epitheory
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]Noun
[edit]epitheory (plural epitheories)
- (philosophy of science) A theory based on a more fundamental theory or on a metatheory; A theory which doesn't describe all causes; handling some of them as givens, especially when other theories do analyze these givens.
- branch-theory, subtheory
Translations
[edit]nonultimate theory
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