Applicability of the Laws of Scientific Change

To which mosaics do the laws of scientific change apply? Do they apply only to scientific communities, to all epistemic communities, or all communities whatsoever (including non-epistemic communities)? Do these patterns emerge and exist in communities who gather together to study the world?

Whether or not the laws of scientific change can apply to other communities will indicate whether or not the observed patterns only apply to scientific communities, or bearers of belief systems as a whole. For example, would the laws apply to a fundamentalist community?

In the scientonomic context, this question was first formulated by Hakob Barseghyan, Karl Loszak and Terese Pierre in 2017. The question is currently accepted as a legitimate topic for discussion by Scientonomy community.

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Community	Accepted From	Acceptance Indicators	Still Accepted	Accepted Until	Rejection Indicators
Scientonomy	27 January 2017	This question was acknowledged as legitimate in the Scientonomy Seminar 2017.	Yes

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Related Topics

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• Applicability of Scientonomy to Theories as Models
• Applicability of the Laws of Scientific Change to Individuals

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• Subtypes of Epistemic Agent