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Core Question (Patton-Al-Zayadi-2021) (view source)
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|Formulation Text=A core question of a discipline is a question identified in the discipline’s delineating theory as definitive of the discipline.
|Formulation File=Core Question (Patton-Al-Zayadi-2021).png
|Authors List=Paul Patton, Cyrus Al-Zayadi, Paul Patton
|Formulated Year=2021
|Description=TODO: Paul add The [[Scientific Mosaic| scientific mosaic]] consists of [[Theory| theories]] and [[Question| questions]]. Questions form hierarchies in which more specific questions are [[Subquestion| subquestions]] of more general ones. Theories also enter into this hierarchy, since questions presuppose theories, and theories are answers to questions. The core questions of a descriptiondiscipline are those general questions that are essential to a discipline, having the power to define it and establish its boundaries within a hierarchy of questions and theories. They are identified as such in the discipline's [[Delineating Theory| delineating theory]].
|Resource=Patton and Al-Zayadi (2021)
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