Hypothesis

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A fact is a simple statement that everyone believes. It is innocent, unless found guilty. A hypothesis is a novel suggestion that no one wants to believe. It is guilty, until found effective. — Edward Teller

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Dictionary

hypothesis : a tentative assumption made in order to draw out and test its logical or empirical consequences — Webster

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Encyclopedia

Hypothesis (plural hypotheses) is a proposed explanation for a phenomenon. For a hypothesis to be a scientific hypothesis, the scientific method requires that one can test it. Scientists generally base scientific hypotheses on previous observations that cannot satisfactorily be explained with the available scientific theories. Even though the words “hypothesis” and “theory” are often used synonymously, a scientific hypothesis is not the same as a scientific theory. A working hypothesis is a provisionally accepted hypothesis proposed for further research.

A different meaning of the term hypothesis is used in formal logic, to denote the antecedent of a proposition; thus in the proposition “If P, then Q”, P denotes the hypothesis (or antecedent); Q can be called a consequent. P is the assumption in a (possibly counterfactual) What If question.

The adjective hypothetical, meaning “having the nature of a hypothesis”, or “being assumed to exist as an immediate consequence of a hypothesis”, can refer to any of these meanings of the term “hypothesis”. — Wikipedia

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Foundation

Philosophy

Hypothesis in Philosophy topic (Longman Online)

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Innovation

Science

Hypothesis Testing (Statistics How To), HowStuffWorks

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Preservation

History

A Brief History of the Hypothesis (David J.Glass, Science Direct)

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Quotations Page

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Are We Living in a Computer Simulation? (Clara Moskowitz, Scientific American)

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OEDILF: The Omnificent English Dictionary In Limerick Form

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