Scientonomy Seminar 2019
| Title | The eight annual IHPST seminar on the theory of scientific change |
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| Start Date | 5 September 2019 |
| End Date | 28 November 2019 |
Questions Raised
- Core Question: What is core question? How should it be defined?
- Core Theory: What is core theory? How should it be defined?
- Epistemic Presupposition: What is epistemic presupposition? How should it be defined?
- Error: What is error? How should it be defined?
- Mechanism of Discipline Acceptance: What is the mechanism of discipline acceptance? How do disciplines become accepted?
- Mechanism of Discipline Rejection: What is the mechanism of discipline rejection? How do disciplines become rejected?
- Mechanism of Question Rejection: How do questions become rejected? What is the mechanism of question rejection?
- Questions and Theory Pursuit: What is the role of question acceptance in the mechanism of theory pursuit?
- Role of Employed Methods in Question Acceptance: Is the process of question acceptance affected by employed methods?
- Role of Sociocultural Factors in Question Acceptance: what is the role of sociocultural factors, such as economics or politics, in the process of question acceptance?
- Subdiscipline: What is subdiscipline? How should it be defined?
- Subquestion: What is subquestion? How should it be defined?
- Theories Shaping Core Questions: How do theories within a discipline shape and change the core questions of the disciplines?