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The Theory of Scientific Change (view source)
Revision as of 21:14, 11 August 2016
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====Mosaic Split and Mosaic Merge====
Mosaic split is a scientific change that results when one scientific mosaic splits into two or more mosaics containing incompatible accepted theories or employed methods. This entails that a previously united scientific community bearing a single mosaic becomes two or more communities, each with its own mosaic. Mosaic merge is a scientific change in which two or more mosaics containing incompatible theories or methods become a single united mosaic with compatible theories and methods. This likewise entails the formation of a single community out of two or more.
=====Necessary mosaic split=====
Necessary mosaic split is a form of mosaic split that can happen when two incompatible theories are both become accepted under the employed method of the time. Since the theories are incompatible, under the zeroth law, they cannot be accepted into the same mosaic, and a mosaic split must then occur, as a matter of logical necessity.
[[File:Necessary-mosaic-split.jpg|center|500px]]
=====Possible mosaic split=====
Possible mosaic split is a form of mosaic split that happens when theory assessment reaches an inconclusive result. In this case, a mosaic split can, but need not necessarily, result.
[[File:Possible-mosaic-split.jpg|center|500px]]
