Compatibility
What is compatibility? How should it be defined?
The notion of compatibility plays a central role in scientonomy. As such, providing it with a proper definition is a matter of considerable importance.
In the scientonomic context, this term was first used by Patrick Fraser and Ameer Sarwar in 2018. The term is currently accepted by Scientonomy community.
In Scientonomy, the accepted definition of the term is:
- The ability of two elements to coexist in the same mosaic.
Contents
Scientonomic History
Acceptance Record
Community | Accepted From | Acceptance Indicators | Still Accepted | Accepted Until | Rejection Indicators |
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Scientonomy | 28 December 2018 | The question became accepted with the publication of the paper by Fraser & Sarwar. | Yes |
All Theories
Theory | Formulation | Formulated In |
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Compatibility (Fraser-Sarwar-2018) | The ability of two elements to coexist in the same mosaic. | 2018 |
Accepted Theories
Community | Theory | Accepted From | Accepted Until |
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Scientonomy | Compatibility (Fraser-Sarwar-2018) | 3 June 2020 |
Suggested Modifications
Modification | Community | Date Suggested | Summary | Verdict | Verdict Rationale | Date Assessed |
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Sciento-2018-0015 | Scientonomy | 28 December 2018 | Accept the definition of compatibility, as the ability of two elements to coexist in the same mosaic. Also replace the zeroth law with the compatibility corollary. | Accepted | While the modification induced a few comments on the encyclopedia, it became accepted as a result of discussions that took place mostly offline. It was agreed that the modification "comes to remedy one of the glaring omissions" in the current zeroth which doesn't "say much above and beyond what is already implicit in the notion of compatibility"c1 as it "is lacking in empirical content, and should be replaced with a definition of compatibility".c2 It was also noted that the proposed "definition of compatibility criteria... captures the gist of the concept as it has been used in our community".c3 It was also agreed that "the compatibility corollary follows from this definition".c4 c5 Finally, the community accepted that the definition and the corollary "recover the content of the Zeroth Law".c6 | 3 June 2020 |
Current Definition
In Scientonomy, the accepted definition of the term is Compatibility (Fraser-Sarwar-2018).
Compatibility (Fraser-Sarwar-2018) states: "The ability of two elements to coexist in the same mosaic."
This definition of compatibility captures the main gist of the notion as it was originally intended by Harder and Barseghyan - the idea that two elements are compatible when they can coexist within the same mosaic.
Ontology
Existence
In Scientonomy, there are currently no accepted claims concerning the existence of Compatibility.
Disjointness
In Scientonomy, no classes are currently accepted as disjoint with Compatibility.
Subtypes
In Scientonomy, there are currently no accepted subtypes of Compatibility.
Supertypes
In Scientonomy, the following supertype of Compatibility is currently accepted:
Associations
In Scientonomy, there are currently no accepted associations of Compatibility.
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Dynamics
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