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Mechanism of Compatibility (view source)
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|Question=Under what conditions can two elements ''coexist'' in the same mosaic?
|Topic Type=Descriptive
|Description=While some theories and methods can coexist in the same mosaic, others seem to be incompatible. So , the task is to understand when two theories (or two methods) can and when they cannot coexist in the same mosaic.For instance, the theories general relativity and quantum physics as it relates to how they explain singularities in black holes are inconsistent, however they remain in the mosaic. On the other hand, inconsistencies between the Aristotelian worldview and Catholic theology means both required modification before they were compatible with eachother [[CiteRef::Barseghyan(2015)|p. 159-161]]. What conditions allow for the coexistence of elements, and what conditions require modification or rejection to take place?
|Parent Topic=Mechanism of Scientific Change
|Authors List=Hakob Barseghyan, Rory Harder,
|Formulated Year=2015
|History=The zeroth law, in answer to the question of the mechanism of compatibility, was originally proposed in 2012 as forbidding inconsistency in the mosaic1. In 2013, Rory Harder argued that inconsistency-intolerance was a practical impossibility and unsupported by the historical record, resulting the current formulation of the zeroth law.
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|Editor Notes=Needs a proper description, prehistory, history
