Difference between revisions of "Epistemic Elements - Theories and Methods (Barseghyan-2015)"
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|Title=Ontology of Scientific Change - Theories and Methods | |Title=Ontology of Scientific Change - Theories and Methods | ||
|Theory Type=Descriptive | |Theory Type=Descriptive | ||
| − | |Formulation Text=The two classes of elements that can undergo scientific change are accepted theories (as a set of propositions that attempts to describe something) and employed methods. | + | |Formulation Text=The two classes of elements that can undergo scientific change are accepted theories (as a set of propositions that attempts to describe something) and employed methods (as a set of criteria for theory evaluation). |
|Topic=Ontology of Scientific Change | |Topic=Ontology of Scientific Change | ||
|Authors List=Hakob Barseghyan, | |Authors List=Hakob Barseghyan, | ||
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According to Barseghyan, "at any moment of time, there are certain theories and certain methods employed in theory assessment".1p.5 Thus, theories and methods are the two types of elements that undergo scientific change; as such, they constitute the ontology of scientific change. Importantly, in this ontology, the class of theories only includes descriptive propositions; normative propositions (such as those of ethics or methodology) are left out of the ontology.
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- ^ Barseghyan, Hakob. (2015) The Laws of Scientific Change. Springer.
