Compatibility Criteria (Fraser-Sarwar-2018)

This is a definition of Compatibility Criteria that states "Criteria for determining whether two elements are compatible or incompatible."

This definition of Compatibility Criteria was formulated by Patrick Fraser and Ameer Sarwar in 2018.1 It is currently accepted by Scientonomy community as the best available definition of the term.

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Community	Accepted From	Acceptance Indicators	Still Accepted	Accepted Until	Rejection Indicators
Scientonomy	11 October 2020	The definition became accepted as a result of the acceptance of the respective suggested modification.	Yes

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Modification	Community	Date Suggested	Summary	Verdict	Verdict Rationale	Date Assessed
Sciento-2018-0017	Scientonomy	28 December 2018	Accept the new definition of compatibility criteria as criteria for determining whether two elements are compatible or incompatible.	Accepted	The discussions concerning this modification took place mostly online, but primarily outside of this encyclopedia. There is a communal agreement that the modification is to be accepted as it fixes "an obvious drawback of [Barseghyan's] original definition".c1 Since "compatibility is a stance that can be taken towards methods, theories, and questions alike"c2 it is agreed that we need a definition that is applicable to all epistemic elements, not merely theories. It was also noted that the new definition has the advantage of being "neutral to the the addition of new epistemic elements to the scientonomic ontology".c3	11 October 2020

Question Answered

Compatibility Criteria (Fraser-Sarwar-2018) is an attempt to answer the following question: What is compatibility criteria? How should it be defined?

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Description

Like the demarcation and acceptance critera, the compatibility criteria are part of an epistemic community's employed method of the time. The community uses this criteria to determine whether two elements -- methods, theories, or questions -- are mutually compatible. This criteira can be used to determine the compatibility of elements present in the mosaic, as well as those outside of it. Indeed, scientists often think about whether a proposed theory is compatible with the theories actually accepted at the time.

Moreover, the compatibility criteria is strictly between two elements, i.e., it tells the community whether any pair of elements is compatible. However, if element A is compatible with B, and B is compatible with C, then by transitivity A is compatible with C. As a result, a mosaic is a set of mutually compatible elements. In this way, the compatibility of the mosaic of a given community can be understood in terms of the compatibility of its constituent elements.

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