Discipline Acceptance

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What is discipline acceptance? How should it be defined?

An epistemic agent can accept or reject a discipline. It is important, therefore, to understand what this acceptance amounts to, i.e. what happens at the level of individual epistemic elements when an agent accepts a discipline.

In the scientonomic context, this term was first used by Paul Patton and Cyrus Al-Zayadi in 2021. The term is currently accepted by Scientonomy community.

Scientonomic History

Acceptance Record

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CommunityAccepted FromAcceptance IndicatorsStill AcceptedAccepted UntilRejection Indicators
Scientonomy1 August 2021This is when Patton and Al-Zayadi's Disciplines in the Scientonomic Ontology that offered a definition of the term was published. This is a good indication that the question of how the term is to be defined is considered legitimate by the community.Yes

All Theories

The following definitions of the term have been suggested:
TheoryFormulationFormulated In
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.2021
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Accepted Theories

According to our records, no definition of the term has ever been accepted.

Suggested Modifications

Here is a list of modifications concerning this term:
Modification Community Date Suggested Summary Verdict Verdict Rationale Date Assessed
Sciento-2021-0006 Scientonomy 1 August 2021 Accept new definitions of subquestion, core question, core theory, discipline, delineating theory, subdiscipline, and discipline acceptance. Open

Current Definition

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Ontology

Existence

There is currently no accepted view concerning the existence of discipline acceptances.

Disjointness

No classes are currently accepted as being disjoint with this class.

Subtypes

No classes are currently accepted as subtypes of a discipline acceptance.

Supertypes

No classes are currently accepted as supertypes of a discipline acceptance.

Associations

No associations of a discipline acceptance are currently accepted.


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Dynamics

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Related Topics

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