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Research	R0002 — Research Standards for AI-Assisted Writing
Run	2026-03-13
Claim	C011
Source	SRC03
Evidence	SRC03-E01
Type	Interpretive

Field Still Developing Epistemological Foundations

URL: Not captured — experimental run

Extract¶

A 2025 peer-reviewed paper explores the epistemology of fact-checking in journalism, discussing tension between objectivism and subjectivism. The paper's existence itself suggests the field is still developing its epistemological foundations — it does not describe an established evidence hierarchy but rather theorizes about what such foundations might look like.

Relevance to Hypotheses¶

Hypothesis	Relationship	Strength
H1	Supports	Weak — suggests no established formal framework exists yet
H2	Supports	Moderate — confirms field is developing but lacks established formal structures
H3	Contradicts	Moderate — if formal methodologies existed, a 2025 paper would not be theorizing about foundations

Context¶

The significance of this evidence is meta-level: a 2025 academic paper exploring the epistemological foundations of fact-checking implies those foundations are not yet settled. In contrast, clinical research's evidence hierarchy has been established for decades (Cochrane, 1972; Sackett, 1996).

Notes¶

This is an active area of research. The claim should note that journalism's epistemological foundations are being developed, not that they are permanently absent.