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|Question=What does it mean to say that a theory is '''accepted'''? How should ''acceptance'' be ''defined''?

|Description=One of the tasks of scientonomy is to explain transitions from one ''accepted'' theory to the next. Therefore, it is important to have a clear-cut notion of ''acceptance''.

|Prehistory=Prehistory here

|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:

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)]]

|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)]]

This definition allows for both descriptive and normative propositions to be accepted into a [[Scientific Mosaic|mosaic]].

|Related Topics=Theory, Scientific Mosaic

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