I think it’s great that you came to a conclusion on what theory is, and its distinction from a hypothesis. I would like to add to your explanation of a hyphothesis that it should be falsifiable (capable of being tested by experiment or observation) to be of use in most research.
Good summary of the week and I like that you brought up that the papers we read only discussed theory in a specific discipline.
Hi!
I enjoyed reading your reflection, and I agree that reading a paper from a journal of our own choosing was the best part of the week.
I think that most of us considered it a bit difficult to charecterize the theories used in the papers since it's not something we haven't done before.
I like that you bring up that you discussed how many factors come into play when trying to define theory.
I like how you say that we use theories as a framework for research, and your description of hypotheses is great.
What you say about truth and that it's relative is a really good summarisation of a big part of this week's theme, in my opinion. The greatest "leaps" forward in science has been when what was believed to be the "truth" was proven false and a new way forward was opened up.
Well written reflection!
I like that you bring up the black swan theory and your further explanations of truth and its relation to theory. The other examples you bring up are great and conveys what you want to say in a clear way.
I would like to know more about what your view of hypotheses is after this week.
As you say, theory is not the absolute truth but it is the best explanation we've got in this position in time and space. If some new theory is brought forth that disproves the theories we have today, that theory will be our new "truth".
This means that the theories we have are used as a framework for research, and can be illustrated as a skyscraper we are building:
New theories based on those we have will be added to the skyscraper of theories, but if a theory that disproves one of the "base" theories—which we've built other theories upon—comes along, we have to wreck part of the skyscraper and start building from the new base.
Cheers!
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