Category:Theory
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This is the category of theory. In this encyclopedia, theories come in three main sub-types:
- Definitions: propositions that attempt to define a certain term.
- Descriptive Theories: propositions that attempt to describe (explain) something.
- Normative Theories: propositions that attempt to prescribe (evaluate) something.
Semantic Map
Here is a simplified class diagram for the sub-categories of theory.

To add a page in this category, please do so under the respective sub-category.
Subcategories
This category has the following 3 subcategories, out of 3 total.
Pages in category "Theory"
The following 200 pages are in this category, out of 224 total.
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- Acceptance Criteria (Barseghyan-2015)
- Accidental Group (Overgaard-2017)
- Allow Modification Reformulations (Shaw-Barseghyan-2019)
- Assessment of Scientonomy - Relevant Facts (Barseghyan-2015)
- Asynchronism of Method Employment theorem (Barseghyan-2015)
- Authority Delegation (Overgaard-Loiselle-2016)
- Authority Delegation (Patton-2019)
C
- Closure Mechanism - Acceptance by Default (Shaw-Barseghyan-2019)
- Closure Mechanism - Time Limit and Communal Vote (Shaw-Barseghyan-2019)
- Community (Overgaard-2017)
- Community Can Delegate Authority to Another Community (Loiselle-Overgaard-2016)
- Community Can Have Subcommunities (Overgaard-2017)
- Community Does Not Exist
- Community Exists
- Compatibility (Fraser-Sarwar-2018)
- Compatibility Corollary (Fraser-Sarwar-2018)
- Compatibility Criteria (Barseghyan-2015)
- Compatibility Criteria (Fraser-Sarwar-2018)
- Compatibility Is a Subtype of Epistemic Stance (Fraser-Sarwar-2018)
- Contextual Appraisal theorem (Barseghyan-2015)
- Contextual Appraisal theorem (Barseghyan-2015) Reason1
- Core Question (Patton-Al-Zayadi-2021)
- Core Theory (Patton-Al-Zayadi-2021)
D
- Definition (Barseghyan-2018)
- Definition Exists
- Definition Is a Subtype of Theory (Barseghyan-2018)
- Delineating Theory (Patton-Al-Zayadi-2021)
- Demarcation Criteria (Barseghyan-2015)
- Demarcation-Acceptance Synchronism (Fraser-Sarwar-2018)
- Descriptive Theory (Sebastien-2016)
- Descriptive Theory Exists
- Descriptive Theory Is a Subtype of Theory (Barseghyan-2015)
- Discipline (Patton-Al-Zayadi-2021)
- Discipline Acceptance (Patton-Al-Zayadi-2021)
- Dogmatism No Theory Change theorem (Barseghyan-2015)
- Dogmatism No Theory Change theorem (Barseghyan-2015) Reason1
- Dynamic Substantive Methods theorem (Barseghyan-2015)
E
- Element Decay Exists
- Employed Method (Barseghyan-2015)
- Employed Method (Patton-Overgaard-Barseghyan-2017)
- Epistemic Agent (Patton-2019)
- Epistemic Agent Exists
- Epistemic Community (Overgaard-2017)
- Epistemic Community Can be Part of Non-Epistemic Community (Overgaard-2017)
- Epistemic Community Exists
- Epistemic Community Is a Subtype of Epistemic Agent (Barseghyan-2018)
- Epistemic Community Is a Subtype of Epistemic Agent (Barseghyan-2018) Reason1
- Epistemic Element Exists
- Epistemic Presupposition (Barseghyan-Levesley-2021)
- Epistemic Presupposition Exists
- Epistemic Stance Exists
- Epistemic Stances Towards Epistemic Elements - Compatibility (Fraser-Sarwar-2018)
- Epistemic Stances Towards Methods - Employment (Barseghyan-2015)
- Epistemic Stances Towards Normative Theories - Norm Employment (Barseghyan-2018)
- Epistemic Stances Towards Questions - Question Acceptance (Rawleigh-2018)
