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|Description=A discipline is characterized by a non-empty set of [[Core Question| core questions ]] ''Q'' and a [[Delineating Theory| delineating theory ]] stating that ''Q'' are the core questions of the discipline. [[CiteRef::Patton and Al-Zayadi (2021)]]

A set The [[Scientific Mosaic|scientific mosaic]] consists of [[Core QuestionTheory|theories]] and [[Questions| core questions]] .[[CiteRef::Barseghyan (2015)]][[CiteRef::Barseghyan (2018)]][[CiteRef::Rawleigh (2018)]][[CiteRef::Sebastien (2016)]] A set of core questions serves to identify a discipline as distinct from otherswith a larger set of questions and theories within the mosaic. 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 disciplinetypically, of course, may include includes 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 [[Subquestion| subquestions]] to more general questions in these hierarchies. A question Theories also find a place in these hierarchies, since each theory is an attempt to answer a [[Subquestion| subquestion]] of another certain question, if and only if an answer to this question would be a partial answer to the broader each questionpresupposes certain theories. 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.