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• Theory Use  + (A theory is said to be used if it is taken as an adequate tool for practical application.)
• Question (Rawleigh-2018)  + (A topic of inquiry.)
• Question  + (A topic of inquiry.)
• Static Procedural Methods theorem (Barseghyan-2015)  + (All procedural methods are necessarily static.)
• Static vs. Dynamic Methods  + (All substantive methods are necessarily dynamic. All procedural methods are necessarily static. )
• Dynamic Substantive Methods theorem (Barseghyan-2015)  + (All substantive methods are necessarily dynamic.)
• The First Law for Questions (Barseghyan-Levesley-2021)  + (An accepted question remains accepted in the mosaic unless replaced by other elements.)
• Theory Acceptance (Fraser-Sarwar-2018)  + (An accepted theory is a scientific theory that is taken as the best available description or prescription of its object.)
• The First Law for Theories (Barseghyan-Pandey-2023)  + (An accepted theory remains accepted in the mosaic unless replaced by other elements.)
• The First Law for Theories (Barseghyan-2015)  + (An accepted theory remains accepted unless replaced by other theories.)
• Mechanism of Scientific Inertia for Theories  + (An accepted theory remains accepted unless replaced by other theories.)
• Mechanism of Scientific Inertia for Normative Theories  + (An accepted theory remains accepted unless replaced by other theories.)
• Mechanism of Scientific Inertia for Methods  + (An accepted theory remains accepted unless replaced by other theories.)
• Epistemic Action (Allen-2023)  + (An action of an epistemic agent that involves an epistemic element.)
• Epistemic Agent (Patton-2019)  + (An agent capable of taking epistemic stances towards epistemic elements.)
• Epistemic Agent  + (An agent capable of taking epistemic stances towards epistemic elements.)
• Reason (Palider-2019)  + (An agent takes theory ''A'' to be a reason for theory ''B'' ''iff'' the agent accepts that ''A''→''B'', employs ''ε'', and accepts (''ε'', ''A'', ''A''→''B'') →_''ε'' (Should accept ''B'').)
• Sufficient Reason (Palider-2019)  + (An agent takes theory ''A'' to be a suffic … An agent takes theory ''A'' to be a sufficient reason for (accepting) theory ''B'' ''iff'' the following four conditions are met:</br></br>(1) The agent accepts ''A''.</br></br>(2) The agent accepts that ''A'' → ''B''.</br></br>(3) The agent employs ''ε''.</br></br>(4) The agent accepts (''ε'', ''A'', ''A''→''B'') →_''ε'' (Should accept ''B'').) →_''ε'' (Should accept ''B'').)
• Support (Palider-2019)  + (An agent takes theory ''A'' to be supporting theory ''B'' ''iff'' the agent accepts ''A'' and accepts that ''A''→''B''.)
• Normative Inference (Palider-2019)  + (An agent takes theory ''A'' to normatively infer theory ''B'' ''iff'' the agent accepts ''A'', accepts that ''A''→''B'', and accepts (''ε'', ''A'', ''A''→''B'') →_''ε'' (Should accept ''B'').)
• The First Law (Barseghyan-2015)  + (An element of the mosaic remains in the mosaic unless replaced by other elements.)
• Mechanism of Scientific Inertia for Epistemic Elements  + (An element of the mosaic remains in the mosaic unless replaced by other elements.)
• Mechanism of Scientific Change  + (An element of the mosaic remains in the mosaic unless replaced by other elements.)
• Mechanism of Scientific Inertia for Theories  + (An element of the mosaic remains in the mosaic unless replaced by other elements.)
• Mechanism of Scientific Inertia for Normative Theories  + (An element of the mosaic remains in the mosaic unless replaced by other elements.)
• Mechanism of Scientific Inertia for Methods  + (An element of the mosaic remains in the mosaic unless replaced by other elements.)

• Mechanism of Scientific Inertia for Methods  + (An employed method remains employed unless replaced by other methods.)
• Mechanism of Scientific Inertia for Normative Theories  + (An employed method remains employed unless replaced by other methods.)
• The First Law for Methods (Barseghyan-2015)  + (An employed method remains employed unless replaced by other methods.)

• The First Law for Norms (Barseghyan-Pandey-2023)  + (An employed norm remains employed in the mosaic unless replaced by other elements.)
• Global Epistemic Action (Allen-2023)  + (An epistemic action that is available to all epistemic agents trans-historically and universally.)
• Local Epistemic Action (Allen-2023)  + (An epistemic action that is not available trans-historically to all epistemic agents, but is specific to some time periods or some agents.)
