Theory
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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.
- 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 notable theories
- Astronomy: Big Bang Theory
- Biology: Cell theory — Evolution — Germ theory
- Chemistry: Atomic theory — Kinetic theory of gases
- Climatology: Climate change theory (due to anthropogenic activity)
- Education: Constructivist theory — Critical pedagogy theory — Education theory — Multiple intelligence theory — Progressive education theory
- Engineering: Circuit theory — Control theory — Signal theory — Systems theory — Information theory
- Film: Film Theory
- Games: Combinatorial game theory — Game theory — Rational choice theory
- Geology: Plate tectonics
- Humanities: Critical theory
- Literature: Literary theory
- Mathematics: Approximation theory — Arakelov theory — Asymptotic theory — Bifurcation theory — Catastrophe theory — Category theory — Chaos theory — Choquet theory — Coding theory — Deformation theory — Dimension theory — Ergodic theory — Field theory — Galois theory — Game theory — Graph theory — Group theory — Hodge theory — Homology theory — Homotopy theory — Ideal theory — Intersection theory — Invariant theory — Iwasawa theory — K-theory — KK-theory — Knot theory — L-theory — Lie theory — Littlewood–Paley theory — Matrix theory — Measure theory — Model theory — Morse theory — Nevanlinna theory — Number theory — Obstruction theory — Operator theory — PCF theory — Perturbation theory — Potential theory — Probability theory — Ramsey theory — Representation theory — Ring theory — Set theory — Shape theory — Small cancellation theory — Spectral theory — Stability theory — Stable theory — Sturm–Liouville theory — Twistor theory
- Music: Music theory
- Philosophy: Proof theory — Speculative reason — Theory of truth — Type theory — Value theory — Virtue theory
- Physics: Acoustic theory — Antenna theory — BCS theory — Landau theory — M-theory — Perturbation theory — Theory of relativity — Quantum field theory — Scattering theory — String theory
- Planetary science: Giant impact theory
- Visual Art: Aesthetics — Art Educational theory — Architecture — Composition — Anatomy — Color theory — Perspective — Visual perception — Geometry — Manifolds
- Sociology: Sociological theory — Social theory — Critical theory
- Sports: Chess theory
- Statistics : Extreme value theory
- Theatre : Theory relating to theatrical performance.
- Other: Obsolete scientific theories — Phlogiston theory
See also
Namesakes
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