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|TopicAuthors List=Core TheoryCyrus Al-Zayadi, Paul Patton|Formulated Year=2021

|Authors ListDescription=Cyrus A core theory of a [[Discipline| discipline]] is a [[Theory| theory]] presupposed by the discipline's [[Core Question| core questions]].[[CiteRef::Patton and Al-Zayadi, Paul Patton|Formulated Year=(2021|Description=)]] The [[Scientific Mosaic| scientific mosaic]] consists of [[Theory| theories]] and [[Question| questions]].[[CiteRef::Barseghyan(2015)]][[CiteRef::Barseghyan(2018) p.33]][[CiteRef::Rawleigh(2018) p. 3]][[CiteRef::Sebastien(2016) p.6]]. A core theory of a Questions constitute hierarchies where more specific questions are [[DisciplineSubquestion| disciplinesubquestions]] is of broader questions. Within this hierarchy, certain general questions play a special role as core questions. These questions are essential to a discipline, and have the power to identify it and determine its boundaries. For example, a core question of evolutionary biology would be 'how did living species originate as a [[Theory| theory]] result of evolution?'. Questions always presuppose theories, which endow them with semantic content. Those presupposed by the a discipline's [[Core Question| core questions]], are that discipline's core theories. For our example, the theory in question would be The neo-Darwinian theory of evolution by natural selection.

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