Epistemic Elements - Theories and Methods (Sebastien-2017)

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In Barseghyan's original ontology of epistemic elements, only descriptive theories and employed methods were considered part of the process of scientific change. Normative theories were excluded from the ontology for their introduction appeared to be resulting in a destructive paradox. With the solution of the paradox by Sebastien, it became possible to introduce normative propositions as elements of the ontology of scientific change.

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This formulation introduces normative theories (e.g. those of ethics or methodology) into the ontology of scientific change. Thus, all the laws and theorems that concern theories apply not only to descriptive theories but also to normative theories.

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