Static vs. Dynamic Methods

Are there any methods which are immune to change?

The question of whether or not methods are static or dynamic is a fundamental question in the scientonomic community. A method is said to be static when it is immune to change, and dynamic when it is not.

In the scientonomic context, this question was first formulated by Hakob Barseghyan in 2015. The question is currently accepted as a legitimate topic for discussion by Scientonomy community.

In Scientonomy, the accepted answer to the question is:

• A method ceases to be employed only when other methods that are incompatible with the method become employed.

Broader History

The question as to whether the requirements theories should satisfy as well as the assessment criteria employed to evaluate theories are transhistorical (i.e. remain fixed over time) or, on the contrary, change on a par with theories has been addressed by several renowned philosophers of science. Some of them subscribed to the static methods thesis, namely that scientific methods are immune to change (Barseghyan: 2015).

Scientonomic History

Acceptance Record

Here is the complete acceptance record of this question (it includes all the instances when the question was accepted as a legitimate topic for discussion by a community):

Community	Accepted From	Acceptance Indicators	Still Accepted	Accepted Until	Rejection Indicators
Scientonomy	1 January 2016	That is when the community accepted its first answers to this question, the Static Procedural Methods theorem (Barseghyan-2015) and Dynamic Substantive Methods theorem (Barseghyan-2015), which indicates that the question is itself considered legitimate.	Yes

All Theories

The following theories have attempted to answer this question:

Theory	Formulation	Formulated In
Dynamic Substantive Methods theorem (Barseghyan-2015)	All substantive methods are necessarily dynamic.	2015
Static Procedural Methods theorem (Barseghyan-2015)	All procedural methods are necessarily static.	2015

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Accepted Theories

The following theories have been accepted as answers to this question:

Community	Theory	Accepted From	Accepted Until
Scientonomy	Static Procedural Methods theorem (Barseghyan-2015)	1 January 2016
Scientonomy	Dynamic Substantive Methods theorem (Barseghyan-2015)	1 January 2016

Suggested Modifications

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Current View

In Scientonomy, the accepted answer to the question is Method Rejection theorem (Barseghyan-2015).

Mechanism of Method Rejection

Method Rejection theorem (Barseghyan-2015) states: "A method ceases to be employed only when other methods that are incompatible with the method become employed."

According to the method rejection theorem, a method ceases to be employed only when other methods that are incompatible with it become employed.

Related Topics

This question is a subquestion of Mechanism of Method Rejection.