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|Question=Is the category of theory pursuit really distinct from that of theory acceptance?
|Topic Type=Descriptive
|Description=When a [[Theory|theory]] is said to be [[Theory pursuitPursuit|pursued]] by a [[Scientific Community|community]], can its status actually be better understood by instead invoking the concept of [[Theory Acceptance|theory acceptance]]? For example, can pursuit be said to consist of the acceptance of some subset of the propositions that constitute the theory? or of some encompassing meta-theory? Can pursuit be understood in terms of a temporally extended process of theory acceptance, in which different propositions constituting the theory are accepted at different times? Could the concept of theory pursuit be eliminated in favour of such an alternative conception?
This question is to be understood as related to, but distinct from that of [[Pursuit and Acceptance]], this question accepts pursuit as a distinct category and instead asks what is the relationship between a theory's pursuit and its eventual acceptance or unacceptance.
|Related Topics=Pursuit and Acceptance, Acceptance Use and Pursuit - Status of Pursuit, Theory Pursuit, Theory Acceptance, Mechanism of Theory Acceptance, Mechanism of Theory Pursuit,
|Page Status=Editor Approved
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{{Acceptance Record
|Community=Community:Scientonomy
|Accepted From Era=CE
|Accepted From Year=2018
|Accepted From Month=January
|Accepted From Day=18
|Accepted From Approximate=No
|Acceptance Indicators=It was acknowledged as an open question by the [[Scientonomy Seminar 2018]].
|Still Accepted=Yes
|Accepted Until Approximate=No
}}
