Theory Is a Subtype of Epistemic Element (Barseghyan-2015)

This is a theory that states "Theory is a subtype of Epistemic Element, i.e. epistemic element is a supertype of theory."

Theory Is a Subtype of Epistemic Element (Barseghyan-2015) was formulated by Hakob Barseghyan in 2015.1 It is currently accepted by Scientonomy community as the best available answer to the question.

Scientonomic History

The idea that theories are subtypes of epistemic elements has been implicit in Barseghyan's original ontology of epistemic elements, suggested in The Laws of Scientific Change.1 It remained part of several accepted ontologies of epistemic elements that followed, including that of Rawleigh2 and Barseghyan's redrafted ontology.3

Acceptance Record

Here is the complete acceptance record of Theory Is a Subtype of Epistemic Element (Barseghyan-2015):

Community	Accepted From	Acceptance Indicators	Still Accepted	Accepted Until	Rejection Indicators
Scientonomy	1 January 2016	This formulation was tacitly accepted together with the rest of the original TSC. It was made explicit on January 16, 2017 when Nicholas Overgaard suggested that the question of ontology of a certain field shouldn't be answered via definitions alone (see Modification_talk:Sciento-2016-0002 for details).	Yes

Questions Answered

Theory Is a Subtype of Epistemic Element (Barseghyan-2015) is an attempt to answer the following questions: Subtypes of Epistemic Element and Supertypes of Theory.

Description

According to this theory, theories are a subtype of epistemic element. Among other things, this assumes that epsitemic stances can be taken by epistemic agents towards theories.

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