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  • Compatibility of Mosaic Elements
    |Question=Are all elements within a mosaic compatible with one another? ...le for two incompatible elements to be part of the same mosaic, or are the elements of any given mosaic always compatible with one another?
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  • Scientific Mosaic (Barseghyan-2018)
    |Formulation Text=A set of all epistemic elements accepted and/or employed by an epistemic agent. ...uture ontology of epistemic elements insofar as that ontology assumes that elements can be accepted and employed.
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  • Mechanism of Scientific Inertia
    #REDIRECT [[Mechanism of Scientific Inertia for Epistemic Elements]]
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  • Epistemic Element
    |Plural Capitalized=Epistemic Elements |Plural Lowercase=epistemic elements
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  • Questions and Theory Pursuit
    ...hat is the relationship between questions and the other types of epistemic elements? More specifically, what is the relationship between question acceptance an
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  • Epistemic Stances
    #REDIRECT: [[Epistemic Stances Towards Epistemic Elements]]
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  • Scope of Scientonomy - Mosaic Formation
    ...n of a scientific mosaic or to identify the [[Necessary Elements|necessary elements]] of such an original mosaic? Can the existing laws and theorems shed light ...pics=Scope of Scientonomy - Time Fields and Scale, Mosaic Split, Necessary Elements,
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  • Rawleigh (2018)
    ...e of questions into scientonomic ontology as a separate class of epistemic elements suggests a new avenue of research into the mechanism of question acceptance
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  • Existence of Epistemic Element
    |Description=Are epistemic elements part of the process of scientific change? ...ce of many of its subquestions, such as the question of types of epistemic elements, types of theories, etc.
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  • Individual Epistemic Agent Is a Subtype of Epistemic Agent (Patton-2019)
    ...mic elements, with reason, based on a semantic understanding of the elements and their available alternatives, and with the goal of producing knowledge"
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  • Theory Is a Subtype of Epistemic Element (Barseghyan-2015)
    ...hyan (2015)]] It remained part of several accepted ontologies of epistemic elements that followed, including that of [[William Rawleigh|Rawleigh]][[CiteRef::Ra
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  • The Law of Norm Employment (Rawleigh-2022)
    ...becomes employed only if it is derivable from a non-empty subset of other elements of the mosaic. ...ions into the epistemic elements of the ontology of scientific change, the elements of the mosaic are now more expansive than just theories and subtypes of the
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  • Epistemic Agent (Patton-2019)
    ...lation Text=An agent capable of taking epistemic stances towards epistemic elements. ...gent amount to taking [[Epistemic Stance|epistemic stances]] towards these elements, such as accepting or pursuing a theory, accepting a question, or employing
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  • Scientific Mosaic (Rawleigh-2022)
    |Formulation Text=A model of all epistemic elements accepted or employed by the epistemic agent. ...ing “set of all epistemic elements” with a semantic “model of all accepted elements”.[[CiteRef::Rawleigh (2022)|p. 91]] The definition considers a scientific
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  • Changeability of the Scientific Mosaic
    ...y must identify and describe which factors allow a community to modify any elements within their mosaic.
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  • Compatibility Is a Subtype of Epistemic Stance (Fraser-Sarwar-2018)
    ...compatibility is distinct from [[Theory Acceptance|acceptance]], since two elements need not be in the same mosaic, or even accepted by any agent to be conside
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  • The Law of Method Employment (Rawleigh-2022)
    ...becomes employed only if it is derivable from a non-empty subset of other elements of the mosaic. ...ll other types, methods become employed when they are derivable from other elements of the agent's mosaic (such as other theories, other methods, and perhaps e
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  • Compatibility (Fraser-Sarwar-2018)
    |Formulation Text=The ability of two elements to coexist in the same mosaic. ...ry Harder|Harder]] and [[Hakob Barseghyan|Barseghyan]] - the idea that two elements are compatible when they can coexist within the same mosaic.
