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Theory Assessment Outcomes (Patton-Overgaard-Barseghyan-2017) (view source)
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|Theory Type=Descriptive
|Formulation Text=The possible outcomes of theory assessment are ''satisfied'', ''not satisfied'', and ''inconclusive''.
|Topic=Theory Assessment Outcomes
|Authors List=Paul Patton, Nicholas Overgaard, Hakob Barseghyan,
|Formulated Year=2017
|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 Satisfied|''Satisfied'']]: this assessment outcome prescribes that the theory must be acceptedis deemed to conclusively meet the requirements of the method employed at the time.* [[Outcome Not Satisfied|''Not Satisfied'']]: this assessment outcome prescribes that the theory must is deemed to conclusively not be acceptedmeet the requirements of the method employed at the time.* [[Outcome Inconclusive|''Inconclusive'']]: this outcome allows for it is unclear whether or not the requirements of the method employed at the theory to be accepted but doesn't dictate sotime are met.
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.
This ontology is implicit in assumed by [[The Second Law (Patton-Overgaard-Barseghyan-2017)|the second law]] of scientific change as formulated by Patton, Overgaard, and Barseghyan in 2017. |Resource=Patton, Overgaard, and Barseghyan (2017)|Page Status=Needs Editing}}{{Acceptance Record|Community=Community:Scientonomy|Accepted From Era=CE|Accepted From Year=2017|Accepted From Month=November|Accepted From Day=29|Accepted From Approximate=No|Acceptance Indicators=The law became accepted as a result of the acceptance of the respective [[Modification:Sciento-2017-0004|suggested modification]].|Still Accepted=Yes|Accepted Until Approximate=No
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