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{{Theory|Title=Epistemic Elements - Theories and Methods|Theory Type=Descriptive|Alternate Titles=|Formulation Text=The two classes of elements that can undergo scientific change are accepted theories - both descriptive and normative - and employed methods.|Formulation File=|Topic=Epistemic Elements|Authors List=Zoe Sebastien|Formulated Year=2017|Description=This formulation introduces normative theories (e.g. those theory consists of ethics or methodology) into the ontology of scientific change. Thus, all the laws and theorems that concern ''theories'' apply not only to descriptive theories but also to normative theories.|Resource=Sebastien (2016)|Prehistory=following claims:|History=In Barseghyan's * [[Theory Is a Subtype of Epistemic Elements - Theories and Methods Element (Barseghyan-2015)|original ontology of epistemic elements]], only ''descriptive'' theories and employed methods were considered part of the process of scientific change. ''Normative'' theories were excluded from the ontology for their introduction appeared to be resulting in * [[The Paradox of Normative Propositions|Method Is a destructive paradox]]. With the [[Resolution to the Paradox Subtype of Normative Propositions Epistemic Element (SebastienBarseghyan-20162015)|solution]] of the paradox by Sebastien, it became possible to introduce normative propositions as elements of the ontology of scientific change.|Page Status=Needs Editing|Editor Notes=}}{{Acceptance Record|Community=Community:Scientonomy|Accepted From Era=CE|Accepted From Year=2017|Accepted From Month=February|Accepted From Day=15|Accepted From Approximate=No|Acceptance Indicators=The ontology became accepted as * [[Normative Theory Is a result Subtype of the acceptance of the respective [[Modification:Sciento-2017-0002|suggested modification]].|Still Accepted=No|Accepted Until Era=CE|Accepted Until Year=2018|Accepted Until Month=September|Accepted Until Day=26|Accepted Until Approximate=No|Rejection Indicators=The ontology became rejected when it was [[Modification:Sciento-2018-0002|replaced]] by [[Epistemic Elements - Theories Methods and Questions Theory (RawleighSebastien-20182016)]].}}