Pursuit as Distinct from Acceptance (Barseghyan-2015)

An attempt to answer the question of Pursuit as Acceptance which states "Pursuit is a distinct epistemic stance that is not reducible to or expressible through acceptance."

Pursuit as Distinct from Acceptance was formulated by Hakob Barseghyan in 2015.1 It is currently accepted by Scientonomy community as the best available theory on the subject.

History

Acceptance Record

Here is the complete acceptance record of Pursuit as Distinct from Acceptance (Barseghyan-2015):

Community	Accepted From	Acceptance Indicators	Still Accepted	Accepted Until	Rejection Indicators
Scientonomy	1 January 2016	This view is implicit in the accepted ontology of epistemic stances and has therefore been tacitly accepted since the inception of scientonomy. It was first explicated on January 18, 2018 in Scientonomy Seminar 2018.	Yes

Question Answered

Pursuit as Distinct from Acceptance (Barseghyan-2015) is an attempt to answer the following question: Is the category of theory pursuit really distinct from that of theory acceptance?

See Pursuit as Acceptance for more details.

Description

As a distinct epistemic stance, theory pursuit is not reducible to acceptance.