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  • Epistemic Stances Towards Epistemic Elements - Compatibility (Fraser-Sarwar-2018)
    |Topic=Epistemic Stances Towards Epistemic Elements ...that, as an epistemic stance, compatibility can be taken towards epistemic elements of all types.[[CiteRef::Fraser and Sarwar (2018)|p. 70]]
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  • The Law of Compatibility (Fraser-Sarwar-2018)
    |Formulation Text=If a pair of elements satisfies the compatibility criteria employed at the time, it becomes compa ...18)|p. 73]] Accordingly, the law of compatibility states that if a pair of elements does satisfy the compatibility criteria of the time, then it is deemed as c
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  • Compatibility Criteria (Fraser-Sarwar-2018)
    |Formulation Text=Criteria for determining whether two elements are compatible or incompatible. ...ission, Fraser and Sarwar "suggest that the word ‘theories’ be changed to ‘elements’ to account for the fact that the compatibility criteria apply to theorie
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  • Mechanism of Question Acceptance
    ...on Is a Subtype of Epistemic Element (Rawleigh-2018)|subtypes of epistemic elements]], alongside [[Theory|theories]] and [[Method|methods]]. This, along with t ...he Third Law (Sebastien-2016)|mechanism for methods]] to explain how those elements become part of a mosaic. Given that a mechanism for theories and methods ex
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  • William Rawleigh
    ...f=a Canadian scientonomist, notable for his work on questions as epistemic elements and the mechanism of method employment
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  • Subtypes of Epistemic Element
    ...of scientific change needs to establish a basic ''ontology'' of epistemic elements that are part of the process of scientific change. ...ve, with the concept of ''disciplinary matrices'', defined as those shared elements that account for the relatively unproblematic professional communication an
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  • Status of Tacit Theories
    ...es=Surely we have an accepted answer to this. We customarily talk of tacit elements. |Lower Order Elements=
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  • Normative Theory Is a Subtype of Theory (Sebastien-2016)
    ...ox by Sebastien, it became possible to introduce normative propositions as elements of the ontology of scientific change.
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  • Nicholas Rescher
    ...ly establish a systematic philosophy of "pragmatic idealism" that combines elements of the European continental idealism with American pragmatism
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  • Methods Shaping Theory Construction
    ...d methods shape theory construction? In addition, it seems as though other elements of the mosaic play a part in shaping theory construction. For example, the |Lower Order Elements=
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  • Local Action Availability theorem (Allen-2023)
    ...permissibility/desirability is derivable from a non-empty subset of other elements of the agent’s mosaic. ...permissibility/desirability is derivable from a non-empty subset of other elements of the agent’s mosaic.
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  • Necessary Methods
    |Inherited From=Necessary Epistemic Elements |Question Title Formula=Necessary <Subjects>
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  • Barseghyan (2021b)
    ...all standard relations between temporal entities. It also shows how these elements can be combined to produce complex timelines. Some possible future directio
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  • Epistemic Action (Allen-2023)
    ...nition, as they are not necessarily aiming to generate or assess epistemic elements. Yet, actions of publishing textbooks or spreading knowledge more generally
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  • Mechanism of Scientific Inertia for Epistemic Elements
    ...y there. Thus, the question is what it is that makes a mosaic preserve its elements through time and under which conditions exactly this inertia ends.
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  • Compatibility Corollary (Fraser-Sarwar-2018)
    |Formulation Text=At any moment of time, the elements of the scientific mosaic are compatible with each other. |Topic=Compatibility of Mosaic Elements
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  • The First Law (Barseghyan-2015)
    |Topic=Mechanism of Scientific Inertia for Epistemic Elements ...xt=An element of the mosaic remains in the mosaic unless replaced by other elements.
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  • Workflow - Handling Ripple Effects
    ...dled. Specifically, should the editors be granted a permission to make the necessary adjustments for the sake of maintaining consistency, without the need for e
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  • Question Rejection theorem (Barseghyan-Levesley-2021)
    |Formulation Text=A question becomes rejected when other elements that are incompatible with the question become accepted.
