epitheory
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English[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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