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Theory Rejection theorem (Barseghyan-2015) (view source)
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|Topic=Mechanism of Theory Rejection
|Theory Type=Descriptive
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|Title=Theory Rejection theorem
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|Formulation Text=A theory becomes rejected only when other theories that are incompatible with the theory become accepted.
|Formulation FileObject=Theory-rejection-theorem-box-only.jpg|Topic=Mechanism of Theory Rejection
|Authors List=Hakob Barseghyan
|Formulated Year=2015
|Formulation File=Theory-rejection-theorem-box-only.jpg
|Description=According to '''the theory rejection theorem''', a [[Theory|theory]] becomes '''rejected''' only when other theories that are incompatible with the theory become accepted. By [[The First Law (Barseghyan-2015)|the first law]] for theories, an accepted theory remains accepted until it is replaced by other theories. By [[Compatibility Corollary (Fraser-Sarwar-2018)|the compatibility corollary]], the elements of the scientific mosaic are compatible with each other at any moment of time. It follows, therefore, that a theory can only become rejected when it is replaced by an incompatible theory or theories.[[CiteRef::Barseghyan (2015)|pp. 167-172]] [[CiteRef::Fraser and Sarwar (2018)|pp. 72-74]]
Implicit in the theorem is the idea that each theory is assessed on an "individual basis by its compatibility with the propositions of the newly accepted theory".[[CiteRef::Barseghyan (2015)|p. 168]] If it turns out that a previously accepted theory is compatible with the newly accepted theory, it remain in the agent's mosaic.
Barseghyan notes, when introducing '''the theory rejection theorem''' in [[Barseghyan (2015)]], "it is worth appreciating that no theory rejection (and no theory change in general) can take place in a genuinely dogmatic community. Namely, theory change is impossible in cases where a currently accepted theory is considered as revealing the final and absolute truth".[[CiteRef::Barseghyan (2015)|pp. 165]]
|Resource=Barseghyan (2015)
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After the replacement of Harder's zeroth law with [[Compatibility Corollary (Fraser-Sarwar-2018)|the compatibility corollary]], suggested by [[Patrick Fraser|Fraser]] and [[Ameer Sarwar|Sarwar]], it became accepted that the theory rejection theorem is a deductive consequence of the first law for theories and the compatibility corollary.[[CiteRef::Fraser and Sarwar (2018)|pp. 72-74]]
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