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Demarcation Criteria (Barseghyan-2015) + (Criteria for determining whether a theory is ''scientific'' or ''unscientific.'')
Demarcation Criteria + (Criteria for determining whether a theory is ''scientific'' or ''unscientific.'')
Compatibility Criteria (Fraser-Sarwar-2018) + (Criteria for determining whether two elements are compatible or incompatible.)
Compatibility Criteria + (Criteria for determining whether two elements are compatible or incompatible.)
Compatibility Criteria (Barseghyan-2015) + (Criteria for determining whether two theories are ''compatible'' or ''incompatible.'')
Authority Delegation (Patton-2019) + (Epistemic agent A is said to be delegating authority over question ''x'' to epistemic agent B ''iff'' (1) agent A accepts that agent B is an expert on question ''x'' and (2) agent A will accept a theory answering question ''x'' if agent B says so.)
Authority Delegation + (Epistemic agent A is said to be delegating authority over question ''x'' to epistemic agent B ''iff'' (1) agent A accepts that agent B is an expert on question ''x'' and (2) agent A will accept a theory answering question ''x'' if agent B says so.)
Singular Authority Delegation (Patton-2019) + (Epistemic agent A is said to engage in a relationship of singular authority delegation over question ''x'' ''iff'' A delegates authority over question ''x'' to exactly one epistemic agent.)
Singular Authority Delegation + (Epistemic agent A is said to engage in a relationship of singular authority delegation over question ''x'' ''iff'' A delegates authority over question ''x'' to exactly one epistemic agent.)
Multiple Authority Delegation (Patton-2019) + (Epistemic agent A is said to engage in a relationship of multiple authority delegation over question ''x'' ''iff'' A delegates authority over question ''x'' to more than one epistemic agent.)
Multiple Authority Delegation + (Epistemic agent A is said to engage in a relationship of multiple authority delegation over question ''x'' ''iff'' A delegates authority over question ''x'' to more than one epistemic agent.)
Mutual Authority Delegation (Patton-2019) + (Epistemic agents A and B are said to be in a relationship of mutual authority delegation ''iff'' A delegates authority over question ''x'' to B, and B delegates authority over question ''y'' to A.)
Mutual Authority Delegation + (Epistemic agents A and B are said to be in a relationship of mutual authority delegation ''iff'' A delegates authority over question ''x'' to B, and B delegates authority over question ''y'' to A.)
One-sided Authority Delegation (Patton-2019) + (Epistemic agents A and B are said to be in a relationship of one-sided authority delegation ''iff'' A delegates authority over question ''x'' to B, but B doesn’t delegate any authority to A.)
One-sided Authority Delegation + (Epistemic agents A and B are said to be in a relationship of one-sided authority delegation ''iff'' A delegates authority over question ''x'' to B, but B doesn’t delegate any authority to A.)
Demarcation-Acceptance Synchronism (Fraser-Sarwar-2018) + (Every theory that becomes accepted satisfies the demarcation criteria employed at the time of acceptance.)
The Zeroth Law (Harder-2015) is Tautological (Fraser-Sarwar-2018) + (Harder's zeroth law is tautological.)
Tautological Status of The Zeroth Law (Harder-2015) + (Harder's zeroth law is tautological.)
The Law of Compatibility (Fraser-Sarwar-2018) + (If a pair of elements satisfies the compat … If a pair of elements satisfies the compatibility criteria employed at the time, it becomes compatible within the mosaic; if it does not, it is deemed incompatible; and if assessment is inconclusive, the pair can become compatible, incompatible, or its status may be unknown.ncompatible, or its status may be unknown.)
Mechanism of Compatibility + (If a pair of elements satisfies the compat … If a pair of elements satisfies the compatibility criteria employed at the time, it becomes compatible within the mosaic; if it does not, it is deemed incompatible; and if assessment is inconclusive, the pair can become compatible, incompatible, or its status may be unknown.ncompatible, or its status may be unknown.)
Mechanism of Scientific Change + (If a pair of elements satisfies the compat … If a pair of elements satisfies the compatibility criteria employed at the time, it becomes compatible within the mosaic; if it does not, it is deemed incompatible; and if assessment is inconclusive, the pair can become compatible, incompatible, or its status may be unknown.ncompatible, or its status may be unknown.)
Theory vs. Method Compatibility + (If a pair of elements satisfies the compat … If a pair of elements satisfies the compatibility criteria employed at the time, it becomes compatible within the mosaic; if it does not, it is deemed incompatible; and if assessment is inconclusive, the pair can become compatible, incompatible, or its status may be unknown.ncompatible, or its status may be unknown.)
