Discipline

What is discipline? How should it be defined?

Nicholas Overgaard explains the topic

Most epistemic agents classify knowledge into disciplines; e.g. disciplines are a ubiquitous feature of modern science. Thus, having a definition of discipline is an important first step in understanding the role of disciplines in the process of scientific change.

In the scientonomic context, this term was first used by Hakob Barseghyan in 2016. The term is currently accepted by Scientonomy community.

Scientonomic History

Acceptance Record

Here is the complete acceptance record of this term (it includes all the instances when the term was accepted as a part of a community's taxonomy):

Community	Accepted From	Acceptance Indicators	Still Accepted	Accepted Until	Rejection Indicators
Scientonomy	1 April 2016	It was acknowledged as an open question by the Scientonomy Seminar 2016.	Yes

All Theories

The following definitions of the term have been suggested:

Theory	Formulation	Formulated In
Discipline (Patton-Al-Zayadi-2021)	A discipline is characterized by (1) a non-empty set of core questions Q and (2) the delineating theory stating that Q are the core questions of the discipline.	2021

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Accepted Theories

According to our records, no definition of the term has ever been accepted.

Suggested Modifications

Here is a list of modifications concerning this term:

Modification	Community	Date Suggested	Summary	Verdict	Verdict Rationale	Date Assessed
Sciento-2021-0006	Scientonomy	1 August 2021	Accept new definitions of subquestion, core question, core theory, discipline, delineating theory, subdiscipline, and discipline acceptance.	Open

Current Definition

There is currently no accepted answer to this question.

Ontology

Existence

In Scientonomy, there are currently no accepted claims concerning the existence of Discipline.

Disjointness

In Scientonomy, no classes are currently accepted as disjoint with Discipline.

Subtypes

In Scientonomy, there are currently no accepted subtypes of Discipline.

Supertypes

In Scientonomy, there are currently no accepted supertypes of Discipline.

Associations

In Scientonomy, there are currently no accepted associations of Discipline.

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Dynamics

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Related Topics

This term is also related to the following topic(s):

• Question
• Theory
• Method