Can u please teach me...what are the components of theory? and the about description of each part..huhu please

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Can u please teach me...what are the components of theory? and the about description of each part..huhu please

Answer 1

By asking what theory is, I believe your asking about scientific theory, and by that my guess is you mean the scientific method. As for what is theory, all knowledge is theoretical, therefore all we know and ever CAN know is theory, a hypothesis (with its parts), a hunch, a guess, an intuition, a calculation, and what-have-you.

If you do mean what's the scientific method, and something tells me you do, when you ask what is theory, I'll give you a quick once over on the scientific method, because there is no one method, in truth, and some doubt method completely.

That said, the scientific method is a series of steps where one takes a guess, frankly, about some puzzling aspect of our world, based upon what one sees (senses, knows about.) Then, an argument is constructed from well-defined parts, all rooted in experience (what one sees). The argument must make a prediction of some sort and that prediction must be tested, then the theory may be modified, or not (though getting it perfect right off the bat is rare), that is to say, the steps are iterated until, voila, one's got a falsifiable theory.

We start with observation, of which there're two major kinds, both are aspects of just noticing, plain and simple. One is called deduction and it predicts current and future events based on past events; the other is induction and it uses the tools of classical logical argument (axiom A, axiom -B therefore conclusion C).

From observations we create a working hypothesis. This hypothesis is made of factoids or axioms (all flowers have green teeth). The axioms are mini-truths that, when taken together, prove a much larger point (truth). If any of one's assumptions, one's axioms, are (is) false, then so is the conclusion.

The hypothesis must be falsifiable to be science. For example, I can say I see dead people. There's no way for any one to know whether or not I really do, so the idea of seeing dead people is interesting but NOT SCIENTIFIC and therefore invalid under the sci method.

The hypo must make a prediction. General Relativity predicted that gravity (curved space) would bend (curve) light. This was testable, was tested, turned out correct.

No theory is ever "true" once and forever. All are subject to revision at any time. Einstein overthrew Newton, but Newton was not wrong, he just did not go far enough, if you will.

That's it: observation, inference, axiom-making, hypothesis that is falsifiable and that makes a prediction which can be tested and either back to the beginning to hone the idea or do an experiment and test it, then have a colleague do it, then another, if any ever get a false result, blam! your theory is false (false result in good faith of course).

Answer 2

well if it's scientific theory, there are mainly two components: the pattern and the proposed mechanism.  The pattern is more like an observation you have made. Say for instance, you notice that rain falls mainly during one season of the year. The proposed mechanism which is the next part is the belief as to how or why the pattern you have observed takes place. For example, the proposed mechanism would be to explain why rain falls mainly during a certain season. I hope that's what you wanted.