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|History=Scientonomy has, so far, accepted a definition of theories based the ability to state them as lists of propositions. In the original view of theories, proposed by Hakob Barseghyan in 2015, a theory was defined as a set of propositions that attempt to describe something. In early 2017 it was replaced by a definition proposed by Sebastian in 2016, which modified the definition to include both descriptive and normative propositions.
Applicability of Scientonomy to Theories as Models (view source)
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|Topic Type=Descriptive
|Description=The theory of scientific change currently defines theories as sets of descriptive or normative propositions. This definition is most closely aligned with the syntactical view of theories promulgated by logical empiricists early in the twentieth century.[[CiteRef::Winther (2016)]] Two other competing views of the nature of scientific theories have since been proposed. The semantic view of theories holds that they should be seen as sets of models, as models were defined by [[Alfred Tarski]]. The pragmatic view rejects a purely formal characterization of theories and holds them to include sentences, models, problems, examples, skills, practices, analogies, and metaphors, some of which necessarily resist formalization.[[CiteRef::Winther (2016)]][[CiteRef::Mormann (2008)]] Is the theory of scientific change compatible with these more recent and broader views of theories?
|Parent Topic=Applicability of the Laws of Scientific Change|Authors List=Markus Alliksaar,
|Formulated Year=2017
|Academic Events=Scientonomy Seminar 2017,
|Prehistory=In modern times philosophers have held varied views about how best to express the structure and content of scientific theories and about whether or not they are wholly reducible to sets of propositions.[[CiteRef::Winther (2016)]] For a more complete discussion, see [[Theory]].
|Related Topics=Descriptive Theory, Normative Theory,
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|Accepted From Day=10
|Accepted From Approximate=No
|Acceptance Indicators=The topic It was discussed at the Scientonomy Seminar, and identifies acknowledged as an open questionby the [[Scientonomy Seminar 2017]].
|Still Accepted=Yes
|Accepted Until Approximate=No
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