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* [[Theory Is a Subtype of Epistemic Element (Barseghyan-2015)|''theorytheories'' ]] and [[Method Is a Subtype of Epistemic Element (Barseghyan-2015)|''methodmethods'' ]] as the only two types of [[Epistemic Elements - Theories and Methods (Barseghyan-2015)|''epistemic epistmeic elements'']] that undergo scientific change;[[CiteRef::Barseghyan (2015)|pp. 3-11]]

Only ''descriptive'' theories were included in Barseghyan's original ontology, while the status of normative theories was left indeterminate due to the [[The Paradox of Normative Propositions|the paradox of normative propositions]]. Once the paradox of normative propositions was [[Resolution to the Paradox of Normative Propositions (Sebastien-2016)|''resolved'']], the original [[Epistemic Elements - Theories and Methods (Sebastien-2017)|ontology was extended]] by [[Zoe Sebastien|Sebastien]] to also include [[Normative Theory Is a Subtype of Theory (Sebastien-2016)|normative theories]].[[CiteRef::Sebastien (2016)]]

In 2018, [[William Rawleigh|Rawleigh]] [[Epistemic Elements - Theories Methods and Questions (Rawleigh-2018)|suggested]] that [[Question|questions]] are to be accepted as a separate [[Question Is a Subtype of Epistemic Element (Rawleigh-2018)|type of epistemic element]]; the suggestion became accepted later that year and the ontology was modified to include theories, methods, and questions.[[CiteRef::Rawleigh (2018)]]