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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. Questions about the scope of scientonomy include [[Scope of Scientonomy - Descriptive and Normative|the question of whether :* Should a scientonomic theory of scientific change should be ''normative'' or ''descriptive''.]] [[Scope of Scientonomy - Construction and Appraisal|? * Should it deal with the process of theory ''construction'' or the process of theory ''assessment''or both?]] [[Scope of Scientonomy - Acceptance, Use, * Changes in which stances should it trace and Pursuit|Should explain: should it focus on theories that are explain theory ''acceptedacceptance'' 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 ''useduse'' 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 ''pursuedpursuit'' as a possibility by researchers, or any combination of these?]] [[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''communities''?]] [[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 * Changes at what ''time periods'' and in what ''fields'' of science should it explain?]]