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|Question=Can Is the category of theory pursuit be a subcategory really distinct from that of theory acceptance?

|Description=When theories are a [[Theory|theory]] is said to be [[Theory Pursuit|pursued]] by a [[Scientific Community|community]], can this attitude in a community its status actually be better understood by instead invoking the concept of [[Theory Acceptance|theory acceptance]]? For example, can pursuit be accounted for as said to consist of the acceptance of certain sub-theories some subset of the propositions that constitute the theory? or of some encompassing meta-theoriestheory? Can pursuit be understood as a stage in terms of a long-term temporal temporally extended process of theory acceptance, in which different propositions constituting the theory are accepted at different times? This question deals with whether certain attitudes Can pursuit be understood as the acceptance of a theory by a particular laboratory or research group, who than seek its acceptance by the broader community towards theories can ? Could the concept of theory pursuit be reduced to a more general attitude eliminated in favour of acceptance.such alternative conceptions?

This question is to be understood as related to, but distinct from that of [[Pursuit and Acceptance]], which . This question accepts pursuit as a distinct category and instead questions whether asks what is the relationship between a theory being Pursued correlates with 's pursuit and its eventual Acceptance acceptance or Rejectionunacceptance.|Parent Topic=Epistemic Stances Towards Theories

|Prehistory=Needs prehistory|Related Topics=Pursuit and Acceptance, Theory Pursuit, Theory Acceptance Use and Pursuit - Status , Mechanism of PursuitTheory Acceptance, Mechanism of Theory Pursuit,