Modification:Sciento-2017-0006

Accept the following set of inferences of theory assessment outcomes from the acceptance or unacceptance of a single contender and two contenders.

The modification was suggested to Scientonomy community by Nicholas Overgaard, Hakob Barseghyan and Paul Patton on 5 February 2017.1 This modification presupposes the acceptance of Sciento-2017-0004. The modification is currently being evaluated; a verdict is pending.

Preamble

Since the new formulation of the second law clearly forbids a number of logically conceivable scenarios, it is possible, in principle, to infer what assessment outcome obtained when a theory was assessed by the method of the time by studying what actually happened to the theory in terms of its acceptance/unacceptance. Thus, it makes sense to outline what inferences an observational scientonomist can make regarding theory assessment outcomes from the record of accepted theories.

Modification

Theories To Accept

• 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.

• 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.

Questions Answered

This modification attempts to answer the following question(s):

• Inferring Theory Assessment Outcomes: What can an observational scientonomist infer about a theory's assessment outcome from the theory's acceptance/unacceptance?

Verdict

The modification is currently being evaluated; a verdict is pending.

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