| 单词 | theory-making |
| 释义 | > as lemmastheory-making theory-making n. and adj. ΚΠ 1830 H. T. De la Beche Sections & Views Pref. p. iv One very reprehensible mode of theory-making consists, after honest deductions from a few facts have been made, in torturing other facts to suit the end proposed. 1833 S. H. Cox Quakerism not Christianity i. 52 It is most probable (slighted as it was by many of the visionary votaries of Aristotle's theory-making logic) that Barclay had never read it! 1931 A. Huxley Music at Night 77 The theory-making mind. 2002 L. Heldke in C. H. Seigfried Feminist Interpr. J. Dewey xi. 246 Science, an activity already highly regarded by philosophy as a theory-making enterprise. 2009 D. Knight Making Mod. Sci. ix. 195 Understanding and theory-making, technology and medicine form a spectrum within the umbrella of science. < as lemmas |
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