Difference between revisions of "Mechanism of Method Employment"
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|Author=Hakob Barseghyan | |Author=Hakob Barseghyan | ||
|Prehistory=Prehistory here | |Prehistory=Prehistory here | ||
− | |History=In the context of scientonomy the answer to this question has been traditionally provided by the third law. Until 2016 it was the third law as formulated by [[Hakob Barseghyan]].[[CiteRef::Barseghyan (2015)|p. 54]] | + | |History=In the context of scientonomy the answer to this question has been traditionally provided by ''the third law''. Until 2016 it was the third law as formulated by [[Hakob Barseghyan]].[[CiteRef::Barseghyan (2015)|p. 54]] |
− | After the acceptance of [[Zoe Sebastien]]'s [[Modification: | + | After the acceptance of [[Zoe Sebastien]]'s [[Modification:2016-001|suggested modification]] in 2016, the answer to the question of method employment is provided by Sebastien's formulation of the third law. |
|Current View=It is currently accepted in [[Scientonomy|scientonomy]] that the process of method employment is governed by [[The Third Law (Sebastien-2016)|the third law of scientific change]]. It states that | |Current View=It is currently accepted in [[Scientonomy|scientonomy]] that the process of method employment is governed by [[The Third Law (Sebastien-2016)|the third law of scientific change]]. It states that | ||
In its current formulation, the third law states that a method becomes employed when it is deducible from some subset of other employed methods and accepted theories of the time. | In its current formulation, the third law states that a method becomes employed when it is deducible from some subset of other employed methods and accepted theories of the time. |
Revision as of 00:42, 19 August 2016
References
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- ^ McMullin, Ernan. (1988) The Shaping of Scientific Rationality: Construction and Constraint. In McMullin (Ed.) (1988), 1-47.
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- a b c Barseghyan, Hakob. (2015) The Laws of Scientific Change. Springer.
- a b Sebastien, Zoe. (2016) The Status of Normative Propositions in the Theory of Scientific Change. Scientonomy 1, 1-9. Retrieved from https://www.scientojournal.com/index.php/scientonomy/article/view/26947.