Principlev1
When experts disagree, ask why they disagree rather than
When experts disagree, ask why they disagree rather than which expert is right—identify whether the contradiction stems from different evidence bases, methodologies, populations, or definitions.
Why This Is a Principle
Grounds to Scientific Paradigms Are Incommensurable (incommensurable paradigms), Meaning as Receiver Construction (meaning constructed by receivers), and Schemas as Knowledge Organization Structures (schemas organize knowledge). The principle prescribes decomposing disagreement structurally, following from axioms about paradigms, meaning-making, and schemas. It's methodological guidance derived from foundational truths.