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|Question=Do epistemic communities accept reasons during theory acceptance? If they do, what is the nature of the relationship between reasons and scientific change? Is it possible for a theory to remain accepted while the original reason for its acceptance is replaced by another?
|Topic Type=Descriptive
|Description=Epistemic communities seem to accept or reject reasons for theories. Currently, Scientonomy does not accept reasons and thus lacks an account of the status of reasons. Are reasons theories? Are reasons theories about theories? Are they components of scientific mosaics?
Imagine a scenario where a theory ''T'' is accepted because of reason ''R<sub>1</sub>''. However, 'R<sub>1</sub>'' is later replaced by another reason 'R<sub>2</sub>''. Does this change necessarily entail that T should be replaced as well?
|Authors List=Abdullah Sarwar, Intishar Kazi,
|Formulated Year=2018
