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Core Question (Patton-Al-Zayadi-2021) (view source)
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|Formulation Text=A core question of a discipline is a question identified in the discipline’s delineating theory as definitive of the discipline.
|Formulation File=Core Question (Patton-Al-Zayadi-2021).png
|Authors List=Paul Patton, Cyrus Al-Zayadi, Paul Patton
|Formulated Year=2021
|Description=TODOThe core questions of a [[Discipline| discipline]] are those general questions that are essential to a discipline, having the power to define it and establish its boundaries within a hierarchy of questions. They are identified as such in the discipline's [[Delineating Theory| delineating theory]].[[CiteRef::Patton and Al-Zayadi (2021)]] The [[Scientific Mosaic| scientific mosaic]] consists of [[Theory| theories]] and [[Question| questions]].[[CiteRef::Barseghyan (2015)]][[CiteRef::Barseghyan (2018)]][[CiteRef:: Paul add Rawleigh (2018)]][[CiteRef::Sebastien (2016)]] Questions form hierarchies in which more specific questions are [[Subquestion| subquestions]] of broader questions. Theories enter into this hierarchy as well since questions presuppose theories, and theories are answers to questions. It is the position of core questions within such hierarchies that confer upon them the power to define and establish the boundaries of a discipline by indicating which questions and theories are included. For example, the question 'how did living things originate as a result of evolution?' is a descriptioncore question of evolutionary biology.
|Resource=Patton and Al-Zayadi (2021)
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