Difference between revisions of "Epistemic Stances Towards Theories - Acceptance Use and Pursuit (Barseghyan-2015)"

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This is a grouping of three claims:
|Title=Epistemic Stances - Acceptance Use and Pursuit
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* [[Epistemic Stances Towards Theories - Theory Acceptance (Barseghyan-2015)]]
|Theory Type=Descriptive
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* [[Epistemic Stances Towards Theories - Theory Pursuit (Barseghyan-2015)]]
|Formulation Text=The list of possible stances towards a theory includes ''acceptance'', ''use'', and ''pursuit''.
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* [[Epistemic Stances Towards Theories - Theory Use (Barseghyan-2015)]]
|Topic=Epistemic Stances Towards Theories
 
|Authors List=Hakob Barseghyan,
 
|Formulated Year=2015
 
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There are three distinct stances that one can take towards a theory:
 
* [[Theory Acceptance|acceptance]]: one can take the theory as the best available description of its object;
 
* [[Theory Use|use]]: one can take the theory as a useful tool for practical applications;
 
* [[Theory Pursuit|pursuit]]: one can take the theory as worthy of further elaboration.
 
|Resource=Barseghyan (2015)
 
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{{Acceptance Record
 
|Community=Community:Scientonomy
 
|Accepted From Era=CE
 
|Accepted From Year=2016
 
|Accepted From Month=January
 
|Accepted From Day=1
 
|Accepted From Approximate=No
 
|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
 
|Accepted Until Approximate=No
 
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