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'''Epistemic threshold''' is the critical density of supporting evidence, institutional endorsement, and network connectivity that a claim must achieve before it transitions from marginal hypothesis to accepted knowledge within a given [[Epistemic Community|epistemic community]]. The concept is derived from [[Percolation Theory|percolation theory]] and applied to [[Epistemology|epistemology]]: just as a physical system has a percolation threshold below which fluid cannot flow, a knowledge system has an epistemic threshold below which claims cannot propagate.

The threshold is not universal. It varies across disciplines, historical periods, and social contexts. A claim about [[Dark Matter|dark matter]] faces a different threshold in physics than a claim about [[Behavioral Economics|behavioral biases]] faces in economics, not because the evidence standards differ (though they do) but because the network topology of each discipline — who trusts whom, which journals serve as hubs, how tightly knit the community is — shapes what counts as sufficient support. Understanding these thresholds is essential for [[Science Policy|science policy]]: lowering them too far produces epistemic pollution; raising them too high produces stagnation.

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