noun. A set of statements or principles devised to explain a group of facts or phenomena, especially one that has been repeatedly tested or is widely accepted and can be used to make predictions about natural phenomena.

noun. The branch of a science or art consisting of its explanatory statements, accepted principles, and methods of analysis, as opposed to practice.

noun. A set of theorems that constitute a systematic view of a branch of mathematics.

noun. Abstract reasoning; speculation.

noun. A belief or principle that guides action or assists comprehension or judgment.

noun. An assumption based on limited information or knowledge; a conjecture.

noun. At this point we may again for a moment turn aside to consider the so-called Conscious Automaton Theory.

noun. Contemplation.

noun. Perception or consideration of the relations of the parts of an ideal construction, which is supposed to render completely or in some measure intelligible a fact or thing which it resembles or to which it is analogous; also, the ideal construction itself.

noun. An intelligible conception or account of how something has been brought about or should be done.

noun. Plan or system; scheme; method.

noun. In mathematics, a series of results belonging to one subject and going far toward giving a unitary and luminous view of that subject: as, the theory of functions.

noun. Specifically, in music, the science of composition, as distinguished from practice, the art of performance.

noun. A doctrine, or scheme of things, which terminates in speculation or contemplation, without a view to practice; hypothesis; speculation.

noun. An exposition of the general or abstract principles of any science.

noun. The science, as distinguished from the art.

noun. The philosophical explanation of phenomena, either physical or moral

noun. etc. See under Atomic, Binary, etc.

noun. undefined

noun. (logic) A set of axioms together with all statements derivable from them. Equivalently, a formal language plus a set of axioms (from which can then be derived theorems).

noun. a belief that can guide behavior

noun. a well-substantiated explanation of some aspect of the natural world; an organized system of accepted knowledge that applies in a variety of circumstances to explain a specific set of phenomena

noun. a tentative insight into the natural world; a concept that is not yet verified but that if true would explain certain facts or phenomena

"Thermodynamic laws are unified with mechanical theory through an *application of information theory*."

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