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The main goal of the '''scientonomy seminar''' is to scrutinize different aspects of our current [[Scientonomy|scientonomic knowledge]] and formulate as many interesting open questions as possible. As opposed to the [[Scientonomy Workshop|workshop]] format, the seminar's primary objective is unearthing the drawbacks of our current scientonomic knowledge, i.e. understanding '''what does not work'''. While the seminar also often generates interesting ideas on how this or that problem can be solved, the primary outcome of the seminar is [[List of Open Questions|the list of open questions ]] for future research.

The seminar is held annually by [http://hps.utorontoat University of Toronto.ca/ the Institute for the ==History ==The seminar was first designed and Philosophy of Science and Technologyrun by [[Hakob Barseghyan]] in [[Scientonomy Seminar 2013|2013]], University of Toronto. The first six editions of the seminar usually starts in January took place at the beginning of every calendar year and ends in April consisting consisted of 10-12 discussion sessions.

==History==The seminar was first designed and run by [[Hakob Barseghyan]] in 2013. Originally, the seminar had a wider agenda and tried attempted to accomplish the following two tasks: * '''scrutinizing''' each aspect various aspects of the current theory body of scientonomic knowledge and understanding what is not workingidentifying its drawbacks;

It took three full iterations Following the establishment of the [[Scientonomic Workflow|scientonomic workflow]] in 2016, the focus of the seminar before it became clear that it should be mainly focusing on narrowed to the former task, i.e. on of identifying the pitfalls of the current theory and compiling a list of open questions for future research. As for finding ''answers'' to open questions, it was appreciated decided that the format of the seminar is not the best format isn't well suited for it. Solutions , as solutions to open problems require proper research papers; . The workflow stipulates that only when an idea a modification is [[Journal of Scientonomy|''published '']] and recorded in the encyclopedia can the community begin to appraise evaluate it and decide whether it is acceptable or not. This idea is in the foundation of the [[Journal of Scientonomy]].

Although the previous iterations If a question raised a sufficient level of interest or disagreement, it would be considered an open question. Clearly, this criterion was somewhat vague and not very strict; as a result, the seminar produced a number list of interesting open questionswould sometimes include questions the answers to which could appear trivial. However, this was done on purpose; the seminar assumption was that an occasional inclusion of 2016 was a trivial question outweighed the first to aim directly at producing open questionsrisk of missing an important question. It The seminar was the first year when run in this format for three years and four iterations ([[Scientonomy Seminar 2016|2016]], [[Scientonomy Seminar 2017|2017]], [[Scientonomy Seminar 2018|2018]], [[Scientonomy Seminar 2018 Fall|2018 Fall]]) and produced a comprehensive sizable body of [[List of Open Questions|list of open questions]] .  While the number of open questions was generatedsteadily growing, not many of them would become topics of active research. Coupled with the fact that the scientonomy community had very limited resources, this practice resulted in the disproportionate growth of open questions compared to questions with accepted answers or question that were actively tackled. The number of open questions grew exponentially, while the number of questions actually tackled by the members of the community stayed at approximately the same level. As a result, the community was starting to get overwhelmed by the sheer number of open questions. Consequently, in 2019, it was decided to change the format of the seminar and focus on producing publishable papers.

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==Present==The With its series of discussion, brainstorming, peer-reviewing, and co-writing activities, the present format of the seminar currently takes place at facilitates active research in the beginning field and production of every calendar year and focuses on potentially publishable output. While the participants are still encouraged to formulate new open questions, the task main goal of unearthing the drawbacks of seminar is to help the participants develop interesting research projects that address interesting questions and help advance our current scientonomic knowledge.

If a question raises a sufficient level ==Future==As the format of the seminar is exportable, scientonomists throughout the world are encouraged to organize similar seminars where the participants can scrutinize the body of interest or disagreementscientonomic knowledge, it is considered an formulate new open question. Clearlyquestions, this criterion is somewhat vague and not very strict; as produce potentially publishable content. If you need help with organizing a resultscientonomy seminar, the list of open questions can sometimes include questions the answers please feel free to which may appear trivial[mailto:hakob. However, this is done on purpose; the assumption here is that an occasional inclusion of a trivial question outweighs the risk of missing an important questionbarseghyan@utoronto.ca get in touch with us].