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Mechanism of Theory Acceptance (view source)
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In contrast, the Sociologist of Scientific Knowledge (SSK) research program, including sociologists like [[Barry Barnes]] and [[David Bloor]] believe that scientists are motivated to a large extent by non-empirical social values.
|History=Patton, Overgaard and Barseghyan have proposed a reformulation of the Second Law of Theory Acceptance. The reformulated Second Law allows for the possibility an inconclusive outcome to theory assessment. With an inconclusive outcome, theory acceptance, unacceptance or mosaic split are all possible. [[CiteRef::Patton, Overgaard , and Barseghyan (2017)]]
|Related Topics=Mechanism of Method Employment,
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