Modification:Sciento-2021-0006

Accept new definitions of subquestion, discipline, delineating theory, core question, core theory, subdiscipline, and discipline acceptance.

The modification was suggested to Scientonomy community by Paul Patton and Cyrus Al-Zayadi on 1 August 2021.1 The modification is currently being evaluated; a verdict is pending.

Preamble

TODO: Paul, add a preamble

Modification

Theories To Accept

• Subquestion (Patton-Al-Zayadi-2021): A question Q is a subquestion of another question Q’, iff any direct answer to Q is also a partial answer to Q’.

• Discipline Acceptance (Patton-Al-Zayadi-2021): A discipline is said to be accepted by an epistemic agent if that agent accepts the core questions specified in the discipline’s delineating theory as well as the delineating theory itself.

• Delineating Theory (Patton-Al-Zayadi-2021): A second-order theory identifying the set of core questions of a discipline.

• Discipline (Patton-Al-Zayadi-2021): A discipline is characterized by (1) a non-empty set of core questions Q and (2) the delineating theory stating that Q are the core questions of the discipline.

• Core Theory (Patton-Al-Zayadi-2021): A core theory of a discipline is a theory presupposed by the discipline’s core questions.

• Core Question (Patton-Al-Zayadi-2021): A core question of a discipline is a question identified in the discipline’s delineating theory as definitive of the discipline.

• Subdiscipline (Patton-Al-Zayadi-2021): A discipline A is a subdiscipline of another discipline B, iff the set of questions of A, Q_A, is a proper subset of the questions of B, Q_B, i.e. Q_A ⸦ Q_B.

Questions To Accept

• Discipline: What is discipline? How should it be defined?
• Mechanism of Discipline Acceptance: What is the mechanism of discipline acceptance? How do disciplines become accepted?
• Mechanism of Discipline Rejection: What is the mechanism of discipline rejection? How do disciplines become rejected?
• Theories Shaping Core Questions: How do theories within a discipline shape and change the core questions of the disciplines?

Questions Answered

This modification attempts to answer the following question(s):

• Subquestion: What is subquestion? How should it be defined?
• Core Question: What is core question? How should it be defined?
• Core Theory: What is core theory? How should it be defined?
• Discipline: What is discipline? How should it be defined?
• Delineating Theory: What is delineating theory? How should it be defined?
• Discipline Acceptance: What is discipline acceptance? How should it be defined?
• Subdiscipline: What is subdiscipline? How should it be defined?

Verdict

The modification is currently being evaluated; a verdict is pending.

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