Tautological Status of the First Law
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Is the first law a tautology, i.e. are there circumstances (perhaps the collapse of the society which contains the scientific community) under which the first law can be violated?
In the scientonomic context, this question was first formulated by Nicholas Overgaard, Hakob Barseghyan, Gregory Rupik and Paul Patton in 2016. The question is currently accepted as a legitimate topic for discussion by Scientonomy community.
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Community | Accepted From | Acceptance Indicators | Still Accepted | Accepted Until | Rejection Indicators |
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Scientonomy | 1 January 2016 | The question became de facto accepted by the community at that time together with the whole theory of scientific change. | Yes |
All Theories
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Theory | Formulation | Formulated In |
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The First Law (Barseghyan-2015) is Tautological (Pandey-2023) | The first law suggested by Barseghyan in 2015 is tautological. | 2023 |
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Suggested Modifications
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Modification | Community | Date Suggested | Summary | Date Assessed | Verdict | Verdict Rationale |
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Sciento-2023-0003 | Scientonomy | 28 December 2023 | Accept that the first law and its corollaries are tautologies. Also accept that the rejection theorems are tautologies. | Open |
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Related Topics
This question is a subquestion of Mechanism of Scientific Inertia.