theoretical debate
collocation in Englishmeaningsoftheoreticalanddebate
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theoretical
adjective
uk/θɪəˈret.ɪ.kəl/us/ˌθiː.əˈret̬.kəl/
based on the ideas that relate to a subject, not the practical uses of ...
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debate
noun
uk/dɪˈbeɪt/us/dɪˈbeɪt/
(a) serious discussion of a subject in which many people ...
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The major field projects, involving a different set of practices, could never provide the resources and the skills for an adequatetheoreticaldebate.
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Thetheoreticaldebatehas moved beyond the subject of interpretation of the past, to the necessity to reflect on archaeology itself.
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Theoreticaldebateis re-emerging and the discipline seems to be much less inward-looking: these can only be good signs for the future.
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I do not intend to add to thistheoreticaldebatesince this is not the focus of my article.
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Recent empirical findings that the two are highly correlated in early language development have further energized thetheoreticaldebate.
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We believe that a major reason thetheoreticaldebategoes unresolved is the inadequacy of empirical data.
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Theoreticaldebatein this general field is still active as digital texts present special problems and magnify others.
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Furthermore, thetheoreticaldebateoffered in the opening chapter is not pulled through sufficiently in subsequent chapters.
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There has been atheoreticaldebateabout how we attribute the mental states of others.
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That is why thetheoreticaldebateabout the best possible way of interpreting the past should continue to play a central role in archaeology.
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He therefore makes a call for practice-orientated research, rather thantheoreticaldebate.
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But there is almost no methodological andtheoreticaldebateand these questions are not seen as fundamental for the development of the discipline.
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This article is an attempt to move beyond thetheoreticaldebate.
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However, we will discuss at least some topics that, in our opinion, are of particular interest for the contemporarytheoreticaldebate.
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This growing influence is the product of developments in boththeoreticaldebateand the availability and application of new empirical data.
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To overcome this theoretical divide it is necessar y to revive thetheoreticaldebate, based upon epistemological principles relevant to archaeology as a historical discipline.
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If empirical evidence is lacking, however, the question cannot be settled with justtheoreticaldebate.
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Thetheoreticaldebateon intercultural education is far removed from daily practice in the classroom.
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