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Revision as of 20:59, 29 November 2017

This is an answer to the question Tautological Status of The Second Law (Barseghyan-2015) that states "Barseghyan's original second law is tautological."

The Second Law (Barseghyan-2015) is Tautological was formulated by Hakob Barseghyan in 2015.1 It is currently accepted by Scientonomy community as the best available answer to the question.

Scientonomic History

Acceptance Record

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Scientonomy1 January 2016The proposition became de facto accepted by the community at that time together with the whole theory of scientific change.Yes

Question Answered

The Second Law (Barseghyan-2015) is Tautological (Barseghyan-2015) is an attempt to answer the following question: Is Barseghyan's original second law a tautology?

See Tautological Status of The Second Law (Barseghyan-2015) for more details.

Description

According to Barseghyan's initial position, "the second law is not a law in the traditional sense, for normally a law is supposed to have some empirical content, i.e. its opposite should be conceivable at least in principle. Obviously, the second law is a tautology, since it follows from the definition of employed method".1p. 129, footnote

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References

  1. a b  Barseghyan, Hakob. (2015) The Laws of Scientific Change. Springer.