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Replaced content with "This theory consists of the following claims: * Theory Is a Subtype of Epistemic Element (Barseghyan-2015) * Method Is a Subtype of Epistemic Element (Barseghyan-20..."
{{Theory|Topic=Epistemic Elements|Theory Type=Descriptive|Title=Epistemic Elements - Theories and Methods|Alternate Titles=|Authors List=Hakob Barseghyan|Formulated Year=2015|Formulation Text=The two classes of elements that can undergo scientific change are accepted theories (as a set of propositions that attempts to describe something) and employed methods (as a set of criteria for This theory evaluation).|Formulation File=|Description=According to Barseghyan's original ontology, "at any moment consists of time, there are certain theories and certain methods employed in theory assessment".[[CiteRefthe following claims::Barseghyan (2015)|p.5]] In that ontology, * [[Theory|theories]] and [[Method|methods]] are the two types Is a Subtype of elements that undergo scientific change; as such, they constitute the ontology of scientific change. Importantly, in this ontology, the class of theories only includes ''descriptive'' propositions; ''normative'' propositions Epistemic Element (such as those of ethics or methodology) are left out of the ontology.|Resource=Barseghyan (-2015)|Prehistory=|History=|Page Status=Needs Editing|Editor Notes=}}{{Acceptance Record|Community=Community:Scientonomy|Accepted From Era=CE|Accepted From Year=2016|Accepted From Month=January|Accepted From Day=1|Accepted From Approximate=No|Acceptance Indicators=This formulation was tacitly accepted together with the rest of the original TSC. It was made explicit on January 16, 2017 when [[Nicholas Overgaard]] suggested that the question of ontology of a certain field shouldn't be answered via definitions alone. See [[Modification_talk:Sciento-2016-0002]] for details.|Still Accepted=No|Accepted Until Era=CE|Accepted Until Year=2017|Accepted Until Month=February|Accepted Until Day=15|Accepted Until Approximate=No|Rejection Indicators=The ontology became rejected when it was [[Modification:Sciento-2017-0002|replaced]] by * [[Method Is a Subtype of Epistemic Elements - Theories and Methods Element (SebastienBarseghyan-20172015)]].}}

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