Collocations withtheory
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abstract theory
Incompressible dynamics provide an interesting test of the abstract theory.
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accepted theory
Perhaps for this reason, no generally accepted theory has emerged.
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alternate theory
In the alternate theory, the changes in the representation are compensated for by corresponding changes in the process.
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alternative theory
This article offers an alternative theory.
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anthropological theory
I think the latter can be demonstrated by drawing on models offered by anthropological theory.
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catastrophe theory
And much of his interpretation of the kind of knowledge produced by catastrophe theory depended on this answer.
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classical theory
Our results confirm the classical theory.
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coherent theory
Only by considering both together can we begin to formulate a more coherent theory of how language is acquired.
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competing theory
No theory is without its critics, and no critic is without his or her competing theory.
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comprehensive theory
However, no such comprehensive theory, including realistic, multiple neocortical networks, is likely to be developed soon.
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consistent theory
Each system completed itself as a closed, consistent theory.
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conventional theory
The second-order correction is absent in the conventional theory, too.
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correspondence theory
The candidate-to-candidate sympathy relation is one of several distinct faithfulness relations provided by correspondence theory.
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current theory
These curvilinear findings fit well with current theory.
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democratic theory
Philosophers accord deliberation a special place in democratic theory.
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dependency theory
The model integrates feature geometry theory and dependency theory.
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deterrence theory
Neither deterrence theory nor any competing view of punishment's proper role is entailed by utilitarianism.
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developmental theory
The selection of intervals is guided more by convention and pragmatic considerations than by clinical or developmental theory.
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ecological theory
Ecological theory and integrated pest management.
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emerging theory
The emerging theory of literacy-as-social-practice drew on the well-developed theories and methodologies of sociolinguistics and the ethnography of communication as it moved forward.
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established theory
The established theory asserts that egalitarian policies are undesirable from the viewpoint of the rich, even though they promote long-run economic performance.
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ethical theory
Such an ethical theory is clearly absurd.
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evolutionary theory
Nevertheless, our constructive approach is consistent with evolutionary theory.
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existing theory
No existing theory addresses this directly.
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feminist theory
She teaches courses in medical ethics and feminist theory.
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general theory
A general theory is needed.
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grounded theory
Grounded theory and psychological research.
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leading theory
These measurements were able to rule out cosmic strings as the leading theory of cosmic structure formation, and suggested cosmic inflation was the right theory.
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legal theory
If positivists concede that evaluative considerations are required for legal theory, then the same considerations seem to be involved in knowing the content of law.
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liberal theory
In other words, liberal theory is in fact not universal.
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linear theory
Clearly this assumes that linear theory will suffice, whereas it is known that the underlying basic set of equations is nonlinear.
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linguistic theory
If linguistic theory is incompatible with gradual evolution and development, perhaps linguistic theory needs to be revised.
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measurement theory
So the richness of motion is not an obstacle to the application of measurement theory.
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metaphysical theory
Furthermore, the point of the passage seems clearly to be a criticism of a particular metaphysical theory, not any religious view.
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modern theory
This paper is the first part of a two-part survey reviewing some basic concepts and methods of the modern theory of dynamical systems.
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neoclassical theory
I would interpret it as an outgrowth of neoclassical theory.
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normative theory
Thus, discourse theory provides a normative theory of rational argumentation and a justification of collective decisions upon norms.
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novel theory
That is, a user may be presented with a totally novel theory at the end of an inductive learning session.
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postcolonial theory
Postcolonial theory does, however, signpost approaches to these issues that may have considerable critical potential and which are particularly appropriate to a discussion of popular music.
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prevailing theory
Unfortunately prevailing theory is vague, outmoded and diffuse.
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psychoanalytic theory
Traditional psychoanalytic theory and practice may indeed be inappropriate.
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psychological theory
Thus, psychological theory is more than dichotomous.
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realist theory
He leaves us rather less clear on what his positive realist theory would involve.
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relational theory
Nameless processes and their relational theory form a coherent universe in their own right, which underlies existing graphical formalisms such as proof nets.
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scientific theory
While data cannot falsify scientific theory, data, however, unlike scientific theory, can falsify metaphysics.
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sociocultural theory
These include learning strategies and self-regulation, motivation, individual differences and sociocultural theory, and teacher development.
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sociological theory
But does organisational and sociological theory.
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standard theory
That, at least, is the standard theory.
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theory of ageing
Theory of ageing and cognitive theory of personality.
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theory of consciousness
In this target article we develop and defend this connectionist vehicle theory of consciousness.
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theory of gravitation
Then nothing will remain of my whole castle in the air including the theory of gravitation, but also nothing of the rest of contemporary physics.
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theory of gravity
We can, however, make some assumptions about what a possible quantum theory of gravity would be like.
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unified theory
While there may not be a unified theory for all of physics, there as well may not be a unified theory of breast cancer.
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unifying theory
He then seamlessly explains sequence stratigraphy, with the emphasis on how biostratigraphy is an integral part of this unifying theory of sedimentary geology.
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