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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 Dogmatism theorem=====
No theory acceptance may take place in a genuinely dogmatic community. Suppose a community has an accepted theory that asserts that it is the final and absolute truth. By the Third Law we deduce the method: accept no new theories ever. By the Second Law we deduce that no new theory can ever be accepted by the employed method of the time. By the First Law, we deduce that the accepted theory will remain the accepted theory forever.
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