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Accepted Methodology and Theory Pursuit (view source)
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In a simpler case, for an author like Thomas Kuhn, theory pursuit seems to once again have an intuitive connection to methodology. Since for Kuhn, scientific change happens sporadically and instantaneously, theories that are pursued within certain scientific paradigms always follow the same hierarchical system Kuhn laid out. From the top of the hierarchy: world views, methods, and theories. [[CiteRef::Godfrey-Smith (2003)|p.91-92]] Any proposed theories worth pursuit would always have to fit the method of the time lest they create a scientific revolution where everything is totally reconstructed from scratch.
A case of a harder to draw connection of theory pursuit and methodology lies in the works of Larry Laudan. Laudan never stated explicitly what the mechanisms of theory pursuit were for him, but he believed in a reticulated system where views, methods, and theories each have a distinct influence on each other. Here a more complex connection exists between pursued theories in that they must at least satisfy either the method or the view of the time, in this way having some connection to the method of the time.[[CiteRef::Laudan (19771977a)]]
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