Sentences with phrase «well established theory»

If Plato did not do this it is because, in his time, no one had any well established theory of the ever - active atoms which Epicurus shrewdly guessed make up both organic and «inorganic» parts of nature.

You can get a nobel prize for disproving a well established theory.

I used to believe these were well established theories, uncontroversial stuff, and my main skepticism centered around a climate system with high sensitivity.

Not exact matches

I use the term theory as a well - established scientific concept based on multiple lines of evidence (as stated in a previous post).

In the field of biology, evolution may be «just» a theory (as some politicians painfully point out), but it is the theory subscribed to, for good reason, by every real scientist in every established university in the Western world.

In science, the word theory refers to a well - supported, well - established framework for understanding a set of observations (e.g., the theory of gravity, the theory of relativity, germ theory, etc).

Gardner lists five ways in which these paranoid tendencies manifest themselves: (1) the pseudo-scientist considers himself a genius and (2) regards his colleagues as ignorant blockheads; (3) he believes himself unjustly persecuted and discriminated against; (4) he focuses his attacks on the greatest scientists and the best - established theories; and (5) he often employs a complex jargon and in many cases coins words and phrases (neologisms) of his own.

The reason why it is still a scientific theory is because it has never been disproved by a single contrary result of well - established data.

Definitions The noun, theory has two main classes of definitions for our consideration within the English language, something that is concrete and well - established and something that is speculative, like a hypothesis.

Big Bang Theory, Theory of Evolution So let me EDUCATE you all: THEORY: «a proposed explanation whose status is still conjectural and subject to experimentation, in contrast to well - established propositions that are regarded as reporting matters of actual fact.&Theory, Theory of Evolution So let me EDUCATE you all: THEORY: «a proposed explanation whose status is still conjectural and subject to experimentation, in contrast to well - established propositions that are regarded as reporting matters of actual fact.&Theory of Evolution So let me EDUCATE you all: THEORY: «a proposed explanation whose status is still conjectural and subject to experimentation, in contrast to well - established propositions that are regarded as reporting matters of actual fact.&THEORY: «a proposed explanation whose status is still conjectural and subject to experimentation, in contrast to well - established propositions that are regarded as reporting matters of actual fact.»

By the turn of the last century, a three - source hypothesis (J, E and P) in Genesis was thought to be in its major lines and by its major proponents at least as well - established as the Copernican theory.

Its theory is so well establish, it is consider by many to be a law.

On the other hand, it is important to notice that Whitehead's theory, consciously developed as a cosmology, is helpful precisely toward establishing perspectives which until now have been strange — as well as perspectives on supposedly familiar states of affairs which, however, are now to be made newly «visible.»

In good faith the one attacked the established theories because they did not seem to tie in with the Gospel of Jesus Christ the «revelation» of the New Testament.

Whatever one thinks of Varoufakis and his Game Theory, my understanding of that subject is that people combining have a better chance of winning, which, I believe, is a pre-requisite of establishing a Good Society.

The theory of the structural unity of the Pacific is well established, and, according to it, the Pacific Ocean must be bounded on the south by a coast of the «Pacific type.»

It's been shown in recent years that applying a strain to a catalyst can tune its reactivity, and there's a well - established theory for how it works.

«It is discouraging to see legislation that encourages teachers to help students «critique» the «scientific strengths and scientific weaknesses» of what are in fact well - established theories.»

It's a well - established theory that makes useful predictions that are widely used in fluid dynamics.

Highly motivated people openly cast doubt on well - established evidence — the theory of evolution, the human effects on climate change, the value of vaccines and other findings that have achieved an overwhelming consensus in the scientific community.

«It establishes a connection between well - documented quantum physics processes and the theoretical quantum channels that make up quantum information theory.»

An observable test of the seismic shaking theory may come in 2029, when the near - Earth asteroid Apophis will pass within about 30,000 kilometers of Earth, well within the proximity limit established by Binzel and his colleagues and near the orbit of some geosynchronous satellites.

Cahn went on to establish another theory of material behavior, known as the theory of three - dimensional spinodal decomposition, which has helped others develop better - performing metals, glass, polymers, and thermal materials with unique properties.

Professor Mike Charlton said: «The existence of antimatter is well established in physics, and it is buried deep in the heart of some of the most successful theories ever developed.

