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{{Theory

|Topic=Compatibility Criteria

|Formulation Text=Criteria for determining whether two theories are ''compatible'' or ''incompatible.''

|Formulation File=Compatibility criteria p 10.jpg

|Formulated Year=2015

|Description=After a community has satisfied both ''demarcation criteria'' and ''acceptance criteria,'' the community in question must properly define ''compatibility criteria'' so as to determine whether two theories are mutually compatible or incompatible. If two incompatible theories are employed for the same domain at the same time, the logic law of noncontradiction would be violated. However, the '''compatibility criteria''' may turn out to be changeable and may need not necessarily coincide with the logical law of noncontradiction. [[CiteRef::Barseghyan (2015)|p. 13]] Thus, a proper definition of ''compatibility criteria'' is of great importance in order to explicate any method.

|Resource=Barseghyan (2015)

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{{Acceptance Record

|Accepted From Approximate=No

|Acceptance Indicators=The definition became ''de facto'' accepted by the community at that time together with the whole [[The Theory of Scientific Change|theory of scientific change]].

|Accepted Until Approximate=No

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