Individual Level

What is individual level? How should it be defined?

Individual level is one of the key concepts in current scientonomy. Thus, its proper definition is of great importance.

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:

• The level of the beliefs of the individual scientist about the world and the rules she employs in theory assessment.

Scientonomic History

Acceptance Record

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Community	Accepted From	Acceptance Indicators	Still Accepted	Accepted Until	Rejection Indicators
Scientonomy	1 January 2016		Yes

All Theories

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Theory	Formulation	Formulated In
Individual Level (Barseghyan-2015)	The level of the beliefs of the individual scientist about the world and the rules she employs in theory assessment.	2015

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Accepted Theories

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Community	Theory	Accepted From	Accepted Until
Scientonomy	Individual Level (Barseghyan-2015)	1 January 2016

Suggested Modifications

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Current View

Currently, individual level is defined as the level of the beliefs of the individual scientist about the world and the rules she employs in theory assessment.

In Scientonomy, the accepted definition of the term is Individual Level (Barseghyan-2015).

Individual Level (Barseghyan-2015) states: "The level of the beliefs of the individual scientist about the world and the rules she employs in theory assessment."

By the individual level Barseghyan means an "individual scientist who has her own set of ideas and beliefs about the world, and employs certain methods which might be different than the accepted methods of the time".1p. 43

Related Topics

This question is a subquestion of Scientific Mosaic.

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

• Mechanism of Scientific Change
• Scientific Mosaic
• Social Level