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Term	Definition	Existence	Subtypes	Supertypes	Disjointness	Associations
Acceptance Criteria	Acceptance Criteria (Barseghyan-2015): Criteria for determining whether a theory is acceptable or unacceptable.
Accidental Group	Accidental Group (Overgaard-2017): A group that does not have a collective intentionality.
Authority Delegation	Authority Delegation (Patton-2019): Epistemic agent A is said to be delegating authority over question x to epistemic agent B iff (1) agent A accepts that agent B is an expert on question x and (2) agent A will accept a theory answering question x if agent B says so.	Exists	Singular Authority Delegation and Multiple Authority Delegation
Community	Community (Overgaard-2017): A group that has a collective intentionality.	Exists				A community can delegate authority to another community.
Compatibility	Compatibility (Fraser-Sarwar-2018): The ability of two elements to coexist in the same mosaic.			Epistemic Stance
Compatibility Criteria	Compatibility Criteria (Fraser-Sarwar-2018): Criteria for determining whether two elements are compatible or incompatible.
Core Question	Core Question (Patton-Al-Zayadi-2021): A core question of a discipline is a question identified in the discipline’s delineating theory as definitive of the discipline.	Exists
Core Theory	Core Theory (Patton-Al-Zayadi-2021): A core theory of a discipline is a theory presupposed by the discipline’s core questions.	Exists
Definition	Definition (Barseghyan-2018): A statement of the meaning of a term.	Exists		Theory
Delineating Theory	Delineating Theory (Patton-Al-Zayadi-2021): A second-order theory identifying the set of core questions of a discipline.	Exists
Demarcation Criteria	Demarcation Criteria (Barseghyan-2015): Criteria for determining whether a theory is scientific or unscientific.
Descriptive Theory	Descriptive Theory (Sebastien-2016): A set of propositions that attempts to describe something.	Exists		Theory
Discipline	Discipline (Patton-Al-Zayadi-2021): A discipline is characterized by (1) a non-empty set of core questions Q and (2) the delineating theory stating that Q are the core questions of the discipline.	Exists
Discipline Acceptance	Discipline Acceptance (Patton-Al-Zayadi-2021): A discipline is said to be accepted by an epistemic agent if that agent accepts the core questions specified in the discipline’s delineating theory as well as the delineating theory itself.	Exists
Epistemic Agent	Epistemic Agent (Patton-2019): An agent capable of taking epistemic stances towards epistemic elements.	Exists	Epistemic Community and Individual Epistemic Agent
Epistemic Community		Exists		Epistemic Agent
Epistemic Element		Exists	Main subtypes: Question and Theory. On the basis of explicitness: Explicit and Implicit.
Epistemic Presupposition	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.	Exists
Epistemic Stance		Exists	Theory Use, Theory Pursuit, Question Acceptance, Norm Employment, Compatibility and Theory Acceptance
Error	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.
Explicable-Implicit	Explicable-Implicit (Mirkin-Barseghyan-2018): Propositional knowledge that hasn’t been openly formulated by the agent.
Explicit	Explicit (Mirkin-Barseghyan-2018): Propositional knowledge that has been openly formulated by the agent.			Epistemic Element
Group	Group (Overgaard-2017): Two or more people who share any characteristic.
Hierarchical Authority Delegation	Hierarchical Authority Delegation (Patton-2019): A sub-type of multiple authority delegation where different epistemic agents are delegated different degrees of authority over question x.	Exists		Multiple Authority Delegation
History of Scientific Change	History of Scientific Change (Barseghyan-2015): A descriptive discipline that attempts to trace and explain individual changes in the scientific mosaic.
Implicit	Implicit (Mirkin-Barseghyan-2018): Not explicit.			Epistemic Element
Individual Epistemic Agent		Exists		Epistemic Agent
Individual Level	Individual Level (Barseghyan-2015): The level of the beliefs of the individual scientist about the world and the rules she employs in theory assessment.
Inexplicable	Inexplicable (Mirkin-Barseghyan-2018): Non-propositional knowledge, i.e. knowledge that cannot, even in principle, be formulated as a set of propositions.
Logical Presupposition	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.	Exists
Method	Method (Barseghyan-2018): A set of criteria for theory evaluation.		Substantive Method and Procedural Method	Normative Theory
Method Hierarchy
Methodology	Methodology (Barseghyan-2018): A normative discipline that formulates the rules which ought to be employed in theory assessment.
Model
Mosaic Merge	Mosaic Merge (Barseghyan-2015): A scientific change where two mosaics turn into one united mosaic.
Mosaic Split	Mosaic Split (Barseghyan-2015): A scientific change where one mosaic transforms into two or more mosaics.
Multiple Authority Delegation	Multiple Authority Delegation (Patton-2019): Epistemic agent A is said to engage in a relationship of multiple authority delegation over question x iff A delegates authority over question x to more than one epistemic agent.	Exists	Hierarchical Authority Delegation and Non-Hierarchical Authority Delegation	Authority Delegation
