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Revision as of 17:03, 15 October 2016

This is a definition of Theory Pursuit that states "A theory is said to be pursued if it is considered worthy of further development."

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This definition of Theory Pursuit was formulated by Hakob Barseghyan in 2015.1 It is currently accepted by Scientonomy community as the best available definition of the term.

Scientonomic History

Acceptance Record

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Scientonomy1 January 2016The definition became de facto accepted by the community at that time together with the whole theory of scientific change.Yes

Question Answered

Theory Pursuit (Barseghyan-2015) is an attempt to answer the following question: What does it mean to say that a theory is pursued? How should theory pursuit be defined?

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Description

Hakob Barseghyan’s lecture on pursued theories

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References

  1. ^  Barseghyan, Hakob. (2015) The Laws of Scientific Change. Springer.