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|Title=Epistemic Stances - Acceptance Use and Pursuit
 
|Title=Epistemic Stances - Acceptance Use and Pursuit
 
|Theory Type=Descriptive
 
|Theory Type=Descriptive
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|Formulation Text=The list of possible stances towards a theory includes ''acceptance'', ''use'', and ''pursuit''.
 
|Formulation Text=The list of possible stances towards a theory includes ''acceptance'', ''use'', and ''pursuit''.
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|Formulation File=
 
|Topic=Epistemic Stances Towards Theories
 
|Topic=Epistemic Stances Towards Theories
|Authors List=Hakob Barseghyan,
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|Authors List=Hakob Barseghyan
 
|Formulated Year=2015
 
|Formulated Year=2015
|Description=There are three distinct stances that one can take towards a theory:
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|Description=There are three distinct stances that one can take towards a theory - [[Theory Acceptance|acceptance]], [[Theory Use|use]], and [[Theory Pursuit|pursuit]]. These stances are in principle independent from each other, meaning that one stance one can take any these stances towards a theory without taking the other stances. Thus, all of the following combinations are possible:
* [[Theory Acceptance|acceptance]]: one can take the theory as the best available description of its object;
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* a theory is accepted, used, and pursued at the same time;
* [[Theory Use|use]]: one can take the theory as a useful tool for practical applications;
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* a theory is accepted and used without being pursued;
* [[Theory Pursuit|pursuit]]: one can take the theory as worthy of further elaboration.
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* a theory is accepted and pursued without being used;
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* a theory is used and pursued without being accepted;
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* a theory is only accepted;
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* a theory is only used;
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* a theory is only pursued;
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* a theory is neither accepted, nor used, nor pursued.
 
|Resource=Barseghyan (2015)
 
|Resource=Barseghyan (2015)
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|Page Status=Stub
 
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|Community=Community:Scientonomy
 
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|Accepted From Era=CE
 
 
|Accepted From Year=2016
 
|Accepted From Year=2016
 
|Accepted From Month=January
 
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|Acceptance Indicators=The distinction became ''de facto'' accepted by the community at that time together with the whole [[The Theory of Scientific Change|theory of scientific change]].
 
|Acceptance Indicators=The distinction 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
 
|Still Accepted=Yes
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|Accepted Until Approximate=No
 
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Description

There are three distinct stances that one can take towards a theory - acceptance, use, and pursuit. These stances are in principle independent from each other, meaning that one stance one can take any these stances towards a theory without taking the other stances. Thus, all of the following combinations are possible:

  • a theory is accepted, used, and pursued at the same time;
  • a theory is accepted and used without being pursued;
  • a theory is accepted and pursued without being used;
  • a theory is used and pursued without being accepted;
  • a theory is only accepted;
  • a theory is only used;
  • a theory is only pursued;
  • a theory is neither accepted, nor used, nor pursued.

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