Supertypes of Method

What are the supertypes of a method?

In the scientonomic context, this question was first formulated by Hakob Barseghyan in 2015. The question is currently accepted as a legitimate topic for discussion by Scientonomy community. The following supertype of Method is currently accepted in Scientonomy:

• Normative Theory

Scientonomic History

Acceptance Record of the Question

Here is the complete acceptance record of this question (it includes all the instances when the question was accepted as a legitimate topic for discussion by a community):

Community	Accepted From	Acceptance Indicators	Still Accepted	Accepted Until	Rejection Indicators
Scientonomy	1 January 2016	The question of Supertypes of Method became accepted by virtue of the acceptance of Method. That's when the first scientonomic definition of the term, Method (Barseghyan-2015), became accepted, which is a indication that the topic itself is considered legitimate.	Yes

All Direct Answers

The following answers have been added to this encyclopedia:

Theory	Formulation	Formulated In
Method Is a Subtype of Epistemic Element (Barseghyan-2015)	Method is a subtype of Epistemic Element, i.e. epistemic element is a supertype of method.	2015
Method Is a Subtype of Normative Theory (Barseghyan-2018)	Method is a subtype of Normative Theory, i.e. normative theory is a supertype of method.	2018

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Accepted Direct Answers

The following theories have been accepted as direct answers to this question:

Community	Theory	Formulation	Accepted From	Accepted Until
Scientonomy	Method Is a Subtype of Epistemic Element (Barseghyan-2015)	Method is a subtype of Epistemic Element, i.e. epistemic element is a supertype of method.	1 January 2016	1 September 2019
Scientonomy	Method Is a Subtype of Normative Theory (Barseghyan-2018)	Method is a subtype of Normative Theory, i.e. normative theory is a supertype of method.	1 September 2019

Suggested Modifications

Here is a list of modifications concerning this topic:

Modification	Community	Date Suggested	Summary	Date Assessed	Verdict	Verdict Rationale
Sciento-2018-0006	Scientonomy	8 October 2018	Accept the new ontology of epistemic elements with, theories and questions are the two basic epistemic elements where and each theory is an attempt to answer a certain question, theories can be of three types – descriptive, normative, or definitions, and methods are a subtype of normative theory.	1 September 2019	Accepted	Following a series of off-line discussions, a consensus emerged concerning this modification: it was agreed that the modification is to be accepted.c1 It was mentioned that most of the elements of this new ontology "has already been accepted by the scientonomic community".c2 It was also stressed that "the consensus has been manifested on several occasions, including the first scientonomy conference in May 2019 in Toronto, where several of the presenters treated this new ontology as accepted."c3 The fact that the consensus concerning this modification has been achieved primarily off-line, i.e. outside of the discussion pages of this encyclopedia suggests that the scientonomic "workflow must have a way of accommodating these discussions".c4

Current View

In Scientonomy, the following supertype of Method is currently accepted:

• Normative Theory

Method Is a Subtype of Normative Theory (Barseghyan-2018) states: "Method is a subtype of Normative Theory, i.e. normative theory is a supertype of method."

According to Barseghyan's 2018 redrafted ontology, methods are a species of normative theories.1