Theory
Origin: Gr. θεωρία theōría
Is a rigorous, formal, logical statement of how the world or some portion of it is thought to work. All statements about "the future" should be based on some articulated theory of social stability and change.
Spanish: Teoría
Sources and references
- Dator, Jamescited 12 times
Term connections
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Mentioned by
- Alien life
- Anticipatory democracy
- AQAL (All quadrants, all levels)
- Bandwidth
- Bayes theorem
- Big crunch
- Catastrophe theory
- Causal layered analysis
- Chaos theory
- Collective unconscious
- Complexity
- Conditional future contingents
- Consensus
- Decision analysis
- Decision matrix
- Decision theory
- DNA computing
- Econometrics models
- Entropy
- Evolution
- Evolution (co-evolution)
- Expected utility/value
- Extended benefit-cost analysis
- Fuzzy logic
- Fuzzy sets
- Guttman scale
- Implicate order
- Interpretative paradigm
- Kondratiev waves or supercycles
- Linear programming
- Long cycles theories or long wave theory
- Median
- Meditation
- Meme, memes or memetic code
- Mindset
- Minimax method or theorem
- Morphogenetic fields
- Networks
- Operations research
- Poisson distribution
- Probability (likelihood)
- Quantum theory
- Researching Futures of X
- Scientific thinking
- Space-time continuum
- Spheric vision
- Synergistic convergence
- Uncertainty
- Utilitarianism
- Validity
- Variables
- Vertical levels
- Zero-sum game
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