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  • Necessary Epistemic Elements
    ...s> that are necessarily part of any mosaic? What <subjects>, if any, are ''necessary'' for the process of scientific change to occur? |Question Title Formula=Necessary <Subjects>
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  • Norm Rejection theorem (Pandey-2023)
    |Formulation Text=A norm becomes rejected when other elements that are incompatible with the norm become part of the mosaic.
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  • Epistemic Element Exists
    |Acceptance Indicators=The existence of epistemic elements has been tacitly accepted since the inception of scientonomy.
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  • Question Rejection theorem (Barseghyan-Levesley-Pandey-2023)
    |Formulation Text=A question becomes rejected when other elements that are incompatible with the question become part of the mosaic.
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  • Garcia (2022)
    ...compatibility, he did it by answering the question of whether two or more elements can coexist in the same mosaic. He said that they can. However, this answer
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  • Scientific Mosaic (Barseghyan-2015)
    ...or may not be tightly adjusted; there may be considerable gaps between the elements of the mosaic. For instance, nowadays we realize that there is a considerab
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  • Longino (1996)
    those elements of it (the observational elements) that can be shown to be true (or in
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  • Theory Rejection theorem (Barseghyan-2015) Reason2
    ...mes rejected, for otherwise the mosaic would contain mutually incompatible elements, which is forbidden by the law of compatibility. Therefore, there is only o
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  • The First Law for Theories (Barseghyan-Pandey-2023)
    ...An accepted theory remains accepted in the mosaic unless replaced by other elements.
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  • Spath (2007)
    ...ce on the syntactic surface of a sentence. The linearization of linguistic elements is manifest at the derivational point of Spell-out and also on the level of
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  • The First Law for Questions (Barseghyan-Levesley-2021)
    ...accepted question remains accepted in the mosaic unless replaced by other elements.
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  • Social Agents of Scientific Change
    |Lower Order Elements=
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  • The First Law for Norms (Barseghyan-Pandey-2023)
    ...t=An employed norm remains employed in the mosaic unless replaced by other elements.
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  • Epistemic Agent Exists
    ...f the process of scientific change, as they take stances towards epistemic elements.
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  • Mechanism of Compatibility
    |Question=Under what conditions can two elements ''coexist'' in the same mosaic? ...rseghyan (2015)|pp. 159-161]] What conditions allow for the coexistence of elements, and what conditions require modification or rejection to take place?
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  • The Status of Holism and Ripple Effect
    |Question=Is it the case that changes in one of the elements of a mosaic can have a "ripple effect" on the rest of the mosaic? ...tion=As an element of a mosaic undergoes modification, it seems that other elements that are dependent on this element can also undergo change. For instance, t
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  • Scientific Mosaic
    ...e fixed. The idea that methods should be included as historically relative elements within a community’s system of beliefs is known as [[Static and Dynamic M ...Barseghyan-2015)|methods]] are the only two fundamental types of epistemic elements.[[CiteRef::Barseghyan (2015)]][[CiteRef::Sebastien (2016)]]
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  • Individual Epistemic Agent Exists
    ...Epistemic Stance|epistemic stances]] towards [[Epistemic Element|epistemic elements]].[[CiteRef::Patton (2019)]]
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  • Mechanism of Method Rejection
    ...eir employed method. This question seeks to describe what happens to other elements in the mosaic when a community undergoes such a change.
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  • Applicability of the Laws of Scientific Change to Individuals
    ...s, i.e. changes in stances that epistemic agents take towards to epistemic elements. The question is whether these laws apply to changes in belief systems of '
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  • Theory Answers Question (Rawleigh-2018)
    ...tance of [[Modification:Sciento-2018-0002|Rawleigh's ontology of epistemic elements]].
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  • Epistemic Stances Towards Epistemic Elements
    ...it must be clarified which types of stances can be taken towards epistemic elements of any given type. ...'' types; the stances that can be taken toward specific types of epistemic elements (e.g. towards [[Theory|theories]], [[Question|questions]], [[Method|methods
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  • Epistemic Stances Towards Theories
    |Inherited From=Epistemic Stances Towards Epistemic Elements ...not'' include the more general stances that can be taken towards epistemic elements of all types, but only those that can be taken towards theories.
