Tautological Status of The First Law (Barseghyan-2015)
Is the first law suggested by Barseghyan in 2015 a tautology?
As any law, the first law suggested by Barseghyan in 2015 attempts to forbid certain courses of action, for otherwise it would lack any empirical content and would be a tautology. So the question is whether the law is tautological or non-tautological, i.e. whether there is any conceivable course of events under which the first law can in principle be violated.
In the scientonomic context, this question was first formulated by Nicholas Overgaard, Hakob Barseghyan, Gregory Rupik and Paul Patton in 2016. The question is currently accepted as a legitimate topic for discussion by Scientonomy community.
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Scientonomic History
Acceptance Record of the Question
Community | Accepted From | Acceptance Indicators | Still Accepted | Accepted Until | Rejection Indicators |
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Scientonomy | 1 January 2016 | The question became de facto accepted by the community at that time together with the whole theory of scientific change. | Yes |
All Direct Answers
Theory | Formulation | Formulated In |
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The First Law (Barseghyan-2015) is Tautological (Pandey-2023) | The first law suggested by Barseghyan in 2015 is tautological. | 2023 |
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Accepted Direct Answers
Suggested Modifications
Modification | Community | Date Suggested | Summary | Date Assessed | Verdict | Verdict Rationale |
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Sciento-2023-0003 | Scientonomy | 28 December 2023 | Accept that the first law and its corollaries are tautologies. Also accept that the rejection theorems are tautologies. | Open | The modification can only become accepted once modification Sciento-2024-0001 becomes accepted. |
Current View
At the moment, the question has no accepted answer in Scientonomy.