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What is the theory of scientific change?

The theory of scientific change is a general descriptive social scientific theory of the actual processs of scientific change stated in axiomatic deductive form. It is the founding theory of the new field of scientonomy. It was proposed by Hakob Barseghyan in 2015 in his book 'The Laws of Scientific Change'. It begins by positing the existence of a scientific mosaic consisting of accepted theories and employed methods. Scientific change is the process

Axioms

Zeroth Law

First Law

Second Law

Third Law

Theorems

Rejection of Elements

Contextual Appraisal

Scientific Underdeterminism

Mosaic Split and Mosaic Merge

Static and Dynamic Methods

Sociocultural Factors

The role of Methodology

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