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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF THEORY-LADEN

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Theory-Laden is an adjective.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES THEORY-LADEN MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Theory-ladenness

In the philosophy of science, observations are said to be "theory‐laden" when they are affected by the theoretical presuppositions held by the investigator. The thesis of theory‐ladenness is most strongly associated with the late 1950s and early 1960s work of Norwood Russell Hanson, Thomas Kuhn, and Paul Feyerabend, and was probably first put forth by Pierre Duhem about 50 years earlier...

Definition of theory-laden in the English dictionary

The definition of theory-laden in the dictionary is capable of being understood only within the context of a specific theory, as for example superego, which requires the apparatus of Freudian theory in explanation.

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE THEORY-LADEN

theoremic
theoretic
theoretical
theoretical physicist
theoretical physics
theoretically
theoretician
theoretics
theoric
theories
theorisation
theoriser
theorist
theorization
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theorizer
theory
theory of games
theory of types
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WORDS THAT END LIKE THEORY-LADEN

Baden
Baden-Baden
Berchtesgaden
bin Laden
broaden
deaden
debt-laden
doom-laden
Haden
heavy-laden
laden
leaden
loaden
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Ogaden
overladen
the Ogaden
threaden
unladen
Wiesbaden

Synonyms and antonyms of theory-laden in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «theory-laden» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF THEORY-LADEN

Find out the translation of theory-laden to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of theory-laden from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «theory-laden» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

理论载货
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

cargada de teoría
570 millions of speakers

English

theory-laden
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

सिद्धांत से लदी
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

نظرية لادن
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

теоретически нагружены
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

carregadas de teorias
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

তত্ত্ব বোঝাই
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

théorie chargé
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Teori-sarat
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

theoriebeladen
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

理論を含んだ
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

이론 함유
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Teori-laden
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

lý thuyết đầy
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

கோட்பாடு-அளவுடைய
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

सिद्धांत-भारित
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

teori yüklü
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

carica di teoria
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

Teoria ładunkiem
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

теоретично навантажені
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

Teoria - încărcat
30 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Greek

θεωρία - φορτωμένο
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

teorie -gelaaide
14 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Swedish

teori - laden
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

teori -laden
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of theory-laden

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «THEORY-LADEN»

The term «theory-laden» is used very little and occupies the 165.245 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «THEORY-LADEN» OVER TIME

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «THEORY-LADEN»

Discover the use of theory-laden in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to theory-laden and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Classifying Madness: A Philosophical Examination of the ...
This description is theory-laden. Calling something a “glass prism”, for example, assumes that the prism is actually made from a particular substance. Nonetheless, the theories assumed by the description do not include Newton's theory of light ...
Rachel Cooper, Rachel Valerie Cooper, 2006
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The Elements of Justice
In that sense, contexts are not theory laden.14 So, here is a map of the neighborhood ofjustice. The topics are crude, specifying correspondingly crude contexts. We discuss refinements in a moment. 1. What are children due? They are due ...
David Schmidtz, 2006
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Perception, Theory, and Commitment: The New Philosophy of ...
When I see an objectas something, it is a case of significant perception: the object is identified and thus the preception is theory-laden or, perhaps more accurately in the present case, concept-laden perception. Kuhn's suggestion seems to be, ...
Harold I. Brown, 1979
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From Observables to Unobservables in Science and Philosophy
Chapter. 8. Theory-Laden. Observation. A. A representative view Throughout the foregoing, observation has been distinguished from the intellectual activities of arguing, defining, and forming propositions because these are activities that do ...
Richard J. Connell, 2000
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General Philosophy of Science: Focal Issues: Focal Issues
purport of the foregoing in terms of observations. To begin with, it is plausible to make a sharp distinction between the unspecific statement that a certain observation is theory-laden and the specific statement that this observation is laden with ...
‎2007
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Proceedings of the Sixteenth Annual Conference of the ...
Center for the Study of Reading University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign 51 Gerty Drive Champaign, IL 61820 chinnOvmd . cso .uiuc . edu Abstract Most philosophers of science now believe that scientific data are theory laden, i.e., the  ...
Ashwin Ram, Kurt Eiselt, 1994
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Philosophical Foundations of the Social Sciences: Analyzing ...
another Kuhnian claim , namely, that theory choice rests on theory, laden data. 2.3.2 Theory,laden data Data are theory laden when the data used to test a theory presuppose the very theory at issue. However, if the theory at issue determines ...
Harold Kincaid, 1996
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Reflection Without Rules: Economic Methodology and ...
Essentially, observation is about "seeing," while empirical description is about " seeing that," and it is the latter, not the former, that is theory-laden. The example that van Fraassen uses (1980, p. 15) involves exposing "Stone Age" people to a ...
D. Wade Hands, 2001
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Interpreting Law and Literature: A Hermeneutic Reader
Given that theories change, we can legitimately commit the user of theory-laden terminology to the possibility of change implicit in any theory. Thus, the users of theory-laden language such as "the freedom of speech" and "privileges and ...
Sanford Levinson, Steven Mailloux, 1988
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Realism and Anti-Realism in the Philosophy of Science
Isn't 'phenomena' just another name for this, that is, for theory-laden data?4 In many cases the distinction between phenomena and conceptualized or theory- laden data will seem artificial. (High energy physicists like to say that they can just ...
Robert S. Cohen, Risto Hilpinen, Ren-Zong Qiu, 1996

