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[[Image:Ethics by Spinoza.jpg|Spinoza's|thumb|right|200px|By virtue of his [[magnum opus]], the posthumous ''[[Ethics (book)|Ethics]]'', [[Spinoza]] is considered one of [[Western philosophy|Western philosophy's]] definitive ethicists.]] | [[Image:Ethics by Spinoza.jpg|Spinoza's|thumb|right|200px|By virtue of his [[magnum opus]], the posthumous ''[[Ethics (book)|Ethics]]'', [[Spinoza]] is considered one of [[Western philosophy|Western philosophy's]] definitive ethicists.]] | ||
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+ | # An [[unproven]] [[conjecture]]. | ||
+ | #: ''I have a '''theory''' about who broke into the school last night, but I have no proof to back it up.'' | ||
+ | # An [[expectation]] of what [[should]] [[happen]], [[barring]] [[unforeseen]] [[circumstances]]. | ||
+ | #: ''So we’ll be there in three hours?'' — ''That’s the '''theory'''.'' | ||
+ | # {{countable}} {{science}} A [[coherent]] [[statement]] or set of statements that [[attempt]]s to [[explain]] [[observe]]d [[phenomenon|phenomena]]. | ||
+ | #: ''There is now a well-developed '''theory''' of electrical charge.'' | ||
+ | # A [[logical]] structure that enables one to [[deduce]] the possible results of every [[experiment]] that falls within its purview. | ||
+ | #: ''The '''theory''' of relativity was proposed by Einstein.'' | ||
+ | # A [[field]] of [[study]] attempting to [[exhaustive]]ly [[describe]] a particular [[class]] of [[construct]]s. <!-- Not quite broad enough to include "music theory". Where do we put that? --> | ||
+ | #: ''Knot '''theory''' classifies the mappings of a circle into 3-space.'' | ||
+ | # A [[set]] of [[axiom]]s together with all [[statement]]s [[derivable]] from them. | ||
+ | #: ''A '''theory''' is consistent if it has a model.'' | ||
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List of theorists: [[Aristotle]] - [[Gaston Bachelard]] - [[Mikhail Bakhtin]] - [[Georges Bataille]] - [[Roland Barthes]] - [[Charles Baudelaire]] - [[Simone de Beauvoir]] - [[Walter Benjamin]] - [[Pierre Bourdieu]] - [[Gilles Deleuze]] - [[Guy Debord]] - [[Denis Diderot]] - [[Umberto Eco]] - [[Kodwo Eshun]] - [[Michel Foucault]] - [[Sigmund Freud]] - [[Richard von Krafft-Ebing]] - [[Gershon Legman]] - [[Karl Marx]] - [[Nietzsche]] - [[Camille Paglia]] - [[Marquis de Sade]] - [[Peter Sloterdijk ]] - [[Susan Sontag]] - [[Spinoza]] - [[David Toop]] - [[Parker Tyler]] - [[Paul Virilio]] - [[Ken Wilber]] - [[Raymond Williams]] - [[Slavoj Žižek]] | List of theorists: [[Aristotle]] - [[Gaston Bachelard]] - [[Mikhail Bakhtin]] - [[Georges Bataille]] - [[Roland Barthes]] - [[Charles Baudelaire]] - [[Simone de Beauvoir]] - [[Walter Benjamin]] - [[Pierre Bourdieu]] - [[Gilles Deleuze]] - [[Guy Debord]] - [[Denis Diderot]] - [[Umberto Eco]] - [[Kodwo Eshun]] - [[Michel Foucault]] - [[Sigmund Freud]] - [[Richard von Krafft-Ebing]] - [[Gershon Legman]] - [[Karl Marx]] - [[Nietzsche]] - [[Camille Paglia]] - [[Marquis de Sade]] - [[Peter Sloterdijk ]] - [[Susan Sontag]] - [[Spinoza]] - [[David Toop]] - [[Parker Tyler]] - [[Paul Virilio]] - [[Ken Wilber]] - [[Raymond Williams]] - [[Slavoj Žižek]] | ||
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- An unproven conjecture.
- I have a theory about who broke into the school last night, but I have no proof to back it up.
- An expectation of what should happen, barring unforeseen circumstances.
- So we’ll be there in three hours? — That’s the theory.
- Template:Countable Template:Science A coherent statement or set of statements that attempts to explain observed phenomena.
- There is now a well-developed theory of electrical charge.
- A logical structure that enables one to deduce the possible results of every experiment that falls within its purview.
- The theory of relativity was proposed by Einstein.
- A field of study attempting to exhaustively describe a particular class of constructs.
- Knot theory classifies the mappings of a circle into 3-space.
- A set of axioms together with all statements derivable from them.
- A theory is consistent if it has a model.
List of theorists: Aristotle - Gaston Bachelard - Mikhail Bakhtin - Georges Bataille - Roland Barthes - Charles Baudelaire - Simone de Beauvoir - Walter Benjamin - Pierre Bourdieu - Gilles Deleuze - Guy Debord - Denis Diderot - Umberto Eco - Kodwo Eshun - Michel Foucault - Sigmund Freud - Richard von Krafft-Ebing - Gershon Legman - Karl Marx - Nietzsche - Camille Paglia - Marquis de Sade - Peter Sloterdijk - Susan Sontag - Spinoza - David Toop - Parker Tyler - Paul Virilio - Ken Wilber - Raymond Williams - Slavoj Žižek
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