captures key aspects of scientific disagreement by incorporating both epistemic norms, which govern belief revision, and zetetic norms, which guide how scientists pursue inquiry. Our results indicate that the effects of conciliating in the face of disagreement—whether detrimental or beneficial—depend on the zetetic norms that scientists follow. When scientists focus on exploiting the hypothesis that they believe is most likely to succeed, remaining steadfast is more effective. However, with exploratory scientists, conciliation does not negatively affect group performance. These findings highlight the critical role of zetetic norms in determining the rational response to disagreement in scientific practice. scientific disagreement scientific inquiry agent-based modeling Zetetic norms Bandit models peer disagreement znanstveno raziskovanje agentski modeli Zezetske norme Banditski modeli Epistemsko nestrinjanje true false true Angleški jezik Slovenski jezik Znanstveno delo 2025-07-30 03:11:33 2025-08-27 12:44:07 2025-08-28 03:47:45 0000-00-00 00:00:00 2025 0 0 str. 1-32 2025 0000-00-00 PostprintKoncna VTisku NiDoloceno 0000-00-00 0000-00-00 2025-01-01 167 244139779 10.1086/737742 1464-3537 RAZ_Justin_Martin_2025.pdf RAZ_Justin_Martin_2025.pdf 1 AF6BE07F727BC9A03607262DE373400E 9c8316bb2d1aa2d6b555763cd6a8843658c6a0fff36706f1fab10e30f4105ce4 d3561279-8332-11f0-8e8c-00155d000105 https://dk.um.si/Dokument.php?lang=slv&id=196594 https://www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/epdf/10.1086/737742 1 22033d89-6ce2-11f0-b54a-00155d000105 https://dk.um.si/Dokument.php?lang=slv&id=194485 Filozofska fakulteta 0 0 0