Demarcation Criteria

What is demarcation criteria? How should it be defined?

It is necessary to define demarcation criteria in order to understand the method of any scientific community. The definition of method suggests that it can consist of different criteria for theory assessment. The question is how demarcation criteria are different from other criteria of theory evaluation. Thus, it is a key concept in current Scientonomy.

In the scientonomic context, this term was first used by Hakob Barseghyan in 2015. The term is currently accepted by Scientonomy community.

In Scientonomy, the accepted definition of the term is:

• Criteria for determining whether a theory is scientific or unscientific.

Scientonomic History

Acceptance Record

Here is the complete acceptance record of this term (it includes all the instances when the term was accepted as a part of a community's taxonomy):

Community	Accepted From	Acceptance Indicators	Still Accepted	Accepted Until	Rejection Indicators
Scientonomy	1 January 2016		Yes

All Theories

The following definitions of the term have been suggested:

Theory	Formulation	Formulated In
Demarcation Criteria (Barseghyan-2015)	Criteria for determining whether a theory is scientific or unscientific.	2015

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Accepted Theories

The following definitions of the term have been accepted:

Community	Theory	Accepted From	Accepted Until
Scientonomy	Demarcation Criteria (Barseghyan-2015)	1 January 2016

Suggested Modifications

According to our records, there have been no suggested modifications on this term.

Current Definition

In Scientonomy, the accepted definition of the term is Demarcation Criteria (Barseghyan-2015).

Demarcation Criteria (Barseghyan-2015) states: "Criteria for determining whether a theory is scientific or unscientific."

Barseghyan provides only a quick discussion of demarcation criteria by noting that these are the criteria that aim to "determine whether a given theory is scientific or unscientific".1p. 9

Ontology

Existence

In Scientonomy, it is currently accepted that "There is such a thing as a demarcation criteria."

Disjointness

In Scientonomy, no classes are currently accepted as disjoint with Demarcation Criteria.

Subtypes

In Scientonomy, there are currently no accepted subtypes of Demarcation Criteria.

Supertypes

In Scientonomy, there are currently no accepted supertypes of Demarcation Criteria.

Associations

In Scientonomy, the following association of Demarcation Criteria is currently accepted:

• A demarcation criterion is always part of some method.
  

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Dynamics

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Related Topics

This term is also related to the following topic(s):

• Mechanism of Theory Acceptance
• Mechanism of Scientific Change
• Compatibility Criteria
• Scientific Change
• Theory
• Method