The Law of Theory Demarcation (Sarwar-Fraser-2018)

This is an answer to the question Mechanism of Theory Demarcation that states "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."

The Law of Theory Demarcation was formulated by Patrick Fraser and Ameer Sarwar in 2018.1

Scientonomic History

Acceptance Record

This theory has never been accepted.

Suggestions To Accept

Here are all the modifications where the acceptance of this theory has been suggested:

Modification	Community	Date Suggested	Summary	Verdict	Verdict Rationale	Date Assessed
Sciento-2018-0014	Scientonomy	28 December 2018	Accept the law of theory demarcation as a new scientonomic axiom. Also accept questions concerning indicators of scientificity as legitimate topics of scientonomic inquiry.	Open	The modification can only become accepted once modification Sciento-2018-0013 becomes accepted.

Question Answered

The Law of Theory Demarcation (Sarwar-Fraser-2018) is an attempt to answer the following question: How do theories become scientific or unscientific?

See Mechanism of Theory Demarcation for more details.

Description

The law of theory demarcation tries to provide a mechanism of how the scientific status of theories changes overtime. The assessment outcomes of the law (satisfied, unsatisfied, and inconclusive) are logically separated from their consequences. In particular, the assessment outcome of conclusively satisfying the demarcation criteria leads to a theory being scientific, the assessment outcome of consclusively not satisfying the criteria lead to the theory being unscientific, and the final inconclusive outcome can lead to the theory being scientific, unscientific, or uncertain.1

Reasons

No reasons are indicated for this theory.

If a reason supporting this theory is missing, please add it here.

Questions About This Theory

The following higher-order questions concerning this theory have been suggested:

• Tautological Status of The Law of Theory Demarcation (Sarwar-Fraser-2018)

If a question about this theory is missing, please add it here.