Subtypes of Discipline

What are the subtypes of a discipline?

In the scientonomic context, this question was first formulated by Hakob Barseghyan in 2016. The question is currently accepted as a legitimate topic for discussion by Scientonomy community. The subtype of Discipline currently accepted in Scientonomy is:

• Subdiscipline

Scientonomic History

Acceptance Record

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 April 2016	Subtypes of Discipline became accepted by virtue of the acceptance of Discipline. It was acknowledged as an open question by the Scientonomy Seminar 2016.	Yes

All Theories

The following answers have been added to this encyclopedia:

Theory	Formulation	Formulated In
Subdiscipline Is a Subtype of Discipline (Al-Zayadi-Patton-2021)	Subdiscipline is a subtype of Discipline, i.e. discipline is a supertype of subdiscipline.	2021

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Accepted Theories

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

Community	Theory	Accepted From	Accepted Until
Scientonomy	Subdiscipline Is a Subtype of Discipline (Al-Zayadi-Patton-2021)	21 February 2024

Suggested Modifications

Here is a list of modifications concerning this topic:

Modification	Community	Date Suggested	Summary	Verdict	Verdict Rationale	Date Assessed
Sciento-2021-0006	Scientonomy	1 August 2021	Accept new definitions of subquestion, core question, core theory, discipline, delineating theory, subdiscipline, and discipline acceptance.	Accepted	Prior to the 2024 workshop, Hakob Barseghyan commented on the encyclopedia indicating his support for accepting this modification and noted its potential to underpin further work on discipline dynamics. In fact, a significant amount of observational scientonomy work has been carried out in the past few years (including the paper on the rejection of alchemy by Friesen and Patton (2023),1 as well as some more recent papers) that presupposes the acceptance of these definitions, despite the fact that the modification containing them formally remains open. There was very little discussion about the modification, beyond raising points for the community to look forward to in the future, like a brief discussion between Jamie Shaw and Paul Patton about the need for more research on the difference between disciplines and disciplinary communities. The modification was accepted unanimously with 18 votes.	21 February 2024

Current View

In Scientonomy, the accepted subtype of Discipline is:

• Subdiscipline

Subdiscipline Is a Subtype of Discipline (Al-Zayadi-Patton-2021) states: "Subdiscipline is a subtype of Discipline, i.e. discipline is a supertype of subdiscipline."