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  • Method (Barseghyan-2018)
    ...implicit, and thus merge what was previously separated into two classes of elements - [[Method (Barseghyan-2015)|methods]] and [[Methodology (Sebastien-2016)|m
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  • Existence of Model
    ...synonyms. In the scientonomic context, theories are considered fundamental elements of a mosaic. This leaves the question of the status of models in a mosaic.
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  • Dogmatism No Theory Change theorem (Barseghyan-2015)
    ...the end of the 17th century many of its key elements were replaced by new elements. Finally, by circa 1700 the Aristotelian-medieval system of theories was re
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  • Ontology of Scientific Change
    ...ts'', taking different epistemic ''stances'' towards different epistemic ''elements''. For instance, we can say that the Paris community of 1720 [[Theory Accep * What types of [[Epistemic Element|epistemic elements]] can there be in the process of scientific change? I.e. are there theories
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  • Scope of Scientonomy - Tracing Implicit and Explicit
    ...rested in both explicit and implicit elements and stances, is it important/necessary to trace this difference? What are the practical considerations for and aga
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  • Reducibility of Definitions
    |Question=Are [[Definition|definitions]] somehow reducible to other epistemic elements, such as [[Descriptive Theory|descriptive]] or [[Normative Theory|normative
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  • Necessary Theories
    |Inherited From=Necessary Epistemic Elements |Question Title Formula=Necessary <Subjects>
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  • Necessary Mosaic Split theorem (Barseghyan-2015) Reason1
    |Conclusion=Necessary Mosaic Split theorem (Barseghyan-2015) |Title=Deduction of the Necessary Mosaic Split Theorem
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  • Fraser and Sarwar (2018)
    ...mpatibility'' is an independent stance that can be taken towards epistemic elements of all types. We then provide a new definition of ''compatibility criteria'
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  • Method Rejection theorem (Barseghyan-2015) Reason1
    ...tibility Corollary (Fraser-Sarwar-2018)|the compatibility corollary]], the elements of the scientific mosaic are compatible with each other at any moment of ti
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  • Theory Rejection theorem (Barseghyan-2015) Reason1
    ...tibility Corollary (Fraser-Sarwar-2018)|the compatibility corollary]], the elements of the scientific mosaic are compatible with each other at any moment of ti
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  • Discipline Acceptance
    ...i.e. what happens at the level of individual [[Epistemic Element|epistemic elements]] when an agent accepts a discipline.
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  • Epistemic Stances Towards Normative Theories
    |Inherited From=Epistemic Stances Towards Epistemic Elements
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  • Mosaic Merge (Barseghyan-2015)
    ...ics [...] Therefore, in order for the two mosaics to merge into one, these elements should either be rejected in both or accepted in both, so that the differen
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  • Role of Sociocultural Factors in Mosaic Split
    ...nvolved. Additionally, there is a distinct lack of historical evidence for necessary mosaic splits. |Lower Order Elements=
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  • Epistemic Stances Towards Questions
    |Inherited From=Epistemic Stances Towards Epistemic Elements
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  • Epistemic Stances Towards Methods
    |Inherited From=Epistemic Stances Towards Epistemic Elements
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  • Necessary Questions
    |Inherited From=Necessary Epistemic Elements |Question Title Formula=Necessary <Subjects>
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  • Epistemic Stances Towards Descriptive Theories
    |Inherited From=Epistemic Stances Towards Epistemic Elements
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  • Preston (1997)
    ...s conception of meaning onto Popper's falsificationist philosophy. The key elements of Feyerabend's model of the acquisition of knowledge are identified and cr
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  • Epistemic Stances Towards Definitions
