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|Formulation Text=A method is said to be ''employed'' at time ''t'' if, at time ''t'', theories become accepted only when their acceptance is permitted by the method. | |Formulation Text=A method is said to be ''employed'' at time ''t'' if, at time ''t'', theories become accepted only when their acceptance is permitted by the method. | ||
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|Description=A method is said to be ''employed'' at time ''t'' if, at time ''t,'' theories became accepted only when their acceptance is permitted by the method. [[CiteRef::Barseghyan (2015)|p. 53]] ''The second law'' of theory acceptance is a direct consequence of ''employed method'' as it is defined. | |Description=A method is said to be ''employed'' at time ''t'' if, at time ''t,'' theories became accepted only when their acceptance is permitted by the method. [[CiteRef::Barseghyan (2015)|p. 53]] ''The second law'' of theory acceptance is a direct consequence of ''employed method'' as it is defined. | ||
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|Acceptance Indicators=The definition became ''de facto'' accepted by the community at that time together with the whole [[The Theory of Scientific Change|theory of scientific change]]. | |Acceptance Indicators=The definition became ''de facto'' accepted by the community at that time together with the whole [[The Theory of Scientific Change|theory of scientific change]]. | ||
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| + | |Rejection Indicators=The definition became rejected as a result of the acceptance of [[Employed Method (Patton-Overgaard-Barseghyan-2017)|the new definition]] by Patton, Overgaard, and Barseghyan. For details, refer to [[Modification:Sciento-2017-0004|the modification]]. | ||
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Latest revision as of 18:03, 29 November 2017
This is a definition of Employed Method that states "A method is said to be employed at time t if, at time t, theories become accepted only when their acceptance is permitted by the method."
This definition of Employed Method was formulated by Hakob Barseghyan in 2015.1
Contents
Scientonomic History
Acceptance Record
Here is the complete acceptance record of this definition:
| Community | Accepted From | Acceptance Indicators | Still Accepted | Accepted Until | Rejection Indicators |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Scientonomy | 1 January 2016 | The definition became de facto accepted by the community at that time together with the whole theory of scientific change. | No | 28 November 2017 | The definition became rejected as a result of the acceptance of the new definition by Patton, Overgaard, and Barseghyan. For details, refer to the modification. |
Suggestions To Reject
These are all the modifications where the rejection of this definition has been suggested:
| Modification | Community | Date Suggested | Summary | Verdict | Verdict Rationale | Date Assessed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sciento-2017-0004 | Scientonomy | 5 February 2017 | Accept the reformulation of the second law which explicitly links theory assessment outcomes with theory acceptance/unacceptance. To that end, accept three new definitions for theory assessment outcomes (satisfied, not satisfied, and inconclusive) as well as the new ontology of theory assessment outcomes, and accept the new definition of employed method. | Accepted | The new formulation of the law became accepted as a result of a communal consensus. It was noted by the commentators that the "modification provides a much improved formulation of the 2nd law".c1 It was noted that the new formulation "decouples the method from acceptance outcomes" and "is needed to avoid a contradiction for cases where assessment by the method is inconclusive, but the theory is accepted".c2 It was agreed that the new law eliminates two of the major flaws of the previous formulation. First, it clearly states the relations between different assessment outcomes and the actual theory acceptance/unacceptance. Second, it clearly forbids certain conceivable courses of events and, thus, doesn't sounds like a tautology.c3 | 29 November 2017 |
Question Answered
Employed Method (Barseghyan-2015) is an attempt to answer the following question: What is employed method? How should it be defined?
See Employed Method for more details.
Description
A method is said to be employed at time t if, at time t, theories became accepted only when their acceptance is permitted by the method. 1p. 53 The second law of theory acceptance is a direct consequence of employed method as it is defined.
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