Sentences with phrase «currently accepted theories»

Indeed, Longino suggests that instead of the traditional trio of values in science (currently accepted theories, ontological simplicity, and hierarchical interaction) we consider using an alternative set: novelty, ontological heterogeneity, and mutuality of interaction.

This is in line with the predictions of the Standard Model, the currently accepted theory of matter.

Not exact matches

if you REALLY want to seize up the gears in a creationist's brain just point out that there's an incredibly simple way to reconcile Genesis with currently accepted scientific theory:

The currently accepted modern theory of evolution is a conclusion that has been arrived at via hundreds of years of investigation and experimentation, it adheres to the scientific method, and has withstood much scrutiny.

Early theories emphasizing the role of childhood trauma in SM are currently less accepted.

Their proposal, which is at odds with the currently most widely accepted theory in the scientific community, provides new insight into this key process during genome evolution and the origins of species.

Today widely accepted as the standard version of the Big Bang theory, inflation holds that regions of the universe that are currently separated by many billions of light - years were once close enough to each other that they could exchange heat and reach the same temperature before they were wildly super-sized.

Currently the most widely accepted theory is long - term potentiation (LTP)-- the lasting communication established between two neurons when they are stimulated simultaneously.

Some have pointed out that a value of 125 GeV would be good news for supersymmetry, a theory that predicts that each particle would have a heavier partner known as a superparticle (at least for particles within the framework of the Standard Model of particle physics, the currently accepted description of the subatomic world).

Opening with a biographical sketch of Broecker — who, we learn, was born to an Evangelical suburban Chicago family, and initially drifted into his scientific vocation via a summer job in a radiocarbon dating lab — the book explains the currently - accepted Milankovitch theory of Ice Age glaciation; proceeds to an account of the Dr. David Keeling's measurements atmospheric CO2; continues with a summary of research work on glacial ice cores, sediments, and fossil pollen from around the world showing startlingly abrupt prehistoric climate changes; and moves on to the possible consequences of continued warming, closing with an account of the prospects of removing carbon dioxide from the atmosphere.