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30 March 2017
Rohault (1969)
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Jacques Rohault
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Laudan (1968c)
Created page with "{{Bibliographic Record |Title=The Vis viva Controversy, a Post-Morte |Resource Type=journal article |Author=Larry Laudan, |Year=1968 |Journal=Isis |Volume=59 |Number=2 |Pages=..."
Laudan (1968b)
Created page with "{{Bibliographic Record |Title=Introduction |Resource Type=collection article |Author=Larry Laudan, |Year=1968 |Collection=Maclaurin (1968) |Pages=ix-xxv }}"
Maclaurin (1968)
Created page with "{{Bibliographic Record |Title=An account of Sir Isaac Newton's Philosophical Discoveries |Resource Type=book |Author=Colin Maclaurin, |Year=1968 |Publisher=Johnson Reprint Cor..."
Colin Maclaurin
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Laudan (1968a)
Created page with "{{Bibliographic Record |Title=Theories of Scientific Method from Plato to Mach: A Bibliographical Review |Resource Type=journal article |Author=Larry Laudan, |Year=1968 |Journ..."
Laudan (1967)
Created page with "{{Bibliographic Record |Title=The Nature and Sources of Locke's Views on Hypotheses |Resource Type=journal article |Author=Larry Laudan, |Year=1967 |Journal=Journal of the His..."
Laudan (1966b)
Created page with "{{Bibliographic Record |Title=Method and the Mechanical Philosophy |Resource Type=journal article |Author=Larry Laudan, |Year=1966 |Journal=History of Science |Volume=5 |Pages..."
Laudan (1966a)
Created page with "{{Bibliographic Record |Title=The clock metaphor and probabilism: The impact of Descartes on English methodological thought, 1650–65 |Resource Type=journal article |Author=L..."
Laudan (1965)
Created page with "{{Bibliographic Record |Title=Grünbaum on "The Duhemian Argument" |Resource Type=journal article |Author=Larry Laudan, |Year=1965 |Journal=Philosophy of Science |Volume=32 |N..."
23 March 2017
List of Open Questions
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Tautological Status of the Zeroth Law
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Tautological Status of the Zeroth Law
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9 March 2017
Role of Used Theories in Method Employment
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Deriving Methods from an Empty Set
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Implementation vs. Employment of Methods
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17 February 2017
Delegation of Authority to Artifacts
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Delegation of Authority to Past Communities
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Applicability of the Laws of Scientific Change
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16 February 2017
Theory Assessment Outcomes
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The Paradox of Normative Propositions
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The Necessity of Intercommunication for Community
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Tautological Status of the First Law
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Synchronism vs. Asynchronism of Method Rejection
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Synchronism vs. Asynchronism of Method Employment
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Status of Technological Knowledge
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Status of Tacit Theories
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Status of Questions
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Role of Practical Considerations in Scientific Change
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Status of Disciplinary Boundaries
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Role of Sociocultural Factors in Scientific Change
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Role of Sociocultural Factors in Method Employment
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Role of Methodology in Scientific Change
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Mechanism of Theory Rejection
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Acceptance Criteria
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Epistemic Agents
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Changeability of the Scientific Mosaic
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Methods and Technical Research Tools
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Methodology and Methods
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Mechanism of Method Rejection
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Mechanism of Theory Acceptance
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Mechanism of Scientific Inertia
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Mechanism of Scientific Change
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Mechanism of Mosaic Split
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Mechanism of Compatibility
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Indicators of Inconclusiveness
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Conclusive Theory Assessment
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Accepted Methodology and Theory Pursuit
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Accepted Methodology and Theory Pursuit
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