Procedural Method

What is procedural method? How should it be defined?

Procedural method is one of the key concepts in current scientonomy. Thus, its proper definition is of great importance.

In the scientonomic context, this term was first used by Hakob Barseghyan in 2015. The term is currently accepted by Scientonomy community.

In Scientonomy, the accepted definition of the term is:

• A method which doesn't presuppose any contingent propositions.

Scientonomic History

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Community	Accepted From	Acceptance Indicators	Still Accepted	Accepted Until	Rejection Indicators
Scientonomy	1 January 2016		Yes

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Theory	Formulation	Formulated In
Procedural Method (Barseghyan-2015)	A method which doesn't presuppose any contingent propositions.	2015

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Community	Theory	Accepted From	Accepted Until
Scientonomy	Procedural Method (Barseghyan-2015)	1 January 2016

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Current View

Currently, procedural method is defined as a method which doesn't presuppose any contingent propositions. 1p. 219

In Scientonomy, the accepted definition of the term is Procedural Method (Barseghyan-2015).

Procedural Method (Barseghyan-2015) states: "A method which doesn't presuppose any contingent propositions."

The definition assumes that it is possible to conceive of methods that do not presuppose any substantive knowledge about the world. If a method doesn't presuppose any accepted theories other than definitions, the method is procedural.1p. 219 As a possible example of a procedural method, Barseghyan mentions what he calls the deductive acceptance method, according to which "if a proposition is deductively inferred from other accepted propositions, it is to be accepted".1p. 221 This method, according to Barseghyan presupposes only some definition of deductive inference as well as some very abstract method such as "only accept the best available theories".1p. 220-221 The latter is another possible instance of a procedural method, as it too doesn't seem to presuppose any substantive knowledge of the world.

Related Topics

This question is a subquestion of Method.

This topic is also related to the following topic(s):

• Substantive Method
• Method Employment