Acceptance Criteria

What is acceptance criteria? How should it be defined?

The definition of method suggests that it can consist of different criteria for theory assessment. The acceptance criteria is a criteria for determining whether a theory is acceptable or unacceptable (i.e. whether it is the best available theory at the time for its domain). In order for a community to determine whether the theory is acceptable, there needs to be some criteria of acceptance.

In the scientonomic context, this term was first used by Hakob Barseghyan in 2015. The term is currently accepted by Scientonomy community.

In Scientonomy, the accepted definition of the term is:

• Criteria for determining whether a theory is acceptable or unacceptable.

Scientonomic History

Acceptance Record

Here is the complete acceptance record of this question (it includes all the instances when the question was accepted as a legitimate topic for discussion by a community):

Community	Accepted From	Acceptance Indicators	Still Accepted	Accepted Until	Rejection Indicators
Scientonomy	1 January 2016	This is when the community accepted its first definition of the term, Acceptance Criteria (Barseghyan-2015).	Yes

All Theories

The following theories have attempted to answer this question:

Theory	Formulation	Formulated In
Acceptance Criteria (Barseghyan-2015)	Criteria for determining whether a theory is acceptable or unacceptable.	2015

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Accepted Theories

The following theories have been accepted as answers to this question:

Community	Theory	Accepted From	Accepted Until
Scientonomy	Acceptance Criteria (Barseghyan-2015)	1 January 2016

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Current View

In Scientonomy, the accepted definition of the term is Acceptance Criteria (Barseghyan-2015).

Acceptance Criteria (Barseghyan-2015) states: "Criteria for determining whether a theory is acceptable or unacceptable."

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Related Topics

This topic is also related to the following topic(s):

• Mechanism of Theory Acceptance
• Mechanism of Scientific Change
• Demarcation Criteria
• Compatibility Criteria
• Scientific Change
• Theory Acceptance
• Theory
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