- Epistemic Stances Towards Theories - Scientificity (Sarwar-Fraser-2018)
- Epistemic Stances Towards Theories - Theory Acceptance (Barseghyan-2015)
- Epistemic Stances Towards Theories - Theory Pursuit (Barseghyan-2015)
- Epistemic Stances Towards Theories - Theory Use (Barseghyan-2015)
- Epistemic Tool (Patton-2019)
- Error (Machado-Marques-Patton-2021)
- Error Rejection by Replacement (Machado-Marques-Patton-2021)
- Explicable-Implicit (Mirkin-Barseghyan-2018)
- Explicit (Mirkin-Barseghyan-2018)
- Explicit Is a Subtype of Epistemic Element (Mirkin-2018)
H
- Handling Ripple Effects - Editorial House Keeping (Shaw-Barseghyan-2019)
- Hierarchical Authority Delegation (Loiselle-2017)
- Hierarchical Authority Delegation (Patton-2019)
- Hierarchical Authority Delegation Is a Subtype of Authority Delegation (Loiselle-2017)
- History of Scientific Change (Barseghyan-2015)
I
- Implication (Palider-2019)
- Implicit (Mirkin-Barseghyan-2018)
- Implicit Is a Subtype of Epistemic Element (Mirkin-2018)
- Indicators of Method Employment (Barseghyan-2015)
- Indicators of Theory Acceptance (Barseghyan-2015)
- Individual Epistemic Agent Exists
- Individual Epistemic Agent Is a Subtype of Epistemic Agent (Patton-2019)
- Individual Epistemic Agent Is a Subtype of Epistemic Agent (Patton-2019) Reason1
- Individual Level (Barseghyan-2015)
- Inexplicable (Mirkin-Barseghyan-2018)
- Inferring Theory Assessment Outcomes from Acceptance or Unacceptance of a Single Contender (Patton-Overgaard-Barseghyan-2017)
- Inferring Theory Assessment Outcomes from Acceptance or Unacceptance of Two Contenders (Patton-Overgaard-Barseghyan-2017)
M
- Method (Barseghyan-2015)
- Method (Barseghyan-2018)
- Method Hierarchy (Mercuri-Barseghyan-2019)
- Method Hierarchy Exists
- Method Is a Subtype of Epistemic Element (Barseghyan-2015)
- Method Is a Subtype of Normative Theory (Barseghyan-2018)
- Method Rejection theorem (Barseghyan-2015)
- Method Rejection theorem (Barseghyan-2015) Reason1
- Methodology (Barseghyan-2015)
- Methodology (Barseghyan-2018)
- Methodology (Sebastien-2016)
- Methodology Can Shape Method theorem (Barseghyan-2015)
- Mosaic Merge (Barseghyan-2015)
- Mosaic Split (Barseghyan-2015)
- Multiple Authority Delegation (Loiselle-2017)
- Multiple Authority Delegation (Patton-2019)
- Mutual Authority Delegation (Overgaard-Loiselle-2016)
- Mutual Authority Delegation (Patton-2019)
N
- Necessary Method theorem (Barseghyan-2015)
- Necessary Mosaic Split theorem (Barseghyan-2015)
- Non-Empty Mosaic theorem (Barseghyan-2015)
- Non-Epistemic Community (Overgaard-2017)
- Non-Hierarchical Authority Delegation (Loiselle-2017)
- Non-Hierarchical Authority Delegation (Patton-2019)
- Norm Employment (Barseghyan-2018)
- Norm Employment Exists
- Norm Employment Is a Subtype of Epistemic Stance (Barseghyan-2018)
- Normative Inference (Palider-2019)
- Normative Theory (Sebastien-2016)
- Normative Theory Exists
- Normative Theory Is a Subtype of Theory (Sebastien-2016)
O
- One-sided Authority Delegation (Overgaard-Loiselle-2016)
- One-sided Authority Delegation (Patton-2019)
- Outcome Accept (Barseghyan-2015)
- Outcome Accept Is a Subtype of Outcome Inconclusive (Delaney-2022)
- Outcome Inconclusive (Barseghyan-2015)
- Outcome Inconclusive (Patton-Overgaard-Barseghyan-2017)
- Outcome Not Accept (Barseghyan-2015)
- Outcome Not Satisfied (Patton-Overgaard-Barseghyan-2017)
- Outcome Satisfied (Patton-Overgaard-Barseghyan-2017)
P
Q