Compatibility of Mosaic Elements + (If a pair of elements satisfies the compat … If a pair of elements satisfies the compatibility criteria employed at the time, it becomes compatible within the mosaic; if it does not, it is deemed incompatible; and if assessment is inconclusive, the pair can become compatible, incompatible, or its status may be unknown.ncompatible, or its status may be unknown.)
The Second Law (Patton-Overgaard-Barseghyan-2017) + (If a theory satisfies the acceptance criteria of the method employed at the time, it becomes accepted into the mosaic; if it does not, it remains unaccepted; if assessment is inconclusive, the theory can be accepted or not accepted.)
Nature of Appraisal + (If a theory satisfies the acceptance criteria of the method employed at the time, it becomes accepted into the mosaic; if it does not, it remains unaccepted; if assessment is inconclusive, the theory can be accepted or not accepted.)
Mechanism of Scientific Change + (If a theory satisfies the acceptance criteria of the method employed at the time, it becomes accepted into the mosaic; if it does not, it remains unaccepted; if assessment is inconclusive, the theory can be accepted or not accepted.)
Status of Reasons + (If a theory satisfies the acceptance criteria of the method employed at the time, it becomes accepted into the mosaic; if it does not, it remains unaccepted; if assessment is inconclusive, the theory can be accepted or not accepted.)
Mechanism of Theory Acceptance + (If a theory satisfies the acceptance criteria of the method employed at the time, it becomes accepted into the mosaic; if it does not, it remains unaccepted; if assessment is inconclusive, the theory can be accepted or not accepted.)
The Law of Theory Demarcation (Sarwar-Fraser-2018) + (If a theory satisfies the demarcation criteria of the method employed at the time, it becomes scientific; if it does not, it remains unscientific; if assessment is inconclusive, the theory’s status can become scientific, unscientific, or uncertain.)
Dogmatism No Theory Change theorem (Barseghyan-2015) + (If an accepted theory is taken as the final truth, it will always remain accepted; no new theory on the subject can ever be accepted.)
Changeability of the Scientific Mosaic + (If an accepted theory is taken as the final truth, it will always remain accepted; no new theory on the subject can ever be accepted.)
Mechanism of Scientific Change + (If an accepted theory is taken as the final truth, it will always remain accepted; no new theory on the subject can ever be accepted.)
Response to the Argument from Nothing Permanent (Barseghyan-2015) + (If there were indeed nothing permanent in science, then scientonomy would be impossible, however, scientonomy posits only that there are regularities in the process of scientific change.)
Possibility of Scientonomy - The Argument from Nothing Permanent + (If there were indeed nothing permanent in science, then scientonomy would be impossible, however, scientonomy posits only that there are regularities in the process of scientific change.)
Non-Empty Mosaic theorem (Barseghyan-2015) + (In order for the process of scientific change to be possible, the mosaic must necessarily contain at least one element. That is, scientific change is impossible in an empty mosaic.)
Necessary Method theorem (Barseghyan-2015) + (In order for the process of scientific change to be possible, the mosaic must necessarily contain at least one employed method.)
Necessary Methods + (In order for the process of scientific change to be possible, the mosaic must necessarily contain at least one employed method.)
Necessary Normative Theories + (In order for the process of scientific change to be possible, the mosaic must necessarily contain at least one employed method.)
Necessary Theories + (In order for the process of scientific change to be possible, the mosaic must necessarily contain at least one employed method.)
Necessary Epistemic Elements + (In order for the process of scientific change to be possible, the mosaic must necessarily contain at least one employed method.)
The Second Law (Barseghyan-2015) + (In order to become accepted into the mosaic, a theory is assessed by the method actually employed at the time.)
Scope of Scientonomy - Social (Barseghyan-2015) + (It is implicit in the definition of scient … It is implicit in the definition of scientonomy that it should explain changes in the scientific mosaic of accepted theories and employed methods, which are changes at the level of the scientific community. It need not account for changes at the level of the beliefs of individuals.t the level of the beliefs of individuals.)
Scope of Scientonomy - Individual and Social + (It is implicit in the definition of scient … It is implicit in the definition of scientonomy that it should explain changes in the scientific mosaic of accepted theories and employed methods, which are changes at the level of the scientific community. It need not account for changes at the level of the beliefs of individuals.t the level of the beliefs of individuals.)
