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The Second Law (Barseghyan-2015) (view source)
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|History=This was the original formulation of the second law proposed by Barseghyan in [[Barseghyan (2015)|''The Laws of Scientific Change'']]. [[Scientonomy Seminar|Seminar]] discussions revealed the law's two major flaws. First, it didn't clearly indicate what happened to a theory when a certain [[Theory Assessment Outcomes|assessment outcome]] obtained. Specifically, it didn't link theory assessment outcomes to the theory's acceptance or unacceptance. Secondly, the law sounded like a tautology which is not what a good law should sound like. Consequently, in 2017, a new formulation of the law was suggested by Patton, Overgaard and Barseghyan, which became accepted towards the end of that year and, thus, replaced the initial formulation.[[CiteRef::Patton, Overgaard, and Barseghyan (2017)]]
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|Editor Notes=The prehistory section is too broad; it gives a general prehistory of the TOPIC, rather than a prehistory of the THEORY. TODO: this This section should credit only those philosophers who understood the contextual nature of theory evaluation, i.e. that theories are being evaluated by the method OF THE TIME.
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