It's a theory of all of the particles we observed, and with the exception of gravitation, all of the forces that act on them; it's a theory that was developed in the 1960s and 1970s and then through a series of experiments in the 1970s and 1980s, it became well established as part of the standard canon of scientific knowledge.

That is cold comfort to Rovelli, who stressed the need for a clear distinction between scientific theories that are well established by experiments and those that are speculative.

It is predicted by well - established theory, the same theory that casts doubt on Marinov's claim.

Researchers do have a well - established theoretical understanding of how perfectly structured versions of these insulating metal oxides function under a variety of conditions, such as in strong electric fields, but there was no such theory to describe the materials when they contain common types of defects, according to Yildiz.

In this context, mind - wandering may also be known by its equivalent in learning theory as a seeking or foraging response, and is a well - established instinct common in all mammals.

This idea is intuitive: in theory, large - effect variants would be kept at low frequency by natural selection, a pattern that's well established for mutations that cause rare single - gene disorders.

The film posits that Guevara is the master strategist behind the Cuban revolution as well as the orchestrator of the Bay of Pigs and Cuban Missile Crisis, a theory which does offer up some fascinating possibilities of Guevara's hope to establish a Latin America superpower.

It's clear to see the hand of the creator (well - established in a variety of media), giving credence to Blake's theory of «infernal method.»

The RISE Approach to Creative Education is based on well - established research and theory, both newly applied to the school environment and to Australian standards and practices.

Do we now have a well - established set of principles and theories in education?

The institute includes a blend of theory and practice - based techniques for addressing student learning by strengthening instruction and better engaging communities, closing the achievement gap and establishing a positive, safe and goal - oriented school culture.

Districts, states, and schools can, at least in theory, generate gains in educational outcomes for students using value - added measures in three ways: creating information on effective programs, making better decisions about human resources, and establishing incentives for higher performance from teachers.

«The briefs on the other side took issue with our legal theories, but, as we lay out, the legal underpinnings of our claims are well established, and they are based on the same principals that led to historic civil rights victories,» Boutrous said.

Establishing the extent to which aspects of policy or practice with regard to data use seem to have positive impacts in contexts in different countries, is important for the development of robust theories on data use, and the factors supporting or hindering this practice, as well as for the improvement of provision.

The theory of diversifying published content is well - established among publishers in the modern industry.

This book is two things: it is a teardown of modern portfolio theory as posited by the academics, and the establishing of a new theory that suggests that we get better returns by avoiding volatility of investment returns.

That individual investors react more to their financial market losses than to their financial market gains is one of the more well - established behavioral finance theories put forth by Nobel Prize laureate Daniel Kahneman and Amos Tversky, and one that more and more financial advisors are taking into account these days as they seek to apply behavioral finance principles to their practices.

Instead of advocating the methods some other experts do, such as dominance theory or establishing yourself as pack leader, Marta believes that establishing yourself as an encouraging guide — or coach — to your pet works better after learning to communicate with them intuitively.

Unfortunately, the theory that dry food helps clean the teeth is a well - established and accepted myth.

The program offers a wide range of voices in dialogue, exploring the topics of contemporary art, theory, and cultural production by emerging and established visiting artists, as well as members of UCSB's faculty and graduate students.

It's based upon multiple lines of evidence including (in no particular order) the paleoclimate record, experimental evidence, well - established physical theory, and observational evidence.

There is an interdependence which exists between different scientific theories such that one can not test more advanced theories without presupposing the truth of more basic and well - established theories in order to make the move from the theory itself to specific, testable predictions.

To make another comparison, in physics we have various well - established theories, such as Maxwell's equations or black - body radiation or something.

The theory is predictive, and based upon well - established physical theories... until the sceptics come up with a better one (which they have failed to do despite years of argument) we have to go with the prevailing consensus, which seems watertight at the moment.

A hypothesis is something more than a wild guess but less than a well - established theory.

Well since the upward trend was well established, and his whole «CO2 causes global warming» theory would be falsified by any other result (constant or decreasing temperatures) it is hardly surprising that Hansen's models would produce predictions of increasing temperatWell since the upward trend was well established, and his whole «CO2 causes global warming» theory would be falsified by any other result (constant or decreasing temperatures) it is hardly surprising that Hansen's models would produce predictions of increasing temperatwell established, and his whole «CO2 causes global warming» theory would be falsified by any other result (constant or decreasing temperatures) it is hardly surprising that Hansen's models would produce predictions of increasing temperature.