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Epistemic Elements - Theories and Methods (Barseghyan-2015) (view source)
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|Title=Ontology of Scientific Change - Theories and Methods
|Theory Type=Descriptive
|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.
|Topic=Ontology of Scientific Change
|Authors List=Hakob Barseghyan,
|Formulated Year=2015
|Description=According to Barseghyan, "at any moment of time, there are certain theories and certain methods employed in theory assessment".[[CiteRef::Barseghyan (2015)|p.5]] Thus, [[Theory|theories]] and [[Method|methods]] are the two types 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 (such as those of ethics or methodology) are left out of the ontology.
|Resource=Barseghyan (2015)
}}