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «THEORY-LADEN»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term theory-laden is used in the context of the following news items.
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Climate Change Skeptics Write Open Letter Urging Pope Francis to …
“Rather than a careful reporting of the best evidence,” they write, “we get highly speculative and theory-laden conclusions presented as the assured results of ... «Breitbart News, Apr 15»
2
Ludwig Wittgenstein & Postmodern Biblical Scholarship
Rather, science is the construction of new facts, and these facts are themselves theory-laden, which is to say, facts are only identified and defined within some ... «Philosophy Now, Mar 15»
3
The Mahdi wears Armani: The bizarre world of Adnan Oktar
He made a name for himself penning anti-Semitic, anti-Freemasonry, anti-Communist, conspiracy theory-laden tracts, which culminated in his 1987 opus ... «Hurriyet Daily News, Oct 14»
4
Courtney Love Thinks She Found Missing Flight 370
... to confound the world despite more than a week of intense search, Courtney Love thinks she might have this conspiracy theory-laden mystery wrapped up. «fuse.tv, Mar 14»
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Are mental illnesses real? (Part Three)
I have no doubt that observations are theory-laden. But is this a major problem? Does it undermine any attempt to argue rationally about the status of mental ... «Institute for Ethics and Emerging Technologies, Nov 13»
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DHS Weapons-Procurement Agent Prepping for Race War
The homepage of the conspiracy theory-laden site declares that “Afrikan people are an international racial family” and have “a bitter enemy – the white race. «National Review Online, Aug 13»
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Why Reza Aslan's Jesus is dull, confusing, and lacking
There, we showed how Brown based nearly all of his "research" on conspiracy-theory-laden books including Holy Blood, Holy Grail and The Templar Revelation ... «Catholic World Report, Aug 13»
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Out of the Broom Closet, into the Rave 'Pop Pagans: Paganism and …
... Nature's Son” and ending with XTC's “Greenman” but with only a page devoted to all five songs, her theory-laden analysis demonstrates the limits of academic ... «PopMatters, Aug 13»
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Maddow Blasts 'Fox News World' For Faux 'Outrage' Over DOJ's …
She contrasted Fox's conspiracy theory-laden coverage about the Justice Department organizing the demonstrations with the “real world” in which the DOJ has ... «Mediaite, Jul 13»
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More on That Bladderwort "Junk DNA" Claim
Notice how their statements are often theory-laden, and become more .... So there, after a theory-laden analysis of a very complicated data set, they made a ... «Discovery Institute, May 13»

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