theory
contemplative and rational type of abstract or generalizing thinking, or the results of such thinking
loop quantum gravity
theory that attempts to canonically quantize gravity via Ashtekar variables
theory of language
an academic discipline that investigates languages
Christ myth theory
opinion that biblical Jesus was purely fictional
network theory
study of graphs as a representation of relations between discrete objects
Eightfold Way
classification scheme for hadrons
Sun Language Theory
Turkish nationalist pseudoscientific theory
social control theory
criminological theory
role-playing game theory
ludology of role-playing games (RPGs) where they are studied as a social or artistic phenomenon
relevance theory
theory of cognitive linguistics
convergence theory
economics
contract theory
in economics, studies how economic actors can and do construct contractual arrangements, generally in the presence of asymmetric information
frame semantics
theory of linguistic meaning developed by Charles J. Fillmore, relating linguistic semantics to encyclopedic knowledge; posits that one cannot understand the meaning of a word without access to all the essential knowledge relating to that word
linguistic monogenesis and polygenesis
different theories on the origin of languages
regulatory focus theory
questionnaire designed to measure prevention focus and promotion focus
ambivalent sexism
description of sexism as consisting of hostile sexism (overtly negative gender stereotypes) and benevolent sexism (gender stereotypes that appear subjectively positive but are actually damaging)
capacity theory
theory of attention in psychology
first possession theory of property
theory of property ownership
Free-market roads
Concept promoting private roads
nudge theory
theory in behavioral science, politics, and behavioral economics
Policy-ineffectiveness proposition
economic theory
process theory
system of ideas that explains how an entity changes and develops; focus on how something happens
statistical learning theory
theoretical framework for machine learning
Steps To War
Theory in international relations
Nightingale's environmental theory
Nursing theory
new being
Theory of theologian Paul Tillich in existentialism
Nazi gun control theory
controversial theory which claims gun control laws in Nazi Germany are partially to blame for the Holocaust
moral foundations theory
social psychological theory intended to explain the origins of and variation in human moral reasoning on the basis of innate, modular foundations
Swift trust theory
theory
social penetration theory
Interpersonal communication theory
Multiracial feminist theory
feminist theory promoted by feminist women of color
New hermeneutic
theory of biblical interpretation
Lesbian erasure
sociopolitical theory
Material trans
a philosophical movement
male Mona Lisa theories
speculations that the Mona Lisa depicts a male figure
ERG theory
theory
connectionism
approach in cognitive science that hopes to explain mental phenomena using artificial neural networks
reductionism
philosophical view explaining systems in terms of smaller parts
cycles theory (geology)
historical theory of geology
Polyhedral skeletal electron pair theory
electron counting rules useful for predicting the structures of clusters
monetarism
school of thought in monetary economics
Westline
fictional line describing the movement of the commercial centre of maritime trade over the past 5000 years
density functional theory
computational quantum mechanical modelling method to investigate the electronic structure