• Question Pursuit (Barseghyan-2022)  + (An epistemic agent ''S'' considers a question ''Q'' pursuitworthy, if and only if ''S'' accepts that it is worth finding a theory ''T'' that answers ''Q''.)
• Error (Machado-Marques-Patton-2021)  + (An epistemic agent is said to commit an error if the agent accepts a theory that should not have been accepted given that agent’s employed method.)
• Error  + (An epistemic agent is said to commit an error if the agent accepts a theory that should not have been accepted given that agent’s employed method.)
• Tool Reliance (Patton-2019)  + (An epistemic agent is said to rely on an epistemic tool ''iff'' there is a procedure through which the tool can provide an acceptable source of knowledge for answering some question under the employed method of that agent.)
• Outcome Inconclusive (Barseghyan-2015)  + (An outcome of theory assessment which allows for the theory to be accepted but doesn't dictate so.)
• Outcome Accept (Barseghyan-2015)  + (An outcome of theory assessment which prescribes that the theory must be accepted.)
• Outcome Not Accept (Barseghyan-2015)  + (An outcome of theory assessment which prescribes that the theory must not be accepted.)
• Scientific Change (Barseghyan-2015)  + (Any change in the ''scientific mosaic'', i.e. a transition from one accepted ''theory'' to another or from one employed ''method'' to another.)
• Scientific Change  + (Any change in the ''scientific mosaic'', i.e. a transition from one accepted ''theory'' to another or from one employed ''method'' to another.)
• Compatibility Corollary (Fraser-Sarwar-2018)  + (At any moment of time, the elements of the scientific mosaic are compatible with each other.)
• The Zeroth Law (Harder-2015)  + (At any moment of time, the elements of the scientific mosaic are compatible with each other.)
• Compatibility of Mosaic Elements  + (At any moment of time, the elements of the scientific mosaic are compatible with each other.)
• Assessment of Scientonomy - Relevant Facts (Barseghyan-2015)  + (At the level of metatheory, the relevant e … At the level of metatheory, the relevant evidence for assessing a scientonomic theory ''ought to be'' the facts relating to the state of the ''scientific mosaic'' and its ''transitions''. The complete list of relevant phenomena that ought to be considered can ''only'' be identified for a specific scientonomic theory.tified for a specific scientonomic theory.)
• Assessment of Scientonomy - Relevant Facts  + (At the level of metatheory, the relevant e … At the level of metatheory, the relevant evidence for assessing a scientonomic theory ''ought to be'' the facts relating to the state of the ''scientific mosaic'' and its ''transitions''. The complete list of relevant phenomena that ought to be considered can ''only'' be identified for a specific scientonomic theory.tified for a specific scientonomic theory.)
• Assessment of Scientonomy  + (At the level of metatheory, the relevant e … At the level of metatheory, the relevant evidence for assessing a scientonomic theory ''ought to be'' the facts relating to the state of the ''scientific mosaic'' and its ''transitions''. The complete list of relevant phenomena that ought to be considered can ''only'' be identified for a specific scientonomic theory.tified for a specific scientonomic theory.)
• Anomalies  + (At the level of metatheory, the relevant e … At the level of metatheory, the relevant evidence for assessing a scientonomic theory ''ought to be'' the facts relating to the state of the ''scientific mosaic'' and its ''transitions''. The complete list of relevant phenomena that ought to be considered can ''only'' be identified for a specific scientonomic theory.tified for a specific scientonomic theory.)
• The Second Law (Barseghyan-2015) is Tautological (Barseghyan-2015)  + (Barseghyan's original second law is tautological.)
• Tautological Status of The Second Law (Barseghyan-2015)  + (Barseghyan's original second law is tautological.)
• Mutual Authority Delegation (Overgaard-Loiselle-2016)  + (Communities A and B are said to be in a relationship of mutual authority delegation ''iff'' community A delegates authority over topic ''x'' to community B, and community B delegates authority over topic ''y'' to community A.)
• One-sided Authority Delegation (Overgaard-Loiselle-2016)  + (Communities A and B are said to be in a relationship of one-sided authority delegation ''iff'' community A delegates authority over topic ''x'' to community B, but community B doesn’t delegate any authority to community A.)
• Authority Delegation (Overgaard-Loiselle-2016)  + (Community A is said to be delegating authority over topic ''x'' to community B ''iff'' (1) community A accepts that community B is an expert on topic ''x'' and (2) community A will accept a theory on topic ''x'' if community B says so.)