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Necessary Mosaic Split theorem (Barseghyan-2015) (view source)
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|Prehistory=Like the broader topic of the [[Mechanism of Mosaic Split]] the matter of possible mosaic split has classically been regarded as a case of divergent belief systems in communities that arises necessarily from a set of circumstances. Consequently the most directly relevant literature comes from the positivist era, though some relevant work was also done in the post-positivist era.
The most direct early source suggesting that there are circumstances in which communities necessarily obtain different beliefs about scientific subjects is the work of [[Karl Popper]], whose system of conjectures and refutations suggests that progress in science is obtained by challenging our currently accepted views by trying to refute them.[[Popper (1963)|p.68]] It follows that if there are situations in which a community has two theories that are both resistant to refutation then both should be accepted. This model - whereby there is a definite algorithmically determined method for theory assessment - was dominant among positivist philosophers and would prevail until the historical turn, when a model more closely reminiscent of the [[Possible Mosaic Split Theoremtheorem (Barseghyan-2015)|possible mosaic split theorem]] emerged.[[Laudan, Laudan, and Donovan (1988)|p.5]]
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