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The Theory of Scientific Change (view source)
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Taking the four laws as the starting point several theorems about the process of scientific change may be deduced.
====Rejection of Elements====
=====dogmatism theorem=====No theory rejection acceptance may take place in a genuinely dogmatic community.=====theory rejection theorem=====A theory becomes rejected only when other theories that are incompatible with the theory become accepted.=====method rejection theorem=====A method ceases to be employed only when other methods that are incompatible with the method become employed.=====synchronism of method rejection theorem====A method becomes rejected only when some of the theories, from which it follows, become rejected.
====Contextual Appraisal====
====Scientific Underdeterminism====