Mutual Authority Delegation	Mutual Authority Delegation (Patton-2019): Epistemic agents A and B are said to be in a relationship of mutual authority delegation iff A delegates authority over question x to B, and B delegates authority over question y to A.
Non-Epistemic Community
Non-Hierarchical Authority Delegation	Non-Hierarchical Authority Delegation (Patton-2019): A sub-type of multiple authority delegation where different epistemic agents are delegated the same degree of authority over question x.	Exists		Multiple Authority Delegation
Norm Employment	Norm Employment (Barseghyan-2018): A norm is said to be employed if its requirements constitute the actual expectations of an epistemic agent.			Epistemic Stance
Normative Theory	Normative Theory (Sebastien-2016): A set of propositions that attempts to prescribe something.	Exists	Method	Theory
One-sided Authority Delegation	One-sided Authority Delegation (Patton-2019): Epistemic agents A and B are said to be in a relationship of one-sided authority delegation iff A delegates authority over question x to B, but B doesn’t delegate any authority to A.
Outcome Inconclusive	Outcome Inconclusive (Patton-Overgaard-Barseghyan-2017): It is unclear whether or not the requirements of the method employed at the time are met.
Outcome Not Satisfied	Outcome Not Satisfied (Patton-Overgaard-Barseghyan-2017): The theory is deemed to conclusively not meet the requirements of the method employed at the time.
Outcome Satisfied	Outcome Satisfied (Patton-Overgaard-Barseghyan-2017): The theory is deemed to conclusively meet the requirements of the method employed at the time.
Procedural Method	Procedural Method (Barseghyan-2015): A method which doesn't presuppose any contingent propositions.	Exists		Method
Question	Question (Rawleigh-2018): A topic of inquiry.	Exists		Epistemic Element		A question can presuppose theories. A theory is an answer to a question.
Question Acceptance	Question Acceptance (Rawleigh-2018): A question is said to be accepted if it is taken as a legitimate topic of inquiry.	Exists		Epistemic Stance
Question Pursuit
Scientific Change	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.
Scientific Community
Scientific Mosaic	Scientific Mosaic (Rawleigh-2022): A model of all epistemic elements accepted or employed by the epistemic agent.
Scientonomy	Scientonomy (Barseghyan-2015): A descriptive discipline that attempts to uncover the actual general mechanism of scientific change.
Singular Authority Delegation	Singular Authority Delegation (Patton-2019): Epistemic agent A is said to engage in a relationship of singular authority delegation over question x iff A delegates authority over question x to exactly one epistemic agent.	Exists		Authority Delegation
Social Level	Social Level (Barseghyan-2015): The level of the scientific community and its mosaic of accepted theories and employed methods.
Sociocultural Factors
Subdiscipline	Subdiscipline (Patton-Al-Zayadi-2021): A discipline A is a subdiscipline of another discipline B, iff the set of questions of A, QA, is a proper subset of the questions of B, QB, i.e. QA ⸦ QB.	Exists
Subquestion	Subquestion (Patton-Al-Zayadi-2021): A question Q is a subquestion of another question Q’, iff any direct answer to Q is also a partial answer to Q’.	Exists
Substantive Method	Substantive Method (Barseghyan-2015): A method which presupposes at least one contingent proposition.	Exists		Method
Theory	Theory (Sebastien-2016): A set of propositions.	Exists	Normative Theory, Descriptive Theory and Definition	Epistemic Element		A question can presuppose theories. A theory is an answer to a question.
Theory Acceptance	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.	Exists		Epistemic Stance
Theory Pursuit	Theory Pursuit (Barseghyan-2015): A theory is said to be pursued if it is considered worthy of further development.	Exists		Epistemic Stance
Theory Use	Theory Use (Barseghyan-2015): A theory is said to be used if it is taken as an adequate tool for practical application.	Exists		Epistemic Stance

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Description: According to the theory rejection theorem, a theory becomes rejected only when other theories that are incompatible with the theory become accepted.

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".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 that, although we normally expect a theory to be replaced by another theory in the same "field" of inquiry, this is not necessarily the case. For example, he writes, "HSC knows several cases where an accepted theory became rejected simply because it wasn’t compatible with new accepted theories of some other fields".p. 171

Barseghyan summarizes the theory rejection theorem as such:

In short, when the axioms of a theory are replaced by another theory, some of the theorems may nevertheless manage to stay in the mosaic, provided that they are compatible with the newly accepted theory. This is essentially what the theory rejection theorem tells us. Thus, if someday our currently accepted general relativity gets replaced by some new theory, the theories that followed from general relativity, such as the theory of black holes, may nevertheless manage to remain in the mosaic. p. 171

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