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|Theory Type=Definition
Procedural Method (Barseghyan-2015) (view source)
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{{Theory
|Theory Type=Definition
|Topic=Procedural Method
|Formulation Text=A method which doesn't presuppose any contingent propositions.
|Formulation File=Procedural method p 219.jpg
|Authors List=Hakob Barseghyan,
|Formulated Year=2015
|Description=TODOThe definition assumes that it is possible to conceive of methods that do not presuppose any substantive knowledge about the world. If a method doesn't presuppose any accepted theories other than definitions, the method is procedural.[[CiteRef::Barseghyan (2015)|p. 219]] As a possible example of a procedural method, [[Hakob Barseghyan|Barseghyan]] mentions what he calls the ''deductive acceptance method'', according to which "if a proposition is deductively inferred from other accepted propositions, it is to be accepted".[[CiteRef::Barseghyan (2015)|p. 221]] This method, according to Barseghyan presupposes only some definition of ''deductive inference'' as well as some very abstract method such as "only accept the best available theories".[[CiteRef::Barseghyan (2015)|p. 220-221]] The latter is another possible instance of a procedural method, as it too doesn't seem to presuppose any substantive knowledge of the world.
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