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Subtypes of Epistemic Element (view source)
Revision as of 14:30, 11 February 2023
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Towards the end of 2016, it gradually became clear that the ontology of a field cannot and should not be postulated via definitions. What constitutes the elements of a certain ontology must be established by empirical research and, thus, is not a matter of definitions. In other words, the question of what constitutes the ontology of a certain field is a ''[[:Category:Descriptive Topic|descriptive question]]'', not definitional. Indeed, what sort of elements change during the process of scientific change is not something that should be decided by a definition, but should be formulated as a descriptive theory that says "Such-and-such elements undergo scientific change".
In 2018, [[William Rawleigh]] suggested argued that [[Question Is a Subtype of Epistemic Element (Rawleigh-2018)|questions too are types of epistemic element]]. [[CiteRef::Rawleigh (2018)]] When his suggested modification became accepted, the resulting ontology of epistemic elements included three basic elements:
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Later that year, Barseghyan suggested a redrafted ontology where [[Method Is a Subtype of Normative Theory (Barseghyan-2018)|methods are considered a subtype of normative theory]]. [[CiteRef::Barseghyan (2018)]] In the resulting ontology, the two fundamental epistemic elements are [[Question Is a Subtype of Epistemic Element (Rawleigh-2018)|questions]] and [[Theory Is a Subtype of Epistemic Element (Barseghyan-2015)|theories]].
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