- Question (Rawleigh-2018)
- Question Acceptance (Rawleigh-2018)
- Question Acceptance Exists
- Question Acceptance Is a Subtype of Epistemic Stance (Rawleigh-2018)
- Question Acceptance Is Testfully Related to Epistemic Element (Goldman-Delaney-2017)
- Question Can Have Subquestions (Rawleigh-2018)
- Question Can Presuppose Theories (Barseghyan-Levesley-2019)
- Question Exists
- Question Is a Subtype of Epistemic Element (Rawleigh-2018)
- Question Pursuit (Barseghyan-2022)
- Question Rejection theorem (Barseghyan-Levesley-2021)
R
- Reason (Palider-2019)
- Reason1
- Resolution to the Paradox of Normative Propositions (Sebastien-2016)
- Response to the Argument from Bad Track Record (Barseghyan-2015)
- Response to the Argument from Changeability of Scientific Method (Barseghyan-2015)
- Response to the Argument from Nothing Permanent (Barseghyan-2015)
- Response to the Argument from Social Construction (Barseghyan-2015)
S
- Scientific Change (Barseghyan-2015)
- Scientific Mosaic (Barseghyan-2015)
- Scientific Mosaic (Barseghyan-2018)
- Scientific Mosaic (Rawleigh-2022)
- Scientific Underdeterminism theorem (Barseghyan-2015)
- Scientificity Is a Subtype of Epistemic Stance (Sarwar-Fraser-2018)
- Scientonomic Workflow (Barseghyan et al.-2016)
- Scientonomy (Barseghyan-2015)
- Scope of Scientonomy - Acceptance (Barseghyan-2015)
- Scope of Scientonomy - All Fields (Barseghyan-2015)
- Scope of Scientonomy - All Scales (Barseghyan-2015)
- Scope of Scientonomy - All Time Periods (Barseghyan-2015)
- Scope of Scientonomy - Appraisal (Barseghyan-2015)
- Scope of Scientonomy - Descriptive (Barseghyan-2015)
- Scope of Scientonomy - Implicit and Explicit (Barseghyan-2017)
- Scope of Scientonomy - Social (Barseghyan-2015)
- Singular Authority Delegation (Loiselle-2017)
- Singular Authority Delegation (Patton-2019)
- Social Level (Barseghyan-2015)
- Sociocultural Factors in Theory Acceptance theorem (Barseghyan-2015)
- Split Due to Inconclusiveness theorem (Barseghyan-2015)
- Static Procedural Methods theorem (Barseghyan-2015)
- Subdiscipline (Patton-Al-Zayadi-2021)
- Subquestion (Patton-Al-Zayadi-2021)
- Substantive Method (Barseghyan-2015)
- Sufficient Reason (Palider-2019)
- Sufficient Reason theorem (Palider-2019)
- Support (Palider-2019)
- Synchronism of Method Rejection theorem (Barseghyan-2015)
- Synchronism of Method Rejection theorem (Barseghyan-2015) Reason1
T
- Technological Knowledge as Part of Mosaic (Mirkin-2018)
- The First Law (Barseghyan-2015)
- The Law of Compatibility (Fraser-Sarwar-2018)
- The Law of Compatibility (Fraser-Sarwar-2018) is Not Tautological (Fraser-Sarwar-2018)
- The Law of Method Employment (Rawleigh-2022)
- The Law of Norm Employment (Rawleigh-2022)
- The Law of Question Acceptance (Barseghyan-Levesley-2021)
- The Law of Theory Demarcation (Sarwar-Fraser-2018)
- The Law of Theory Demarcation (Sarwar-Fraser-2018) is Not Tautological (Sarwar-Fraser-2018)
- The Second Law (Barseghyan-2015)
- The Second Law (Barseghyan-2015) is Tautological (Barseghyan-2015)
- The Second Law (Barseghyan-2015) Reason1
- The Second Law (Patton-Overgaard-Barseghyan-2017)
- The Second Law (Patton-Overgaard-Barseghyan-2017) is Not Tautological (Patton-Overgaard-Barseghyan-2017)
- The Third Law (Barseghyan-2015)
- The Third Law (Sebastien-2016)
- The Zeroth Law (Harder-2015)
- The Zeroth Law (Harder-2015) is Tautological (Fraser-Sarwar-2018)
- Theory (Barseghyan-2015)
- Theory (Barseghyan-2015) Reason1