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Discipline (Patton-Al-Zayadi-2021) (view source)
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|Formulation Text=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.
|Formulation File=Discipline (Patton-Al-Zayadi-2021).png
|Authors List=Paul Patton, Cyrus Al-Zayadi, Paul Patton
|Formulated Year=2021
|Description=TODO: Paul add A discipline is characterized by a descriptionnon-empty set of core questions ''Q'' and a delineating theory stating that ''Q'' are the core questions of the discipline. A set of [[Core Question| core questions]] serves to identify a discipline as distinct from others. These core questions are judged by some [[Epistemic Agent| agent]] to be related to one another, essential to a discipline, and definitive of its boundaries. A discipline, of course, may include a much larger number of [[Question| Questions]] and [[Theory| theories]]. A set of core questions suffices to identify these because of the way in which questions and theories are related to one another. Each theory is an attempt to answer a certain question, and each question presupposes theories. Questions form hierarchies, with more specific questions being subordinate to more general questions in these hierarchies. A question is a [[Subquestion| subquestion]] of another question, if and only if an answer to this question would be a partial answer to the broader question. Because of such hierarchical relations, it is possible for a set of core questions to identify the entire set of questions and theories contained within a discipline. In order for some set of core questions ''Q'' to exist within the [[Scientific Mosaic| mosaic]], it must be understood as a theory. This theory is called a [[Delineating Theory| delineating theory]].
|Resource=Patton and Al-Zayadi (2021)
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