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minor changes to wording stressing the preliminary nature of the current state of scientonomy
# Outline with encyclopedic rigor ''the current state'' of the views of scientonomy community concerning the mechanism of scientific change, including changes in both [[Theory|theories]] and [[Method|methods]] of their evaluation.
# Trace and document ''all changes'' in the field of [[Scientonomy|scientonomy]], as they are proposed and [[Theory Acceptance|accepted]] by the scientonomic community.
# List and outline ''the open questions'' concerning the theory and the process of scientific change and thus assist with future research in the field.
The encyclopedia was established in 2016 by [[Community:Scientonomy|scientonomic community]]. Its current editors in-chief are [[Paul Patton]] and [[Hakob Barseghyan]].
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* '''Pose Questions:''' The goal of this stage is to scrutinize the current state of the scientonomic theory and our knowledge of scientific change and identify as many open questions as possible. The annual [[Scientonomy Seminar|seminar on scientonomy]] hosted by the University of Toronto's [http://hps.utoronto.ca/ Institute for the History and Philosophy of Science and Technology] is currently the main venue facilitating this stage of the workflow. * '''Suggest Modifications:''' The goal of this stage is to advance the scientonomic theory and our knowledge of scientific change by proposing modifications to itthe theory. These suggested modifications are published and properly documented. In principle, these modifications can be published in any journal which uses the scientonomic mechanism of modifications. At the moment, there is only one such journal, [[Journal of Scientonomy]]. This encyclopedia documents each [[:Category:Modification|suggested modification]].
* '''Evaluate Modifications:''' The goal of this stage is to assess the suggested modifications and decide which of them are acceptable and which are not. This is done by [[Community:Scientonomy|the community of scientonomists]] on the respective discussion pages of this encyclopedia. If a consensus emerges, the fate of the modification is documented. If a modification causes disagreement among scientonomists, it becomes a topic of discussion during [[Scientonomy Workshop|scientonomic workshops]], which aim at bridging the gaps between opposing parties and arriving at consensus.
* '''Document Changes:''' The goal of this stage is to document all the changes in our knowledge of scientific change. If a modification is considered acceptable by the community, then the respective articles of this encyclopedia are modified to reflect that change. If a modification is considered unacceptable, then the respective verdict is documented for that modification.
