Difference between revisions of "Mechanism of Theory Acceptance"
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| + | |Question=How do theories become ''accepted'' into a mosaic? | ||
|Topic Type=Descriptive | |Topic Type=Descriptive | ||
| − | | | + | |Description=The question of theory acceptance is one of the central problems of theoretical [[Scientonomy|scientonomy]]. Any scientonomic theory should explain how theories become part of a mosaic. |
|Parent Topic=Mechanism of Scientific Change | |Parent Topic=Mechanism of Scientific Change | ||
|Authors List=Hakob Barseghyan, | |Authors List=Hakob Barseghyan, | ||
|Formulated Year=2015 | |Formulated Year=2015 | ||
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|Prehistory=This question has been one of the central questions of the classic philosophy of science. It wouldn't be too much of an exaggeration to say that no philosopher of science could bypass this issue. | |Prehistory=This question has been one of the central questions of the classic philosophy of science. It wouldn't be too much of an exaggeration to say that no philosopher of science could bypass this issue. | ||
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|Accepted From Era=CE | |Accepted From Era=CE | ||
| − | |Accepted From Year= | + | |Accepted From Year=2016 |
| + | |Accepted From Month=January | ||
| + | |Accepted From Day=1 | ||
|Accepted From Approximate=Yes | |Accepted From Approximate=Yes | ||
| + | |Acceptance Indicators=The Second Law that answers this question became accepted then. Thus, the question it attempts to answer can also be said to be accepted as a legitimate topic for discussion. | ||
|Still Accepted=Yes | |Still Accepted=Yes | ||
|Accepted Until Approximate=No | |Accepted Until Approximate=No | ||
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References
- ^ Kant, Immanuel. (1781) Critique of Pure Reason. Cambridge University Press.
- ^ Popper, Karl. (1959) The Logic of Scientific Discovery. Hutchinson & Co.
- ^ Kuhn, Thomas. (1962) The Structure of Scientific Revolutions. University of Chicago Press.
- ^ Lakatos, Imre. (1978) Philosophical Papers: Volume 1. The Methodology of Scientific Research Programmes. Cambridge University Press.
- ^ Feyerabend, Paul. (1975) Against Method. New Left Books.
- ^ Shapere, Dudley. (1980) The Character of Scientific Change. In Nickles (Ed.) (1980), 61-116.
- ^ Laudan, Larry. (1984) Science and Values. University of California Press.
- a b Barseghyan, Hakob. (2015) The Laws of Scientific Change. Springer.
- a b c Patton, Paul; Overgaard, Nicholas and Barseghyan, Hakob. (2017) Reformulating the Second Law. Scientonomy 1, 29-39. Retrieved from https://www.scientojournal.com/index.php/scientonomy/article/view/27158.
