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|Authors List=Ameer Sarwar, Patrick Fraser
|Resource=Sarwar and Fraser (2018)
|Preamble=Since the stance of scientificity can be taken towards theories, it is important for theoretical scientonomy to explain how this stances changes through time. The ''law of theory demarcation'' that we suggest here is meant to provide such an explanation. The law states that the scientificty scientificity of a theory depends crucially on the employed ''criteria of demarcation''. In particular, if a theory conclusively satisfies the demarcation criteria of the method employed at the time, it becomes scientific; if it conclusively fails to satisfy the demarcation criteria, it remains unscientific, and if assessment is inconclusive, the theory’s status can become scientific, unscientific, or uncertain. Given that conclusive satisfaction of the demarcation criteria precludes unscientific and uncertain status and conclusive failure to satisfy it preclude scientific and unscientific status of the theory, the ''law of theory demarcation'' is non-tautological.
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|To Accept=The Law of Theory Demarcation (Sarwar-Fraser-2018), The Law of Theory Demarcation (Sarwar-Fraser-2018) is Not a Tautology Tautological (Sarwar-Fraser-2018)
|To Accept Questions=Indicators of Conclusiveness for Scientificity Assessment, Indicators of Theory Scientificity
|Parent Modifications=Modification:Sciento-2018-0013
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