    |Inherited From=Epistemic Stances Towards Epistemic Elements
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  • Theory vs. Method Compatibility
    ...ently-accepted [[The Zeroth Law (Harder-2015)|Zeroth Law]] states that all elements of a mosaic must be compatible with each other. However, it is not clear wh
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  • Stump (2022)
    ...how radical conceptual change occurs during a scientific revolution. When elements of a theory that are considered to be a priori or constitutive change, we h
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  • Mechanism of Scientific Inertia for Methods
    |Inherited From=Mechanism of Scientific Inertia for Epistemic Elements
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  • Accepted Methodology and Theory Pursuit
    ...at all, determine whether a program is degenerating or progressive, it is necessary that its theories be subjected to Lakatos’ criteria of theory choice. In ...ion, and consistency. [[CiteRef::Motterlini (Ed.) (1999)|p. 9]] These four elements in every case, when applied to history, implied no scientific progress. As
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  • Theory Rejection theorem (Barseghyan-Pandey-2023)
    |Formulation Text=A theory becomes rejected when other elements that are incompatible with the theory become part of the mosaic. ...ory]] becomes '''rejected''' only when other [[Epistemic Element|epistemic elements]] that are incompatible with the theory become accepted. This formulation d
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  • Necessary Logic
    |Parent Topic=Necessary Theories |Lower Order Elements=
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  • Status of Reasons
    |Lower Order Elements=
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  • Necessary Descriptive Theories
    |Inherited From=Necessary Epistemic Elements |Question Title Formula=Necessary <Subjects>
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  • Epistemic Community Is a Subtype of Epistemic Agent (Barseghyan-2018)
    ...Epistemic Stance|epistemic stances]] towards [[Epistemic Element|epistemic elements]].[[CiteRef::Barseghyan (2018)]]
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  • Allen (2023)
    ...only when its permissibility is derivable from a non-empty subset of other elements of the agent’s mosaic, i.e., from that agent’s employed norms and accep
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  • Response to the Argument from Nothing Permanent (Barseghyan-2015)
    ...by positing laws that describe transitions in science and its constituent elements. ...scientific change that governs the changes in theories, methods and other elements of science.
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  • Necessary Normative Theories
    |Inherited From=Necessary Epistemic Elements |Question Title Formula=Necessary <Subjects>
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  • Mechanism of Scientific Inertia for Theories
    |Inherited From=Mechanism of Scientific Inertia for Epistemic Elements
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  • Chang (2022)
    ..., I suggest that the “scientific mosaic” should include a diverse array of elements and consider other aspects of methodology in addition to theory-assessment.
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  • Barseghyan and Levesley (2021)
    ...ection theorem'', which states that a question becomes rejected when other elements that are incompatible with the question become accepted. To deduce this the
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  • Norm Employment (Barseghyan-2018)
    ...ods but to norms of all types, as is the case in the ontology of epistemic elements suggested by [[Hakob Barseghyan|Barseghyan]] in 2018. According to that ont
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  • Christianson (1984)
    ...tics, physics, optics, and astronomy. At 23 he had already established the elements of differential calculus. Soon after he created the reflecting telescope an
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  • Mechanism of Scientific Inertia for Normative Theories
    |Inherited From=Mechanism of Scientific Inertia for Epistemic Elements
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  • Response to the Argument from Social Construction (Barseghyan-2015)
    ...the higher-level system. For example, in Biology, the study of lower level elements like genes does not imply that a theory at a higher level is not possible:
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  • Scientonomy Conference & Workshop 2019
    ...research programs, worldviews, values, or concepts, as distinct epistemic elements?
