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The Law of Compatibility (Fraser-Sarwar-2018) is Not Tautological (Fraser-Sarwar-2018)

This is an answer to the question Tautological Status of The Law of Compatibility (Fraser-Sarwar-2018) that states "The law of compatibility suggested by Fraser and Sarwar in 2018 is not tautological."

The Law of Compatibility (Fraser-Sarwar-2018) is Not Tautological was formulated by Patrick Fraser and Ameer Sarwar in 2018.1 It is currently accepted by Scientonomy community as the best available answer to the question.

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Scientonomy9 October 2021The theory became accepted as a result of the acceptance of the respective suggested modification.Yes

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Modification Community Date Suggested Summary Verdict Verdict Rationale Date Assessed
Sciento-2018-0018 Scientonomy 28 December 2018 Accept the new dynamic law of compatibility which specifies how exactly two elements become to be considered compatible or incompatible within a mosaic. Accepted It was agreed that the "modification provides a great addition to the current body of scientonomic knowledge"c1 as the law offers "a dynamic account of compatibility"c2 and "allows for a diachronic study of compatibility".c3 The law was praised for its non-tautological nature, since it "forbids a number of logically conceivable scenarios".c4 While finding the law acceptable, one of the commentators raised an important question for future scientonomic research: do we even need a separate law of compatibility? Specifically they asked: "Is assessment for compatibility with other elements of the mosaic really conceptually distinct from the process of assessment for theory acceptance, which is already covered by other scientonomic laws?"c5 On this view, "the issue of the conceptual separability of theory compatibility and theory acceptance, and thus the need for two parallel laws, remains an open question that warrants further investigation".c6 9 October 2021

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The Law of Compatibility (Fraser-Sarwar-2018) is Not Tautological (Fraser-Sarwar-2018) is an attempt to answer the following question: Is the law of compatibility suggested by Fraser and Sarwar in 2018 a tautology?

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According to Fraser and Sarwar, their formulation of the law of compatibility "is non-tautological, as it prohibits certain logical possibilities."1p. 73

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  1. a b  Fraser, Patrick and Sarwar, Ameer. (2018) A Compatibility Law and the Classification of Theory Change. Scientonomy 2, 67-82. Retrieved from https://scientojournal.com/index.php/scientonomy/article/view/31278.