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- Theory Rejection theorem (Barseghyan-Pandey-2023) + (A theory becomes rejected when other elements that are incompatible with the theory become part of the mosaic.)
- Logical Presupposition (Barseghyan-Levesley-2021) + (A theory is said to be a logical presupposition of a question, ''iff'' the theory is logically entailed by any direct answer to the question.)
- Logical Presupposition + (A theory is said to be a logical presupposition of a question, ''iff'' the theory is logically entailed by any direct answer to the question.)
- Theory Acceptance (Barseghyan-2018) + (A theory is said to be accepted by an epistemic agent if it is taken as the best available answer to its respective question.)
- Theory Acceptance + (A theory is said to be accepted by an epistemic agent if it is taken as the best available answer to its respective question.)
- Theory Acceptance (Sebastien-2016) + (A theory is said to be accepted if it is taken as the best available description or prescription of its object.)
- Theory Acceptance (Barseghyan-2015) + (A theory is said to be accepted if it is taken as the best available description of its object.)
- Epistemic Presupposition (Barseghyan-Levesley-2021) + (A theory is said to be an epistemic presupposition of a question for some agent, ''iff'' the agent accepts that accepting any direct answer to the question will necessitate accepting the theory.)
- Epistemic Presupposition + (A theory is said to be an epistemic presupposition of a question for some agent, ''iff'' the agent accepts that accepting any direct answer to the question will necessitate accepting the theory.)
- Theory Pursuit (Barseghyan-2015) + (A theory is said to be pursued if it is considered worthy of further development.)
- Theory Pursuit + (A theory is said to be pursued if it is considered worthy of further development.)
- Theory Use (Barseghyan-2015) + (A theory is said to be used if it is taken as an adequate tool for practical application.)
- Theory Use + (A theory is said to be used if it is taken as an adequate tool for practical application.)
- Question (Rawleigh-2018) + (A topic of inquiry.)
- Question + (A topic of inquiry.)
- Static Procedural Methods theorem (Barseghyan-2015) + (All procedural methods are necessarily static.)
- Static vs. Dynamic Methods + (All substantive methods are necessarily dynamic. All procedural methods are necessarily static. )
- Dynamic Substantive Methods theorem (Barseghyan-2015) + (All substantive methods are necessarily dynamic.)
- The First Law for Questions (Barseghyan-Levesley-2021) + (An accepted question remains accepted in the mosaic unless replaced by other elements.)
- Theory Acceptance (Fraser-Sarwar-2018) + (An accepted theory is a scientific theory that is taken as the best available description or prescription of its object.)
- The First Law for Theories (Barseghyan-Pandey-2023) + (An accepted theory remains accepted in the mosaic unless replaced by other elements.)
- The First Law for Theories (Barseghyan-2015) + (An accepted theory remains accepted unless replaced by other theories.)
- Mechanism of Scientific Inertia for Theories + (An accepted theory remains accepted unless replaced by other theories.)
- Mechanism of Scientific Inertia for Normative Theories + (An accepted theory remains accepted unless replaced by other theories.)
- Mechanism of Scientific Inertia for Methods + (An accepted theory remains accepted unless replaced by other theories.)
- Epistemic Action (Allen-2023) + (An action of an epistemic agent that involves an epistemic element.)
- Epistemic Agent (Patton-2019) + (An agent capable of taking epistemic stances towards epistemic elements.)
- Epistemic Agent + (An agent capable of taking epistemic stances towards epistemic elements.)
- Reason (Palider-2019) + (An agent takes theory ''A'' to be a reason for theory ''B'' ''iff'' the agent accepts that ''A''→''B'', employs ''ε'', and accepts (''ε'', ''A'', ''A''→''B'') →<sub>''ε''</sub> (Should accept ''B'').)
- Sufficient Reason (Palider-2019) + (An agent takes theory ''A'' to be a suffic … An agent takes theory ''A'' to be a sufficient reason for (accepting) theory ''B'' ''iff'' the following four conditions are met:</br></br>(1) The agent accepts ''A''.</br></br>(2) The agent accepts that ''A'' → ''B''.</br></br>(3) The agent employs ''ε''.</br></br>(4) The agent accepts (''ε'', ''A'', ''A''→''B'') →<sub>''ε''</sub> (Should accept ''B'').) →<sub>''ε''</sub> (Should accept ''B'').)
- Support (Palider-2019) + (An agent takes theory ''A'' to be supporting theory ''B'' ''iff'' the agent accepts ''A'' and accepts that ''A''→''B''.)
- Normative Inference (Palider-2019) + (An agent takes theory ''A'' to normatively infer theory ''B'' ''iff'' the agent accepts ''A'', accepts that ''A''→''B'', and accepts (''ε'', ''A'', ''A''→''B'') →<sub>''ε''</sub> (Should accept ''B'').)
- The First Law (Barseghyan-2015) + (An element of the mosaic remains in the mosaic unless replaced by other elements.)
- Mechanism of Scientific Inertia for Epistemic Elements + (An element of the mosaic remains in the mosaic unless replaced by other elements.)
- Mechanism of Scientific Change + (An element of the mosaic remains in the mosaic unless replaced by other elements.)
- Mechanism of Scientific Inertia for Theories + (An element of the mosaic remains in the mosaic unless replaced by other elements.)
- Mechanism of Scientific Inertia for Normative Theories + (An element of the mosaic remains in the mosaic unless replaced by other elements.)
- Mechanism of Scientific Inertia for Methods + (An element of the mosaic remains in the mosaic unless replaced by other elements.)
- The First Law for Methods (Barseghyan-2015) + (An employed method remains employed unless replaced by other methods.)
- Mechanism of Scientific Inertia for Methods + (An employed method remains employed unless replaced by other methods.)
- Mechanism of Scientific Inertia for Normative Theories + (An employed method remains employed unless replaced by other methods.)
- The First Law for Norms (Barseghyan-Pandey-2023) + (An employed norm remains employed in the mosaic unless replaced by other elements.)
- Global Epistemic Action (Allen-2023) + (An epistemic action that is available to all epistemic agents trans-historically and universally.)
- Local Epistemic Action (Allen-2023) + (An epistemic action that is not available trans-historically to all epistemic agents, but is specific to some time periods or some agents.)
- Question Pursuit (Barseghyan-2022) + (An epistemic agent ''S'' considers a question ''Q'' pursuitworthy, if and only if ''S'' accepts that it is worth finding a theory ''T'' that answers ''Q''.)
- Error (Machado-Marques-Patton-2021) + (An epistemic agent is said to commit an error if the agent accepts a theory that should not have been accepted given that agent’s employed method.)
- Error + (An epistemic agent is said to commit an error if the agent accepts a theory that should not have been accepted given that agent’s employed method.)
- Tool Reliance (Patton-2019) + (An epistemic agent is said to rely on an epistemic tool ''iff'' there is a procedure through which the tool can provide an acceptable source of knowledge for answering some question under the employed method of that agent.)
- Outcome Inconclusive (Barseghyan-2015) + (An outcome of theory assessment which allows for the theory to be accepted but doesn't dictate so.)
- Outcome Accept (Barseghyan-2015) + (An outcome of theory assessment which prescribes that the theory must be accepted.)
- Outcome Not Accept (Barseghyan-2015) + (An outcome of theory assessment which prescribes that the theory must not be accepted.)
- Scientific Change (Barseghyan-2015) + (Any change in the ''scientific mosaic'', i.e. a transition from one accepted ''theory'' to another or from one employed ''method'' to another.)