Individual Level (Barseghyan-2015)

A definition of Individual Level that states "The level of the beliefs of the individual scientist about the world and the rules she employs in theory assessment."

This definition of Individual Level was formulated by Hakob Barseghyan in 2015.1 It is currently accepted by Scientonomy community as the best available definition of the term.

History

Acceptance Record

Here is the complete acceptance record of Individual Level (Barseghyan-2015):

Community	Accepted From	Acceptance Indicators	Still Accepted	Accepted Until	Rejection Indicators
Scientonomy	1 January 2016	The definition became de facto accepted by the community at that time together with the whole theory of scientific change.	Yes

Question Answered

Individual Level (Barseghyan-2015) is an attempt to answer the following question: What is individual level? How should it be defined?

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Description

By the individual level Barseghyan means an "individual scientist who has her own set of ideas and beliefs about the world, and employs certain methods which might be different than the accepted methods of the time".1p. 43