Scope of Scientonomy + (It is implicit in the definition of scient … It is implicit in the definition of scientonomy that it should explain changes in the scientific mosaic of accepted theories and employed methods, which are changes at the level of the scientific community. It need not account for changes at the level of the beliefs of individuals.t the level of the beliefs of individuals.)
Outcome Inconclusive (Patton-Overgaard-Barseghyan-2017) + (It is unclear whether or not the requirements of the method employed at the time are met.)
Outcome Inconclusive + (It is unclear whether or not the requirements of the method employed at the time are met.)
Inexplicable (Mirkin-Barseghyan-2018) + (Non-propositional knowledge, i.e. knowledge that cannot, even in principle, be formulated as a set of propositions.)
Inexplicable + (Non-propositional knowledge, i.e. knowledge that cannot, even in principle, be formulated as a set of propositions.)
Implicit (Mirkin-Barseghyan-2018) + (Not explicit.)
Implicit + (Not explicit.)

Bearers of Mosaic - Communities (Barseghyan-2015) + (Only a community can be a bearer of a scientific mosaic.)

Explicit (Mirkin-Barseghyan-2018) + (Propositional knowledge that has been openly formulated by the agent.)
Explicit + (Propositional knowledge that has been openly formulated by the agent.)
Explicable-Implicit (Mirkin-Barseghyan-2018) + (Propositional knowledge that hasn’t been openly formulated by the agent.)
Explicable-Implicit + (Propositional knowledge that hasn’t been openly formulated by the agent.)
Technological Knowledge as Part of Mosaic (Mirkin-2018) + (Propositional technological knowledge can be accepted and be part of a mosaic.)
Status of Technological Knowledge + (Propositional technological knowledge can be accepted and be part of a mosaic.)
Methods and Technical Research Tools + (Propositional technological knowledge can be accepted and be part of a mosaic.)
Response to the Argument from Social Construction (Barseghyan-2015) + (Science can be said to be socially constructed in several different senses (e.g. the contingency, nominalist, and reducibility theses). None of these preclude the possibility of scientonomy.)
Possibility of Scientonomy - The Argument from Social Construction + (Science can be said to be socially constructed in several different senses (e.g. the contingency, nominalist, and reducibility theses). None of these preclude the possibility of scientonomy.)
Scientonomic Workflow + (Scientonomic knowledge is best advanced by … Scientonomic knowledge is best advanced by:# documenting the body of accepted communal knowledge knowledge in an online encyclopedia; # scrutinizing this accepted knowledge, identifying its flaws, and formulating open questions at seminars, conferences, publications, and other in-person or online formats; # publishing journal articles that propose modifications to our current knowledge and documenting these suggestions; # evaluating the suggested modifications with the goal of reaching a communal consensus and changing the respective encyclopedia pages when a verdict is reached.yclopedia pages when a verdict is reached.)
Workflow - Goals of Peer Review + (Scientonomic knowledge is best advanced by … Scientonomic knowledge is best advanced by:# documenting the body of accepted communal knowledge knowledge in an online encyclopedia; # scrutinizing this accepted knowledge, identifying its flaws, and formulating open questions at seminars, conferences, publications, and other in-person or online formats; # publishing journal articles that propose modifications to our current knowledge and documenting these suggestions; # evaluating the suggested modifications with the goal of reaching a communal consensus and changing the respective encyclopedia pages when a verdict is reached.yclopedia pages when a verdict is reached.)
Workflow - Closure Mechanism + (Scientonomic knowledge is best advanced by … Scientonomic knowledge is best advanced by:# documenting the body of accepted communal knowledge knowledge in an online encyclopedia; # scrutinizing this accepted knowledge, identifying its flaws, and formulating open questions at seminars, conferences, publications, and other in-person or online formats; # publishing journal articles that propose modifications to our current knowledge and documenting these suggestions; # evaluating the suggested modifications with the goal of reaching a communal consensus and changing the respective encyclopedia pages when a verdict is reached.yclopedia pages when a verdict is reached.)
Workflow - Handling Ripple Effects + (Scientonomic knowledge is best advanced by … Scientonomic knowledge is best advanced by:# documenting the body of accepted communal knowledge knowledge in an online encyclopedia; # scrutinizing this accepted knowledge, identifying its flaws, and formulating open questions at seminars, conferences, publications, and other in-person or online formats; # publishing journal articles that propose modifications to our current knowledge and documenting these suggestions; # evaluating the suggested modifications with the goal of reaching a communal consensus and changing the respective encyclopedia pages when a verdict is reached.yclopedia pages when a verdict is reached.)
