Status of Disciplinary Boundaries
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How do disciplinary boundaries exist within the scientific mosaic?
A community's mosaic consists of the set of all accepted theories and employed methods by the community at some particular time. How do disciplinary boundaries exist within the mosaic: are they expressible as theories and/or methods?
In the scientonomic context, this term was first used by Hakob Barseghyan in 2016. The term is currently accepted by Scientonomy community.
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Scientonomic History
Acceptance Record
Here is the complete acceptance record of this question (it includes all the instances when the question was accepted as a legitimate topic for discussion by a community):
Community | Accepted From | Acceptance Indicators | Still Accepted | Accepted Until | Rejection Indicators |
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Scientonomy | 1 April 2016 | It was acknowledged as an open question by the Scientonomy Seminar 2016. | Yes |
All Theories
The following theories have attempted to answer this question:
Theory | Formulation | Formulated In |
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Discipline (Patton-Al-Zayadi-2021) | A discipline is characterized by (1) a non-empty set of core questions Q and (2) the delineating theory stating that Q are the core questions of the discipline. | 2021 |
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Accepted Theories
According to our records, no theory on this topic has ever been accepted.
Suggested Modifications
Here is a list of modifications concerning this topic:
Modification | Community | Date Suggested | Summary | Verdict | Verdict Rationale | Date Assessed |
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Sciento-2021-0006 | Scientonomy | 1 August 2021 | Accept new definitions of subquestion, core question, core theory, discipline, delineating theory, subdiscipline, and discipline acceptance. | Open |
Current View
There is currently no accepted answer to this question.
Related Topics
This question is a subquestion of Ontology of Scientific Change.
This topic is also related to the following topic(s):
References
- a b Godfrey-Smith, Peter. (2003) Theory and Reality. University of Chicago Press.
- ^ Lakatos, Imre. (1970) Falsification and the Methodology of Scientific Research Programmes. In Lakatos (1978a), 8-101.
- ^ Kuhn (1973)