Inferring Theory Assessment Outcomes

What can an observational scientonomist infer about a theory's assessment outcome from the theory's acceptance/unacceptance?

Suppose an observational scientonomist tries to make sense of a certain historical transition – a certain instance of scientific change. Among other things, the observational scientonomist needs to establish the outcomes of theory assessments during that transition. In other words, she needs certain indicators that would tell her what the outcomes of theory assessment were. Here the question is how a theory's assessment outcome can be inferred by studying what happened to the theory in terms of its acceptance/unacceptance by the community.1pp. 35-37

In the scientonomic context, this question was first formulated by Paul Patton in 2017. The question is currently accepted as a legitimate topic for discussion by Scientonomy community.

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Community	Accepted From	Acceptance Indicators	Still Accepted	Accepted Until	Rejection Indicators
Scientonomy	5 February 2017	That's when Patton, Overgaard, and Barseghyan (2017) became published, which is an indication that the question itself is considered legitimate.	Yes

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Theory	Formulation	Formulated In
Inferring Theory Assessment Outcomes from Acceptance or Unacceptance of a Single Contender (Patton-Overgaard-Barseghyan-2017)	There is a series of inferences that can be made from the acceptance or unacceptance of a single contender.	2017
Inferring Theory Assessment Outcomes from Acceptance or Unacceptance of Two Contenders (Patton-Overgaard-Barseghyan-2017)	There is a series of inferences that can be made from the acceptance or unacceptance of two contender theories.	2017

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Modification	Community	Date Suggested	Summary	Verdict	Verdict Rationale	Date Assessed
Sciento-2017-0006	Scientonomy	5 February 2017	Accept the following set of inferences of theory assessment outcomes from the acceptance or unacceptance of a single contender and two contenders.	Open

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