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Revision as of 16:11, 17 February 2017
This is an answer to the question Scope of Scientonomy - Construction and Appraisal that states "Scientonomy should describe and explain how changes in the mosaic of accepted scientific theories and employed methods take place. Any such instance of scientific change is a result of appraisal, which is a decision of the community to accept a proposed modification to the mosaic. Scientonomy must provide an account of this appraisal process. A theory of scientific change is not required to account for the process of theory construction."
Scope of Scientonomy - Appraisal was formulated by Hakob Barseghyan in 2015.1 It is currently accepted by Scientonomy community as the best available answer to the question.
Contents
Scientonomic History
Acceptance Record
Community | Accepted From | Acceptance Indicators | Still Accepted | Accepted Until | Rejection Indicators |
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Scientonomy | 1 January 2016 | The theory was introduced by Barseghyan in The Laws of Scientific Change pp. 21-29 and became de facto accepted by the community at that time together with the whole theory of scientific change. | Yes |
Question Answered
Scope of Scientonomy - Appraisal (Barseghyan-2015) is an attempt to answer the following question: Ought the process of scientific change be viewed from the perspective of theory construction or that of theory appraisal?
See Scope of Scientonomy - Construction and Appraisal for more details.
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References
- ^ Barseghyan, Hakob. (2015) The Laws of Scientific Change. Springer.