Workflow - Reformulating Suggesting Modifications + (Scientonomic knowledge is best advanced by … Scientonomic knowledge is best advanced by:# documenting the body of accepted communal knowledge knowledge in an online encyclopedia; # scrutinizing this accepted knowledge, identifying its flaws, and formulating open questions at seminars, conferences, publications, and other in-person or online formats; # publishing journal articles that propose modifications to our current knowledge and documenting these suggestions; # evaluating the suggested modifications with the goal of reaching a communal consensus and changing the respective encyclopedia pages when a verdict is reached.yclopedia pages when a verdict is reached.)
Workflow - Publishing Modification Comments + (Scientonomic knowledge is best advanced by … Scientonomic knowledge is best advanced by:# documenting the body of accepted communal knowledge knowledge in an online encyclopedia; # scrutinizing this accepted knowledge, identifying its flaws, and formulating open questions at seminars, conferences, publications, and other in-person or online formats; # publishing journal articles that propose modifications to our current knowledge and documenting these suggestions; # evaluating the suggested modifications with the goal of reaching a communal consensus and changing the respective encyclopedia pages when a verdict is reached.yclopedia pages when a verdict is reached.)
Scientonomic Workflow (Barseghyan et al.-2016) + (Scientonomic knowledge is best advanced by … Scientonomic knowledge is best advanced by:# documenting the body of accepted communal knowledge in an online encyclopedia; # scrutinizing this accepted knowledge, identifying its flaws, and formulating open questions at seminars, conferences, publications, and other in-person or online formats; # publishing journal articles that propose modifications to our current knowledge and documenting these suggestions; # evaluating the suggested modifications with the goal of reaching a communal consensus and changing the respective encyclopedia pages when a verdict is reached.yclopedia pages when a verdict is reached.)
Response to the Argument from Changeability of Scientific Method (Barseghyan-2015) + (Scientonomy does not postulate the existence of a universal and unchanging method of science; thus the fact that methods of science are changeable is not detrimental to the prospects of scientonomy.)
Possibility of Scientonomy - Argument from Changeability of Scientific Method + (Scientonomy does not postulate the existence of a universal and unchanging method of science; thus the fact that methods of science are changeable is not detrimental to the prospects of scientonomy.)
Scope of Scientonomy - Descriptive (Barseghyan-2015) + (Scientonomy is a descriptive discipline wh … Scientonomy is a descriptive discipline whose main task is to explain the process of changes in the scientific mosaic. It is distinct from normative methodology, whose task is to evaluate and prescribe methods. The findings of scientonomy may be used in such normative evaluations, but scientonomy itself should not be expected to perform any normative functions.pected to perform any normative functions.)
Scope of Scientonomy - Descriptive and Normative + (Scientonomy is a descriptive discipline wh … Scientonomy is a descriptive discipline whose main task is to explain the process of changes in the scientific mosaic. It is distinct from normative methodology, whose task is to evaluate and prescribe methods. The findings of scientonomy may be used in such normative evaluations, but scientonomy itself should not be expected to perform any normative functions.pected to perform any normative functions.)
Scope of Scientonomy + (Scientonomy is a descriptive discipline wh … Scientonomy is a descriptive discipline whose main task is to explain the process of changes in the scientific mosaic. It is distinct from normative methodology, whose task is to evaluate and prescribe methods. The findings of scientonomy may be used in such normative evaluations, but scientonomy itself should not be expected to perform any normative functions.pected to perform any normative functions.)
Possibility of Scientonomy (Barseghyan-2015) + (Scientonomy is possible because the process of scientific change exhibits lawful general regularities.)
Possibility of Scientonomy + (Scientonomy is possible because the process of scientific change exhibits lawful general regularities.)
Possibility of Scientonomy - Preconditions + (Scientonomy is possible because the process of scientific change exhibits lawful general regularities.)
Possibility of Scientonomy - The Argument from Social Construction + (Scientonomy is possible because the process of scientific change exhibits lawful general regularities.)
Possibility of Scientonomy - Argument from Bad Track Record + (Scientonomy is possible because the process of scientific change exhibits lawful general regularities.)
Possibility of Scientonomy - The Argument from Nothing Permanent + (Scientonomy is possible because the process of scientific change exhibits lawful general regularities.)
Possibility of Scientonomy - Argument from Changeability of Scientific Method + (Scientonomy is possible because the process of scientific change exhibits lawful general regularities.)
