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The modification was first suggested by {{Modification|Summary=Accept a new formulation of the third law to solve the |Year Suggested=2016|Resource=Sebastien (2016)|Authors List=Zoe Sebastien in 2015 in her paper titled "The Status |Preamble=Currently, a [[theory]] is defined as a set of propositions that attempts to describe something. This definition excludes ''normative propositions'' from the scope of the TSC. Normative Propositions in the Theory theories, such as those of Scientific Change"methodology or ethics, have been excluded since including them appears to give rise to a destructive paradox first identified by Joel Burkholder. There are many historical cases where employed [[Method|scientific methods]] are known to conflict with professed [[Methodology|methodologies]]. This seems to violate [[The paper was officially published in Third Law|the third]] and [[Journal of ScientonomyThe Zeroth Law|zeroth laws]] of scientific change. By the third law, employed methods are deducible from accepted theories. But, this seems impossible in cases where methodologies and methods conflict. Under the zeroth law, all elements in 2016the scientific are compatible with one another. But, that seems to be clearly not the case if methodologies and methods conflict with one another.[[CiteRef:|Modification=Reformulate the third law in order to make it clear that employed methods do not have to be deducible from ''all'' accepted theories and employed methods but only from ''some'':Sebastien (2016)]]

== Preamble ==Currently, a [[theory]] is defined as a set of propositions that attempts to describe something. This definition excludes ''normative propositions'' from the scope of the TSC. Normative theories, such as those of methodology or ethics, have been excluded since including them appears to give rise to a destructive paradox first identified by Joel Burkholder. There are many historical cases where employed [[Method|scientific methods]] are known to conflict with professed [[Methodology|methodologies]]File:TheThirdLaw_Sebastien_2016. This seems to violate [[The Third Lawpng|the third]] and [[The Zeroth Lawcenter|zeroth laws367px]] of scientific change. By the third law, employed methods are deducible from accepted theories. But, this seems impossible in cases where methodologies and methods conflict. Under the zeroth law, all elements in the scientific are compatible with one another. But, that seems to be clearly not the case if methodologies and methods conflict with one another.

== |Parent Modification =|Verdict=OpenReformulate the third law in order to make it clear that employed methods do not have to be deducible from ''all'' accepted theories and employed methods but only from ''some'':|Year Assessed= [[File:Sebastien-2016-001_The_Third_Law.png|center|367px]] == Verdict =Rationale=The modification was accepted in 2016 by general consensus.  [[Category:Accepted Modification]] [[Category:2016 Modification]] [[Category:Zoe Sebastien]]}}