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|Description=It is important for any science to have a clear idea as to what phenomena it ''ought'' to be explaining. This question is ''normative'', as its answers are necessarily ''prescriptions'' of what the scope of scientonomy ''ought'' to be. As such, this question is not to be confused with the descriptive question of the scope of this or that specific scientonomic theory.
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|Question=What types of phenomena ''should'' a scientonomic theory explain?
|Topic Type=Normative
|QuestionDescription=What types It is important for any science to have a clear idea as to what phenomena it ''ought'' to be explaining. This question is ''normative'', as its answers are necessarily ''prescriptions'' of phenomena what the scope of scientonomy ''ought''to be. As such, this question is not to be confused with the descriptive question of the scope of this or that specific scientonomic theory. Questions about the scope of scientonomy include [[Scope of Scientonomy - Descriptive and Normative|the question of whether a theory of scientific change shouldbe '' normative'' or ''descriptive''.]] [[Scope of Scientonomy - Construction and Appraisal|Should it deal with the process of theory ''construction'' or the process of theory ''assessment''?]] [[Scope of Scientonomy - Acceptance, Use, and Pursuit|Should it focus on theories that are ''accepted'' by the scientific community, and the transition from one to the next?]] [[Scope of Scientonomy - Acceptance, Use, and Pursuit|Should it include transitions in theories that are merely ''used'' instrumentally and not regarded as the best available description of the world?]] [[Scope of Scientonomy - Acceptance, Use, and Pursuit|Should it include transitions in theories that are ''pursued'' as a scientonomic possibility by researchers?]] [[Scope of Scientonomy - Individual and Social|Should it explain changes in the belief systems of individual scientists or should it focus on the scientific community?]] [[Scope of Scientonomy - Explicit and Implicit|Should it explain transitions in ''implicit'' rules of theory assessment actually employed by scientists, or should it explain changes in ''explicitly'' formulated rules?]] [[Scope of Scientonomy - Time, Fields, and Scale|Finally, changes at what ''time periods'' and in what ''fields'' of science should it explain?]]|Authors List=Hakob Barseghyan,
|Formulated Year=2015
|Author=Hakob Barseghyan,
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