Scope of Scientonomy - All Time Periods (Barseghyan-2015) + (Scientonomy ought to account for all scientific changes for all time periods where a scientific mosaic can be found.)
Scope of Scientonomy - Acceptance (Barseghyan-2015) + (Scientonomy ought to address the issue of how transitions from one accepted theory to another take place and what logic governs this evolution, and need not deal in questions of theory pursuit or use.)
Scope of Scientonomy - Acceptance Use and Pursuit + (Scientonomy ought to address the issue of how transitions from one accepted theory to another take place and what logic governs this evolution, and need not deal in questions of theory pursuit or use.)
Scope of Scientonomy + (Scientonomy ought to address the issue of how transitions from one accepted theory to another take place and what logic governs this evolution, and need not deal in questions of theory pursuit or use.)
Scope of Scientonomy - Time Fields and Scale + (Scientonomy should account for all changes … Scientonomy should account for all changes to the scientific mosaic, regardless of which fields of inquiry they concern. Scientonomy should provide explanations of all kinds of changes to the scientific mosaic at ''all scales'' from the most minor transitions to the most major. Scientonomy ought to account for all scientific changes for all time periods where a scientific mosaic can be found. ientific mosaic can be found. )
Scope of Scientonomy + (Scientonomy should account for all changes … Scientonomy should account for all changes to the scientific mosaic, regardless of which fields of inquiry they concern. Scientonomy should provide explanations of all kinds of changes to the scientific mosaic at ''all scales'' from the most minor transitions to the most major. Scientonomy ought to account for all scientific changes for all time periods where a scientific mosaic can be found. ientific mosaic can be found. )
Scope of Scientonomy - All Fields (Barseghyan-2015) + (Scientonomy should account for all changes to the scientific mosaic, regardless of which fields of inquiry they concern.)
Scope of Scientonomy - Appraisal (Barseghyan-2015) + (Scientonomy should describe and explain ho … 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.nt for the process of theory construction.)
Scope of Scientonomy - Construction and Appraisal + (Scientonomy should describe and explain ho … 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.nt for the process of theory construction.)
Scope of Scientonomy + (Scientonomy should describe and explain ho … 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.nt for the process of theory construction.)
Scope of Scientonomy - All Scales (Barseghyan-2015) + (Scientonomy should provide explanations of all kinds of changes to the scientific mosaic at ''all scales'' from the most minor transitions to the most major.)
Sociocultural Factors in Theory Acceptance theorem (Barseghyan-2015) + (Sociocultural factors can affect the process of theory acceptance insofar as it is permitted by the method employed at the time.)
Role of Sociocultural Factors in Theory Acceptance + (Sociocultural factors can affect the process of theory acceptance insofar as it is permitted by the method employed at the time.)
Role of Sociocultural Factors in Scientific Change + (Sociocultural factors can affect the process of theory acceptance insofar as it is permitted by the method employed at the time.)
Mechanism of Scientific Change + (Sociocultural factors can affect the process of theory acceptance insofar as it is permitted by the method employed at the time.)
Dogmatism No Theory Change theorem (Barseghyan-2015) Reason1 + (The ''dogmatism no theory change'' theorem is a deductive consequence of the first law, the second law, and the third law.)
Dynamic Substantive Methods theorem (Barseghyan-2015) Reason1 + (The ''dynamic substantive methods'' theorem follows from the synchronism of method rejection theorem and fallibilism.)
Indicators of Method Employment (Barseghyan-2015) + (The ''employed method'' of theory appraisal of a community at some time is not necessarily indicated by the ''methodological texts'' of that time and must be inferred from ''actual patterns'' of theory acceptance and other ''indirect evidence''.)
Indicators of Method Employment + (The ''employed method'' of theory appraisal of a community at some time is not necessarily indicated by the ''methodological texts'' of that time and must be inferred from ''actual patterns'' of theory acceptance and other ''indirect evidence''.)
Local Action Availability theorem (Allen-2023) Reason1 + (The ''local action availability'' theorem is a deductive consequence of the ''law of norm employment'' and the definition of ''local action availability'')
Method Rejection theorem (Barseghyan-2015) Reason1 + (The ''method rejection'' theorem is a deductive consequence of the compatibility corollary and the first law.)
Necessary Mosaic Split theorem (Barseghyan-2015) Reason1 + (The ''necessary mosaic split'' theorem is a deductive consequence of the second law and the zeroth law.)

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