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  • Mechanism of Scientific Inertia for Questions
    |Inherited From=Mechanism of Scientific Inertia for Epistemic Elements
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  • Barseghyan (2018)
    ...eir propositional content and, thus, belong to the same class of epistemic elements. This is captured in the new definition of ''method'' as a set of criteria
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  • Indicators of Conclusiveness for Scientificity Assessment
    ...certain epistemic stances were taken by epistemic agents towards epistemic elements. Sarwar and Fraser present ''scientificity'', a new epistemic stance that m
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  • Theory Acceptance
    ...(2015)|p. 31]] After the inclusion of ''normative'' propositions into the elements of scientific change by [[Zoe Sebastien]], the definition was changed to ap
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  • Patton (2019)
    ...defined as an agent capable of taking epistemic stances towards epistemic elements. These stances must be taken intentionally, that is, based on a semantic un
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  • Sebastien (2016)
    ...cases where methodologies and methods conflict. Under the zeroth law, all elements in the scientific mosaic are compatible with one another. But, that seems t
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  • Non-Empty Mosaic theorem (Barseghyan-2015)
    |Topic=Necessary Elements
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  • Dechauffour (2022)
    ...e-evaluating the role of problems: by integrating problems as constitutive elements of scientific mosaics, scientonomy can work towards a theory of scientific
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  • Patton (2022)
    ...g of epistemic stances, such as acceptance or rejection, towards epistemic elements, like theories or questions. An epistemic agent must semantically understan
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  • Deducibility in Method Employment
    |Lower Order Elements=The Third Law (Sebastien-2016)
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  • Individual Epistemic Agent Is a Subtype of Epistemic Agent (Patton-2019) Reason1
    ...he epistemic element in question and other contextually relevant epistemic elements. Such differences might be produced, for example, by scientific or professi
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  • Rawleigh (2022)
    .... The currently accepted definition of the mosaic, “a set of all epistemic elements accepted and/or employed by an epistemic agent”, is a syntactic definitio
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  • Scientific Community
    ...pole and Supradium models are deficient because they emphasize neither the necessary nor sufficient characteristics of a community. ...the Fraser-Walpole Model, however, in that it proposed an alternate set of elements: interests, institutions, and networks.
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  • Scope of Scientonomy - Explicit and Implicit
    ...t elements'' of the mosaic or must it also deal with changes in ''implicit elements'' that are not openly stated?
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  • Theory (Barseghyan-2015) Reason1
    ...of the universe”, “all terrestrial bodies are made of the four terrestrial elements”, etc. In short, while models may as well play an important role in scien
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  • Scope of Scientonomy - Acceptance Use and Pursuit
    |Lower Order Elements=Mechanism of Theory Acceptance, Mechanism of Theory Pursuit
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  • Contextual Appraisal theorem (Barseghyan-2015)
    ...ting some new elements into the mosaic and, possibly, by removing some old elements from the mosaic. Therefore, what gets decided in actual theory assessment i ...find it and try only to modify it by replacing some of its elements by new elements". This final point is reflected in the ''contextual appraisal theorem''.[[C
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  • Synchronism of Method Rejection theorem (Barseghyan-2015)
    ...logical consequence of the mosaic can possibly be incompatible with other elements of the mosaic. But the new method that implemented the abstract method is j ...the possibility of the experimenter’s bias into account. Consequently, two elements of the mosaic became rejected: the blind trial method and the tacit assumpt
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  • The Zeroth Law (Harder-2015)
    |Formulation Text=At any moment of time, the elements of the scientific mosaic are compatible with each other. ...'s reformulation of the Zeroth Law states that “at any moment of time, the elements of the mosaic are compatible with each other”. ''Compatibility'' is a bro
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  • Static Procedural Methods theorem (Barseghyan-2015)
    ...d Rejection''' theorem that, since there can be no elements at odds with a necessary truth, any procedural method is, in principle, static. ...o methods have ever been [[Procedural Method|procedural]] — shaped by only necessary propositions and therefore immune to change — whereas Worrall contents th
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  • The Paradox of Normative Propositions
    ...ted methodologies and employed methods conflict. Under the zeroth law, all elements in the scientific mosaic are compatible with one another. But, that seems t
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  • Role of Sociocultural Factors in Method Employment
    ...::Barseghyan (2015)|p. 234]] Instead, we allow sociocultural factors to be elements of employed methods within scientific mosaics.
