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|History=In [[Hakob Barseghyan|Barseghyan]]'s [[Barseghyan (2015)|''The Laws of Scientific Change'']], the question of the ontology of scientific change is discussed without being explicitly formulated. While the question has been accepted and discussed at length by [[Community:Scientonomy|the scientonomy community]] ever since its inception, it wasn't until the early 2017 when the question was openly formulated and documented.
[[Barseghyan's original ontology]] included:
* ''theory'' and ''method'' as the only two types of [[Epistemic Elements - Theories and Methods (Barseghyan-2015)|''epistemic elements'']] that undergo scientific change;[[CiteRef::Barseghyan (2015)|pp. 3-11]]
* three [[Epistemic Stances - Acceptance Use and Pursuit (Barseghyan-2015)|''epistemic stances'']] that can be taken towards ''theories'': ''acceptance'', ''use'', and ''pursuit'',[[CiteRef::Barseghyan (2015)|pp. 30-42]] as well as one epistemic stance that can be taken towards ''methods'', ''employment'';[[CiteRef::Barseghyan (2015)|pp. 52-62]]
* and ''community'' as the sole epistemic ''agent'' capable of taking these stances towards theories and methods.[[CiteRef::Barseghyan (2015)|pp. 43-52]]