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• Supersede
  ==Superseded scientific theories== ...oscientific or [[fringe]] science theories with limited [[support]] in the scientific community, nor does it describe theories that were never widely [[accepted]
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• Pseudoscience
  ...odology, lacks supporting [[evidence]] or plausibility, or otherwise lacks scientific [[status]]. The term comes from the [[Greek]] prefix pseudo- (false or pret ...osophy_of_science philosophers of science] and among commentators in the [[scientific]] [[community]] about whether there is a reliable objective way to distingu
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• Credibility
  ...://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Credibility#cite_note-4 Prominence-Interpretation Theory].[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Credibility] ...edia.org/wiki/Peer_review peer review] and then publication as part of the scientific literature. Other approaches include the [[collaborative]] assessment of a
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• Naturalism
  ...r object has a supernatural significance; specifically : the doctrine that scientific laws are adequate to account for all phenomena ...literature; specifically : a theory or practice in literature emphasizing scientific observation of life without idealization and often including elements of de
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• Hypothesis
  ...mal usage, a scientific ''hypothesis'' is not the same as a scientific ''[[theory]]''. A Hypothesis is never to be stated as a question, but always as a stat ...of a theory or occasionally may grow to become a theory itself. Normally, scientific hypotheses have the form of a [[mathematical model]]. Sometimes, but not a
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• NTIS (National Technical Information Service) Reports
  ...and Government Printing Office Depository Access to Reports, Technical and Scientific (DARTS) pilot. ...(7%), Natural Resources and Earth Sciences (6%), Computers and Information Theory (5%), Behavior and Society (7%), includes psychology, education, law and s
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• Empiricism
  ...[[practice]] founded on [[experience]] without the aid of [[science]] or [[theory]] *3: a [[theory]] that all [[knowledge]] originates in [[experience]]
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• Fringe
  ...iences. This is because in [[theory]] a fringe science will still maintain scientific rigor, plausibility, and [[integrity]], though it is usually highly dispute ...nately, the objective of some debunkers is debunking, not encouraging real scientific objectivity. For this [[purpose]], disparaging terms are often useful. They
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• Oxford Companion to Western Art
  ...methodologies, focused on patronage, taste, theory, and criticism, and the scientific examination of [[material]]s and techniques. Critical appreciation and [[fa
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• Theory
  The term '''theory''' has two broad sets of [[meanings]], one used in the empirical [[The Scie ...ure]] or discourse is a [[reference]] to a scientific or empirically-based theory.
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• Unit
  ...to the [[scientific method]]. A standard system of units facilitates this. Scientific systems of units are a refinement of the [[concept]] of weights and measure ...ied in [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Psychometrics psychometrics] and the theory of conjoint measurement.[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Units_of_measurement
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• Big Bang
  ...hat marked the beginning of [[the universe]] according to the ''big bang'' theory ...escribes the early [[development]] of [[the Universe]]. According to the [[theory]], the Big Bang occurred approximately [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Planc
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• Systems
  ...ngaged in the study of the general properties of systems include [[systems theory]], systems science, systemics and systems engineering. They investigate the # Kenneth D. Bailey (1994). Sociology and the New Systems Theory: Toward a Theoretical Synthesis. New York: State of New York Press.
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• Prescience
  ...] as other than a purely [[psychological]] process by the [[mainstream]] [[scientific]] community because no replicable [[demonstration]], "on demand", has ever Scientific [[investigation]] of extrasensory perception (ESP) is [[complicated]] by th
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• Formal Sciences
  ...ics]], and the theoretical branches of [[computer science]], [[information theory]], and [[statistics]]. ...ense a [[science]]. The specialization restricting the meaning to modern ''scientific method'' is of later date.
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• Zero point energy
  ...nd the Higgs field. It is the energy of the vacuum, which in quantum field theory is defined not as empty space but as the ground state of the fields. In cos ...rgy-based power generation systems are considered [[pseudoscience]] by the scientific community at large and [[skeptics]] usually dismiss efforts to harness zero
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• Science of Spirit
  ...in_Laszlo Ervin Laszlo]'s 2004 Science and the Akashic Field - an Integral Theory of Everything. ...in Water. These theories do not, however, have the support of the general scientific community and are typically considered [[pseudoscience]] views.
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• Realism
  :b : a [[theory]] that objects of sense [[perception]] or [[cognition]] exist independently *3: the [[theory]] or practice of [[fidelity]] in [[art]] and [[literature]] to [[nature]] o
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• Compatible
  ...time]], the [[idea]] of interpersonal compatibility is [[analyzed]] in non-scientific fields (see e.g. [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Astrological_compatibility ...dia.org/wiki/Antoni_K%C4%99pi%C5%84ski Antoni Kępiński]. However, socionic theory is somewhat [[controversial]] because of a lack of experimental data (altho
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• Linguistics
  '''Linguistics''' is the [[scientific method|scientific]] study of [[language]], encompassing a number of sub-fields. An important ...language]] and the biological constraints on this acquisition. Generative theory is [[Language module|modularist]] in character. While this remains the domi
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