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To: Hill of Tara; Dimensio

Next we'll be seeing a list of the definitions that we're supposed to accept. Because They Say So.


23 posted on 03/01/2006 2:43:54 PM PST by Mamzelle
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To: Mamzelle

I notice that you have not yet responded to the last question I presented to you in a previous discussion. Do you believe that by disputing the definitions of terms as used by scientists will retroactively change the meanings of statements that they have made previously using those terms?


25 posted on 03/01/2006 2:46:36 PM PST by Dimensio (http://angryflower.com/bobsqu.gif <-- required reading before you use your next apostrophe!)
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To: Mamzelle
Next we'll be seeing a list of the definitions that we're supposed to accept. Because they say so.

The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition.  2000. 

theory 

1. 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.

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

57 posted on 03/01/2006 5:36:24 PM PST by Ken H
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