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Theory Assessment Outcomes (Barseghyan-2015) (view source)
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|Formulated Year=2015
|Description=According to this ''ontology'' of theory assessment outcomes, when a theory is assessed by a method, one of the three following outcomes can obtain:[[CiteRef::Barseghyan (2015)|p. 199]]
* [[Outcome Accept (Barseghyan-2015)|''Accept'']]: this assessment outcome prescribes that the theory must be accepted.* [[Outcome Not Accept (Barseghyan-2015)|''Not Accept'']]: this assessment outcome prescribes that the theory must not be accepted.* [[Outcome Inconclusive (Barseghyan-2015)|''Inconclusive'']]: this outcome allows for the the theory to be accepted but doesn't dictate so.
While the first two assessment outcomes are ''conclusive'', the third outcome is ''inconclusive'', as it permits more than one possible course of action. Thus, in this view, a theory's assessment outcome is not necessarily ''conclusive''; an inconclusive outcome is also conceivable.