The Record
The map of the disagreement
The Record holds each disputed claim in wording both principals approve, each principal's position in his own words, each one's reply to the other, and what evidence each says would settle the question.
Agreement is not required on the answers. It is required on the questions.
Status
In preparation
No disputes are listed yet.
A draft list is not published. Disputes appear here once both principals have approved their wording.
Method
Six steps, in order
01
Agree on the questions
Both principals approve the list of disputed claims and the wording of each.
02
State each position
Each principal states his position on each claim, in his own words.
03
Reply
Each principal responds to the other's statement.
04
Classify the disagreement
Evidence, definition or interpretation. Each kind is settled differently.
05
Name what would settle it
Each principal states what result would change his view.
06
Test
Claims that turn on evidence become testable claims, with predictions stated in advance.
Dispute status
- Agreed by both
- Both principals have approved the claim's wording.
- Under test
- A test agreed in advance is under way.
- Settled
- The agreed test has reported. Dated, with both principals' responses.
Evidence status
- Established
- Measured and replicated.
- Testable
- Makes a prediction that has not yet been tested.
- Framework
- An organizing claim that is not itself directly testable.
[Definitions to confirm against the clinician briefing.]
Draft only, not public: the layout each dispute page will use once disputes are agreed.
Dispute page template →Follow the record
An email when the record changes. Optional. Nothing on the record requires it.