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|Community=Community:Scientonomy
|Acronym=Sciento
|Summary=Accept the definition definition of ''compatibility'', as the ability of two elements to coexist in the same mosaic. Also replace the zeroth law with the ''compatibility corollary''.
|Date Suggested Year=2018
|Date Suggested Month=January
|Date Suggested Day=28
|Date Suggested Approximate=No
|Authors List=Patrick Fraser, Ameer Sarwar,Patrick Fraser
|Resource=Fraser and Sarwar (2018)
|Preamble=TODO: Add preambleThe current [[The Zeroth Law (Harder-2015)|zeroth law]] of scientific change is problematic in many respects. First, it pertains only to [[Epistemic Elements|epistemic elements]] that are part of the [[Scientific Mosaic|mosaic]], and says nothing about the compatibility of elements outside the mosaic. In addition, unlike the other accepted laws of scientific change, it attempts to explain the process of scientific change from a ''static'' perspective that deals with the state of the scientific mosaic at some particular point in time, rather than a ''dynamic'' perspective that describes the actual mechanics of the process of scientific change. Finally, and perhaps most importantly, the current zeroth law is ''tautological'', as it pretty much restates what is implicit in our notion of ''compatibility''. While there is currently no explicitly accepted definition of ''compatibility'', it can roughly be explicated as the ability of two elements to coexist within a particular mosaic. If this is what we currently mean by ''compatibility'', then the formulation of the current zeroth law is a direct consequence of it, which means that the law lacks empirical content. For all these reasons, a series of modifications are necessary, including the replacement of the zeroth law with a new definition of ''compatibility'', and ''the compatibility corollary'', which collectively preserve the gist of the current zeroth law.|Modification=|To Accept=Compatibility (Fraser-Sarwar-2018), Compatibility Corollary (Fraser-Sarwar-2018),|To Reject=The Zeroth Law (Harder-2015),
|Automatic=No
|Verdict=OpenAccepted|Date Assessed Year=2020|Date Assessed Month=June|Date Assessed Day=3
|Date Assessed Approximate=No
|Verdict Rationale=While the modification induced a few comments on the encyclopedia, it became accepted as a result of discussions that took place mostly offline. It was agreed that the modification "comes to remedy one of the glaring omissions" in the current zeroth which doesn't "say much above and beyond what is already implicit in the notion of ''compatibility''"<sup>[[Modification_talk:Sciento-2018-0015#comment-113|c1]]</sup> as it "is lacking in empirical content, and should be replaced with a definition of compatibility".<sup>[[Modification_talk:Sciento-2018-0015#comment-130|c2]]</sup> It was also noted that the proposed "definition of compatibility criteria... captures the gist of the concept as it has been used in our community".<sup>[[Modification_talk:Sciento-2018-0015#comment-113|c3]]</sup> It was also agreed that "the compatibility corollary follows from this definition".<sup>[[Modification_talk:Sciento-2018-0015#comment-113|c4]] [[Modification_talk:Sciento-2018-0015#comment-130|c5]]</sup> Finally, the community accepted that the definition and the corollary "recover the content of the Zeroth Law".<sup>[[Modification_talk:Sciento-2018-0015#comment-130|c6]]</sup>
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