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If you want to add a new topic (question, problem), enter the name of the topic and click the button.
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This is a category of topic (question, problem).  
 
 
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Topics or questions can be of two basic types - definitional (analytic) and non-definitional (synthetic). A question is definitional, if an answer to the question is a definition (e.g. What is ''theory''? How should ''theory'' be defined?). A question is non-definitional, if an answer to the question is a synthetic proposition (e.g. What is the ''mechanism'' of scientific change? How do theories and methods ''change'' through time?).
  
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To add a new question/topic, do so under one of the sub-categories below.
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        <Description>Every topic is defined by its key question at issue. For definitional (analytic) topics, the question is usually stated as "What is X?" (e.g. What is ''theory''? How should we define ''theory''?). For non-definitional (synthetic) topics the question usually concerns a certain object/process (e.g. How do theories become accepted?).</Description>
 
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        <Description>Describe how past philosophers or scientists addressed the key question of the topic before the inception of scientonomy. </Description>
 
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        <Description>Describe any changes to the subject of this article since the establishment of scientonomy.</Description>
 
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        <Description>A topic can be a sub-topic of another more general topic. To determine whether this topic is a sub-topic of another topic, ask if the question of the topic is a sub-question of some more general question. E.g. "How do theories become accepted?" is a sub-question of "How do theories and methods change through time?"</Description>
 
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        <Description>State the currently accepted position on the topic. If it is a definition, state the current definition. If it is a synthetic proposition, state the current formulation.</Description>
 
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Revision as of 20:58, 15 August 2016

This is a category of topic (question, problem).

Topics or questions can be of two basic types - definitional (analytic) and non-definitional (synthetic). A question is definitional, if an answer to the question is a definition (e.g. What is theory? How should theory be defined?). A question is non-definitional, if an answer to the question is a synthetic proposition (e.g. What is the mechanism of scientific change? How do theories and methods change through time?).

To add a new question/topic, do so under one of the sub-categories below.

Subcategories

This category has the following 3 subcategories, out of 3 total.