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Dogmatism No Theory Change theorem (Barseghyan-2015) (view source)
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{{Theory
|Topic=Changeability of the Scientific Mosaic
|Theory Type=Descriptive
|Subject=
|Predicate=
|Title=Dogmatism No Theory Change theorem
|Theory TypeAlternate Titles=|Title Formula=|Text Formula=Descriptive
|Formulation Text=If an accepted theory is taken as the final truth, it will always remain accepted; no new theory on the subject can ever be accepted.
|Formulation FileObject=Dogmatism-theorem-box-only.jpg|Topic=Changeability of the Scientific Mosaic
|Authors List=Hakob Barseghyan,
|Formulated Year=2015
|Formulation File=Dogmatism-theorem-box-only.jpg|Description=No [[Theory|theory]] acceptance may take place in a genuinely dogmatic [[Scientific Community|community]]. "Namely," as is noted in [[Barseghyan (2015)]], Barseghyan notes, when introducing '''the theory rejection theorem''' in [[Barseghyan (2015)]], "theory change is impossible in cases where a currently accepted theory is considered as revealing the final and absolute truth".[[CiteRef::Barseghyan (2015)|p. 165]] Suppose a community has an accepted theory that asserts that it is the final and absolute truth. By the [[The Third Law (Barseghyan-2015) |Third Law]] we deduce the method: accept no new theories ever. By the [[The Second Law|Second Law]] we deduce that no new theory can ever be accepted by the employed method of the time. By the [[The First Law (Barseghyan-2015)|First Law]], we deduce that the accepted theory will remain the accepted theory forever[[CiteRef::Barseghyan (2015)|p. 165-167]].
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|Resource=Barseghyan (2015)
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{{Acceptance Record
|Acceptance Indicators=The theorem became ''de facto'' accepted by the community at that time together with the whole [[The Theory of Scientific Change|theory of scientific change]].
|Still Accepted=Yes
|Accepted Until Era=
|Accepted Until Year=
|Accepted Until Month=
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|Accepted Until Approximate=No
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