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The Third Law (Barseghyan-2015) (view source)
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<blockquote> The abstract requirement that follows from these two principles is that whenever we assess a theory that introduces some new internal mechanisms (new types of sub-stances, particles, forces, fields, interaction, processes etc.) we must take into account that this hypothesized internal mechanism may turn out to be fictitious even if it manages to predict the known phenomena with utmost precision. In other words, we ddo not tolerate "fiddling" with the ''accepted ontology;'' if a theory attemptes to modify the accepted ontology, it must show that it is not cooked-up.</blockquote> [[CiteRef::Barseghyan (2015)|pp. 148]]
This abstract requirement can then be implemented in several ways, including through our contemporary requirement of ''confirmed novel predictions''. This is an illustration of the second scenario of method employment.
Thus, in utilizing the Third Law, one can discover both when certain criteria become an implicit rule and under what conditions they are necessary.
