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A [[Method{{Topic|method]] is said to be Question=How do ''methods''become ''employed''' by a community in a certain [[theory assessment? |Parent Topic=Scientific MosaicChange|mosaic]] at time ''t'' if, at time ''t'', [[TheoryDescription=|Author=Hakob Barseghyan|Year Formulated=2015|theories]] become [[Theory AcceptancePrehistory=Prehistory here|accepted]] only when their acceptance is permitted History=In the context of scientonomy the answer to this question has been traditionally provided by the methodthird law. It is currently accepted in Until 2016 it was the third law as formulated by [[Scientonomy|scientonomyHakob Barseghyan]] that the process of method employment is governed by .[[The Third LawCiteRef::Barseghyan (2015)|the third law of scientific changep. 54]].

== Prehistory ==After the acceptance of [[Zoe Sebastien]]'s [[Modification:ZoeSebastien-2016-001|suggested modification]] in 2016, the answer to the question of method employment is provided by Sebastien's formulation of the third law. <div class|Current View="mw-collapsible mwIt is currently accepted in [[Scientonomy|scientonomy]] that the process of method employment is governed by [[The Third Law (Sebastien-collapsed">Prehistory here2016)|the third law of scientific change]]. It states that </div>In its current formulation, the third law states that a method becomes employed when it is deducible from some subset of other employed methods and accepted theories of the time.

== History ==The notion of method employment has been part of the theory of scientific change since its first formulation in 2012. The first published definition of the term is in ''The Laws of Scientific Change''.[[CiteRefFile::Barseghyan (2015)Sebastien-2016-001_The_Third_Law.png|center|p. 54398px]]

|Related Topics== Current View ==[[Method|Methods]], or criteria of theory evaluation, can become part of a [[Scientific Mosaic|scientific mosaic]]. When they doChange, they are said to be ''employed'' in theory assessment of that scientific mosaic. Thus, a method is said to be ''employed'' in a certain mosaic at time ''t'' if, at time ''t'', [[Theory|theories]] become [[Theory Acceptance|accepted]] only when their acceptance is permitted by that method.Static and Dynamic Methods[[File:Employed_Method_Definition.png|center|424px]] It is currently accepted in scientonomy that methods become employed in accord with [[Related Theories=The Third Law|the third law of scientific change]]. == Open Questions == * Questions here == Related Articles == [[(Barseghyan-2015),The Third Law]] [[(Sebastien-2016),Method]] [[,Scientific Mosaic]]  [[Static and Dynamic Methods]] {{#referencelist:}}