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A {{Topic|Question Type=Definitional|Question=What does it mean to say that a theory is said to '''accepted'''? How should ''acceptance'' be ''defined''?|Description=One of the tasks of scientonomy is to explain transitions from one ''accepted''' if theory to the next. Therefore, it is taken as the best available description or prescription important to have a clear-cut notion of its object''acceptance''. "Acceptance" is not |Prehistory=Prehistory here|History=Prior to be confused with 2016, the definition of "use[[Theory|theory]]" or included only [[Theory#Descriptive and Normative|descriptive]] theories. As a result, "pursuitacceptance".only concerned the best available descriptions:
== Prehistory ==<div class="mw-collapsible mw-collapsed">Prehistory here </div> == History ==Prior to 2016, the definition of "[[Theory|theory]]" included only [[Theory#Descriptive and Normative|descriptive]] theories. As a result, "acceptance" only concerned the best available descriptions: [[File:Acceptance_DefinitionAcceptance_Barseghyan_2015_Definition.png|center|273px]]
== |Current View ==Currently, a theory is said to be ''accepted '' if it is taken as the best available description or prescription of its object.[[CiteRef::Sebastien (2016)]] [[File:Sebastien-2016-002_Acceptance_DefinitionAcceptance_Sebastien_2016_Definition.png|center|307px]]<!-- {| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center; align: center; width: 300px; border: 2px solid black"!Acceptance ≡|- style="border: 2px solid black;"|A theory is said to be accepted if it is taken as the best available description or prescription of its object.|} -->
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However, after the [[Modification:Sebastien-2016-002|2016 reintroduction]] of [[Theory#Descriptive and Normative|normative]] propositions into the concept of "theory" by Sebastien, the definition of acceptance was changed and it now concerns both descriptive and normative propositions.[[CiteRef::Sebastien (2016)]]
This definition allows for both descriptive and normative propositions to be accepted into a [[Scientific Mosaic|mosaic]].
|Related Topics=== Acceptance, UseTheory, and Pursuit === == Open Questions == • Question 1 • Question 2 == Related Articles == [[Scientific Mosaic]] [[Theory]] [[The Second Law]] == Notes ==<references />}}
