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The word "theory" has a number of distinct meanings in different fields of knowledge, depending on the context and their methodologies. In common usage, people use the word "theory" to signify "conjecture", "speculation", or "opinion." In this sense, "theories" are opposed to "facts" — parts of the world, or claims about the world, that are real or true regardless of what people think.
In science, a theory is a proposed description, explanation, or model of the manner of interaction of a set of natural phenomena, capable of predicting future occurrences or observations of the same kind, and capable of being tested through experiment or otherwise falsified through empirical observation. It follows from this that for scientists "theory" and "fact" do not necessarily stand in opposition. For example, it is a fact that an apple dropped on earth has been observed to fall towards the center of the planet, and the theory which explains why the apple behaves so is the current theory of gravitation.
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Screw it. I'm declaring Big Bang Theory and Chuch sci-fi.
fancyfembot (fancyfembot) Fri, 01 Jan 2010 01:21:39 -0000
Screw it. I'm declaring Big Bang Theory and Chuch sci-fi.
@ianandwendy yeah. i noticed that. I agree in theory, but it isn't really accessible.
EverywhereTrip (Gary Arndt) Fri, 01 Jan 2010 01:21:19 -0000
@ianandwendy yeah. i noticed that. I agree in theory, but it isn't really accessible.
The Nature and Essence of Economic Theory - by Joseph A. Schumpeter - Transaction Publishers. http://bit.ly/5RcLSr
business_book (New Business Books) Fri, 01 Jan 2010 01:21:11 -0000
The Nature and Essence of Economic Theory - by Joseph A. Schumpeter - Tr
Critical Theory - Overview of interrelations between cyberspace and information technology on the one hand and critical theory and philosophy on the other.
Contemporary Literary Theory - Brief review of some of the premises shared by a several theoretical approaches.
Feminist Literary Criticism and Theory - Literary genres, specific historical periods, pedagogical issues, politics and literature, and literary theory.
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Formalist Tools - How to use this method to analyze literature.
Glossary of Literary Theory - An index of brief explanations of critical terms. Hosted by the University of Toronto.
Glossary of Terms - Definitions of key words in the discussion of literary theory.
Illuminations - Collection of articles, excerpts, and chapters from many contemporary writers of and about critical theory, firmly based in Frankfurt School thought.
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Introduction to Modern Literary Theory - An index with brief explanations and bibliographies.
Literary Criticism - Resource page hosted by the University of Toronto. Has an essay on the Postmodern by Linda Hutcheon, a glossary of literary theory, Hazlitt's essays on the characters of Shakespeare's plays, and Leslie Stephen on George Eliot.
Literary Theory - A study guide on Literary Theory provided by The Objectivist Center. Covers Aristotelian Theory, Post-Aristotelian Theory, and Chicago School of Criticism.
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Literary Theory Explorations - The world of literary theory is an ever changing hot bed of debate. Here it is explored in all its facets, from semiotics, to classicism, surrealism, and post modernism.
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Literature and Ideology - An essay on the influence of Raymond Williams, Etienne Balibar and Pierre Macherey, and Terry Eagleton on postmodern critical theory.
Literature, Cognition, and the Brain - Research at the intersection of literary studies, cognitive theory, and neuroscience
Marxist Criticism - Course materials covering Marxist critics such as George Lukacs, Antonio Gramsci, Louis Althusser.
New Criticism - University project on this school of literary theory.
New Criticism Explained - Brief overview of New Criticism and the major writers connected with it.
Poetry Criticism - Large index of poetry criticism in both prose and verse. Has annotated e-texts of many classics. Part of the University of Toronto's English Library.
Post-Modern Critical Theory - Overviews of the new criticism and formalism, traditional historicism, new historicism, reader-response criticism, psychoanalytical criticism, feminist literary criticism, structuralist criticism, and Marxist literary criticism.
Sacred Ambivalence - Mimetology in Aristotle, Horace, and Longinus.
Semiotics - Collection of links related to this approach.
Terms and Definitions - Definitions of some basic terms used in the discussion of literary theory.
The Book Review Forum - Individualized forums for reviews and review writing.
Timeline of Critical Paradigms - Traces formalism, deep structuralism, and post-structuralism. Briefly looks at a few other schools as well.
Voice of the Shuttle: Literary Theory - A directory of links to literary criticism and analysis on the Internet, mostly scholarly.
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