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== Open Questions ==
• Question 1Is the second law really a tautology, or does it have some empirical content after all? The Lysenko affair is a prominent example that puts the analyticity of the second law into doubt. Two ways of addressing this issue have so far been proposed, neither of which has been conclusively decided upon:a. Lysenkoism is accepted into the mosaic, the 2nd law is violated, and as a result must be considered a synthetic proposition.b. Lysenkoism is in fact accepted into a second mosaic, without violation of the 2nd law, and thus the 2nd law remains an analytic proposition.
• Question 2Is it possible for a community to say that they do not accept a theory, but in reality they do? Are there any historical examples of a case like this? • If a theory is accepted in violation of the Second Law, should we ignore this in our historical analysis, or should the TSC attempt to explain these instances? • Can we apply the “accepted/used/pursued” distinction to methods?
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