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Scope of Scientonomy - Appraisal (Barseghyan-2015) (view source)
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|Description=The goal of [[scientonomy]] is to give a descriptive account of the process of [[Scientific Change|scientific change]]. Given this goal, it is obvious that it must describe and explain how changes in the [[Scientific Mosaic|mosaic]] of accepted scientific [[Theory|theories]] and employed [[Method|methods]] take place. Any actual instance of scientific change is the result of an appraisal. Therefore, a theory of scientific change must provide an account of how theories are actually appraised and thereby explain how changes in the mosaic occur. It is not, on the other hand, required to account for the process of theory construction. Scientific creativity and theory construction have typically been regarded as questions of psychology and sociology. [[CiteRef::Barseghyan (2015)|p. 29]]
|Resource=Barseghyan (2015)
|Prehistory=Hans Reichenbach is commonly considered to have been the first to draw the distinction between the context of discovery, which is a historical and creative process having to do with the construction of the theory, and the context of justification, which has to do with the logical enterprise of the defense and appraisal of a theory. [[CiteRef::Laudan (1980)]] However the distinction was implicit in works of scientific methodology since the nineteenth century, and has been traced by Popper back to Kant. The distinction was traced by Popper back to Kant. [[CiteRef::Popper (1959)]]
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{{Acceptance Record
|Accepted From Day=1
|Accepted From Approximate=No
|Acceptance Indicators=This view was expressed by Barseghyan in 'The Laws of Scientific Change' [[CiteRef::Barseghyan (2015)| pp. 21-30]].
|Still Accepted=Yes
|Accepted Until Approximate=No
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