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Mechanism of Question Acceptance (view source)
Revision as of 19:38, 10 February 2023
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|Description=Various theorists have recognized that the kinds of questions that can be asked by scientists changes over time. Kuhn, van Fraassen, and Lauden have all noted this fact to varying degrees without proposing a concrete mechanism by which questions come to be accepted as legitimate at any given time. Kuhn, for example, recognized that the kinds of questions that can be asked by scientists changes with each paradigm shift, but declined to propose a specific mechanism for this phenomena (i.e. what makes a question acceptable in one paradigm but not in another).
The ontology of epistemic elements of scientific change put forward by [[Epistemic Elements - Theories Methods and Questions (Rawleigh-2018)|William Rawleigh]] includes [[Question|questions]] as one of the central [[Question Is a Subtype of Epistemic Element (Rawleigh-2018)|subtypes of epistemic elements of scientific change]], alongside [[Theory|theories]] and [[Method|methods]]. This, along with the fact that Rawleigh proposes ''acceptance'' and ''unacceptance'' as the possible stances of [[Epistemic Community|epistemic communities]] suggests that there ought to be mechanism by which questions are introduced into a mosaic as legitimate topics of inquiry.
There already exists an accepted [[The Second Law (Patton-Overgaard-Barseghyan-2017)|mechanism for theories]] and an accepted [[The Third Law (Sebastien-2016)|mechanism for methods]] to explain how those elements become part of a mosaic. Given that a mechanism for theories and methods exists, it is very likely that a mechanism for questions also exists.
