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Modification:Sciento-2018-0002 (view source)
Revision as of 01:28, 28 September 2018
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|To Accept=Epistemic Elements - Theories Methods and Questions (Rawleigh-2018),
|To Reject=Epistemic Elements - Theories and Methods (Sebastien-2017),
|Verdict=OpenAccepted|Date Assessed Year=2018|Date Assessed Month=September|Date Assessed Day=26
|Date Assessed Approximate=No
|Verdict Rationale=Following several focused discussions - both in-person and on the discussion page of this modification - it was finally decided that the modification is to be accepted. Three important clarifications were made. First, it was noted that Rawleigh's only shows that questions cannot be reduced either to methods or to theories, but it is still conceivable "that questions may be functions of both theories and methods simultaneously"<sup>[[Modification_talk:Sciento-2018-0002#comment-73|c1]]</sup>. Second, since currently we don't have any idea how questions could be reduced to a conjunction of theories ''and'' methods, accepting questions as a separate epistemic element is the right thing to do.<sup>[[Modification_talk:Sciento-2018-0002#comment-85|c2]]</sup> Third, this means that the question of the [[Status of Questions]] is left open. Scientonomy are actively encouraged to pursue the question of possibility of reducing questions to a conjunction of theories and methods.<sup>[[Modification_talk:Sciento-2018-0002#comment-85|c3]]</sup>
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