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{{NonDefinitional Topic|Question=What types of phenomena ''should'' a scientonomic theory explainaccount for?
|Topic Type=Normative
|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:
* Should a scientonomic theory be ''normative'' or ''descriptive''?
* Should it deal with the process of theory ''construction'' or the process of theory ''assessment'' or both?
* Changes in which stances should it trace and explain: should it explain theory ''acceptance'', ''use'', ''pursuit'', or any combination of these?
* Should it explain changes in the belief systems of ''individual'' scientists or should it focus on scientific ''communities''?
* Should it explain transitions in ''implicit'' rules of theory assessment actually employed by scientists, or should it explain changes in ''explicitly'' formulated rules?
* Changes at what ''time periods'' and in what ''fields'' of science should it explain?
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|Authors List=Hakob Barseghyan
|Formulated Year=2015
|DescriptionPrehistory=It is important for any science to have a clear idea as to what phenomena it ''ought'' to be explaining. This question is ''normative''|History=|Current View=|Related Topics=Possibility of Scientonomy, Possibility of Scientonomy - Argument from Bad Track Record, as its answers are necessarily ''prescriptions'' Possibility of what the scope Scientonomy - Argument from Changeability of scientonomy ''ought'' to be. As suchScientific Method, this question is not to be confused with the descriptive question Possibility of the scope Scientonomy - The Argument from Nothing Permanent, Possibility of this or that specific scientonomic theory.Scientonomy - The Argument from Social Construction|Page Status=Needs Editing|Editor Notes=|Order=2
|Author=Hakob Barseghyan,
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|Accepted From Approximate=Yes
|Acceptance Indicators=This is when the community accepted its first answer to this question, [[Scope of Scientonomy (Barseghyan-2015)]], which indicates that the question itself is legitimate.
|Still Accepted=Yes
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