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  • Mechanism of Scientific Change
    ...fic change? How do epistemic agents take stances towards towards epistemic elements? How do changes in a scientific mosaic take place? ...ime. Scientonomy is no exception as it attempts to understand what sort of elements, agents, and stances, play part in the process of scientific change (ontolo
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  • Theory
    ...s, and natural kinds, with its full characterization necessarily including elements that cannot be formalized.[[CiteRef::Mormann (2008)]][[CiteRef::Winther (20
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  • Conclusive Theory Assessment
    ...d to mosaic splits: are [[Necessary Mosaic Split theorem (Barseghyan-2015)|necessary splits]] actually possible, or are all mosaic splits the result of inconclu |Lower Order Elements=
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  • Mechanism of Theory Pursuit
    |Lower Order Elements=
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  • Authority Delegation
    ...ientific communities and subcommunities that hold authority over different elements of a scientific mosaic.
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  • The Third Law (Barseghyan-2015)
    ...g testing? Well, because this new requirement follows deductively from two elements of the mosaic – from our knowledge that the results of testing a hypothes Thus, methods follow deductively from elements of the mosaic whether they follow strictly from theories and methods or imp
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  • Epistemic Community Is a Subtype of Epistemic Agent (Barseghyan-2018) Reason1
    ...mbers. These allow a community to take epistemic stances towards epistemic elements that are distinct from those its individual members might take if left to t
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  • Role of Sociocultural Factors in Scientific Change
    ...ain conditions such as societal instability, or the loss of the conditions necessary to form a scientific mosaic (such as for instance an adequate system of com The process of scientific change is broken down into two elements, and therefore sociocultural factors can affect scientific change in two di
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  • Theory Rejection theorem (Barseghyan-2015)
    There weren’t many elements of the Aristotelian-medieval mosaic that maintained their state within the
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  • Francis Bacon
    ...took its form. During this era, there was a major revolution wherein many elements of the earlier mosaic were replaced. Bacon’s early education occurred at ...adapted by the Cartesian and Newtonian schools, and still has many common elements to most current methodologies such as ascribing value to experimentation an
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  • Theory Pursuit (Barseghyan-2015)
    ..., the Aristotelian natural philosophy, with its geocentric cosmology, four elements, and four causes remained [[Theory Acceptance|accepted]] by the scientific
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  • Nature of Appraisal
    ...saic of accepted theories and employed methods. For the historian, several elements must be considered in order to avoid committing anachronisms.
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  • Bearers of Mosaic
    ...taking [[Epistemic Stance|stances]] towards [[Epistemic Element|epistemic elements]] or being the bearer of a [[Scientific Mosaic|scientific mosaic]]. The que ...ible, critical discussion of ideas between persons with differing views is necessary to help individuals avoid the falsity or partiality of beliefs framed in th
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  • George Sarton
    ...ainly involve the way scientific change is conceptualized in its essential elements and the general patterns that scientific change embodies. These are succinc
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  • René Descartes
    ...placing the Aristotelian-medieval system of theories that had been central elements of the [[Scientific Mosaic|scientific mosaic]] for centuries. These theorie ...ristotle's distinction between form and matter, including Aristotle's four elements. [[CiteRef::Ariew (1992)]] Cartesian mechanics rejects the void posited by
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  • Possible Mosaic Split theorem (Barseghyan-2015)
    ...s, with the caveat that the divergence in the community is contingent, not necessary. As such pre-scientonomic approaches are those that are considerate of situ ...ries become accepted and a mosaic split takes place, as we know from the [[Necessary Mosaic Split theorem (Barseghyan-2015)]] [[CiteRef::Barseghyan (2015)|p. 20
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  • Rudolf Carnap
    ...tatements of science, which describe the quantitative relation between the elements of experience. These rules of science are synthetic a posteriori, but are s
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  • Ludwik Fleck
    Fleck wrote the primary elements of his concept of thought-collectives and thought-styles in German before t ...ucted from some internalized knowledge like Kant's forms, and that form is necessary for the construction of sensation into knowledge, but, disagrees that any f
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