Badges

Correspondence of mind and reality. Receive 50+ net upvotes on the "Accurate" virtue.

Radiance of form. Receive 50+ net upvotes on the "Clear" virtue.

New things. Receive 50+ net upvotes on the "Novel" virtue.

Weight and substance. Receive 50+ net upvotes on the "Important" virtue.

The power to distinguish. Receive 50+ net upvotes on the "Falsifiable" virtue.

The totality. Earn all five epistemic virtue badges.

Cast your first vote. (From the Roman magistrate responsible for maintaining the census and public morality).

Exercise critical judgment 25 times.

A judge of taste. Cast 100 votes on claims and evidence.

Evaluate the epistemic character of claims 50 times.

Avoid extremes. Cast 500 votes while maintaining a balanced ratio (35-65% upvotes).

Add field tags that receive 50+ total upvotes.

Leave no stone unturned. Cast 1000 votes and assess 200 epistemic virtues.

Founder. One of the first 100 users to join the platform.

Ancient lineage. One of the first 500 users to join.

A controversial stance. Have a claim with 50+ votes but a net score near zero.

Intellectual honesty. Add both supporting AND opposing evidence to 5 claims (not your own).

Renaissance man. Earn at least one badge from every category.

Add a marginal note. Post your first comment.

Engage in the dialogue. Post 25 comments.

Post 50 comments that each receive at least one upvote. Named after the scholastic response format.

Provoke inquiry. Have 25 of your comments generate replies.

Sustain the argument. Start 10 threads that reach a depth of 5+ replies.

Master the art of persuasion. Achieve 500+ total score across your commentary.

Care for the newcomer. Be the first to upvote 10 claims from users in their first week.

Support the arts. Upvote 100 claims from other users.

Strengthen the weak. Add evidence to 10 claims from new users, helping them reach positive scores.

A fixed point. Maintain active contributions for 6 consecutive months.

The old guard. Be an active member for one year with 1000+ total reputation.

The beginning of wisdom. Submit your first thesis to the archive.

Walk the Lyceum. Create 10 claims to establish a habit of thought.

Establish authority. Create 25 claims that are ratified by the community (received upvotes).

A master of the sentence. Achieve a combined score of 100 across your theses.

A voice that carries weight across the discipline. Create 100 claims with a combined score of 500+.

Speak to the age. Have a single claim reach a score of 50.

The unmoved mover of the discourse. Have a single claim reach a score of 100.

Mark well. Attach your first piece of evidence to a claim.

To the sources. Add 10 pieces of evidence to substantiate claims.

Curate the library. Add 50 pieces of evidence.

The proof is in the text. Add evidence that receives 25+ total upvotes.

Accumulate 100+ upvotes on your evidentiary contributions.

Establish a foundational truth. Create a claim used as evidence by 10+ other claims.

The stone on which the arch rests. Create a claim used as evidence by 25+ other claims.

Add 25 pieces of opposing evidence that each receive 3+ upvotes. Named after the scholastic tradition of presenting counterarguments.