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|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_Barseghyan_2015_Definition.png|center|273px]]
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)]]
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|Formulated Year=2015
|Prehistory=Prehistory here
|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)]]
