Mechanism of Method Employment
A method is said to be employed in a certain mosaic at time t if, at time t, theories become accepted only when their acceptance is permitted by the method. It is currently accepted in scientonomy that the process of method employment is governed by the third law of scientific change.
Prehistory
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History
The notion of method employment has been part of the theory of scientific change since its first formulation in 2012. The first published definition of the term is in The Laws of Scientific Change.p. 54
Current View
Methods, or criteria of theory evaluation, can become part of a scientific mosaic. When they do, they are said to be employed in theory assessment of that scientific mosaic. Thus a method is said to be employed in a certain mosaic at time t if, at time t, theories become accepted only when their acceptance is permitted by the method.
It is currently accepted in scientonomy that methods become employed in accord with the third law of scientific change.
Open Questions
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References
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