Compatibility Criteria

What is compatibility criteria? How should it be defined?

It is necessary to define compatibility criteria in order to understand the method of any scientific community. The definition of method suggests that it can consist of different criteria for theory assessment. The question is how compatibility criteria are different from other criteria of theory evaluation. Thus, it is a key concept in current Scientonomy.

In the scientonomic context, this question was first formulated by Hakob Barseghyan in 2015. The question is currently accepted as a legitimate topic for discussion by Scientonomy community. Compatibility Criteria (Barseghyan-2015) is currently accepted by Scientonomy community as the best available definition of the term. Compatibility Criteria (Barseghyan-2015) states "Criteria for determining whether two theories are compatible or incompatible."

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
Scientonomy	1 January 2016		Yes

All Theories

The following theories have attempted to answer this question:

Theory	Formulation	Formulated In
Compatibility Criteria (Barseghyan-2015)	Criteria for determining whether two theories are compatible or incompatible.	2015
Compatibility Criteria (Fraser-Sarwar-2018)	Criteria for determining whether two elements are compatible or incompatible.	2018

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Accepted Theories

The following theories have been accepted as answers to this question:

Community	Theory	Accepted From	Accepted Until
Scientonomy	Compatibility Criteria (Barseghyan-2015)	1 January 2016

Suggested Modifications

Here is a list of modifications concerning this topic:

Modification	Community	Date Suggested	Summary	Verdict	Verdict Rationale	Date Assessed
Sciento-2018-0017	Scientonomy	28 January 2018	Accept the new definition of compatibility criteria as criteria for determining whether two elements are compatible or incompatible.	Open

Current View

In Scientonomy community, the accepted definition of the term is Compatibility Criteria (Barseghyan-2015). It is defined as: "Criteria for determining whether two theories are compatible or incompatible."

After a community has satisfied both demarcation criteria and acceptance criteria, the community in question must properly define compatibility criteria so as to determine whether two theories are mutually compatible or incompatible. If two incompatible theories are employed for the same domain at the same time, the logic law of noncontradiction would be violated. However, the compatibility criteria may turn out to be changeable and may need not necessarily coincide with the logical law of noncontradiction. p. 13 Thus, a proper definition of compatibility criteria is of great importance in order to explicate any method. Read More

Related Topics

This topic is also related to the following topic(s):

• Mechanism of Theory Acceptance
• Mechanism of Scientific Change
• Demarcation Criteria
• Acceptance Criteria
• Scientific Change
• Theory
• Method