Core Question (Patton-Al-Zayadi-2021)

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This is a definition of Core Question that states "A core question of a discipline is a question identified in the discipline’s delineating theory as definitive of the discipline."

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This definition of Core Question was formulated by Paul Patton and Cyrus Al-Zayadi in 2021.1

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Sciento-2021-0006 Scientonomy 1 August 2021 Accept new definitions of subquestion, core question, core theory, discipline, delineating theory, subdiscipline, and discipline acceptance. Open

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Core Question (Patton-Al-Zayadi-2021) is an attempt to answer the following question: What is core question? How should it be defined?

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Description

The scientific mosaic consists of theories and questions. Questions form hierarchies in which more specific questions are 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 discipline 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.

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References

  1. ^  Patton, Paul and Al-Zayadi, Cyrus. (2021) Disciplines in the Scientonomic Ontology. Scientonomy 4, 59-85. Retrieved from https://scientojournal.com/index.php/scientonomy/article/view/37123.