A Law
The hypothesis which has been tested and verified repeatedly by tests is called theory.
A theory.
A theory. If it has been proven and is replicatable, it is a fact.
In maths, a conjuncture is a theory or statement which is most likely true but not yet proven.
A theory has been proven and has lots of data to back it up while a hypothesis is simply an educated guess that has some data to back it up.
A theory
A hypothesis, or group of hypotheses, that is accepted as consistently valid is a theory. Either a hypothesis or a theory can be ultimately disproven. One definition of a theory is an accepted hypothesis.
One example of a theory that is not falsifiable is the existence of a higher power or deity that cannot be proven or disproven through scientific methods or empirical evidence.
It is a theory that can't be scientifically proven or disproven. As a theory, it's a belief or principle that guides the people who believe in it. One God is as good a theory as any other and by far the most widely accepted.
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1. I believe that theories can only be disproven, not proven. i.e. You create a theory and then you try to disprove it, if you can't then you can consider that theory to be true (convicing other people may be more difficult however). 2. I think the theory you describe is disproven as and todays equivalent is what we now know as 'oxidation'.
Well yeah. Its called a theory because it wasn't proven right yet. Once proven right, its called a fact.
If it was proven it wouldn't be called a "theory"
The hypothesis which has been tested and verified repeatedly by tests is called theory.
A theorem is an unproven statement; a proven statement is a fact. A theory is a set of theorems; a theory which has been proven can be called a law or a rule.
Theory. (a hypothesis is an idea that may be the answer to some question but has not yet been rigorously tested and thus has not yet reached 'theory' status) Theories may be disproven, but that is very unusual, most of the time hypothesis that are disproven through testing never make it to the theoretical stage. For example, while evolution is called a theory, it is widely accepted in science as something that has been rigorously tested and examined, and proven to be true beyond any doubt. There are some accepted 'laws' in science but that is seen in physics or math.
dr Benjamin spocks theory was proven ina book called Baby and child care! its a simple answer read the book and you have your answers