Sentence examples for As a supposition from inspiring English sources

However, in common usage, it has come to mean 'hunch' or 'speculation' (what the word hypothesis means in science)." While scientists who admire precision often treat the word theory as "a confirmed hypothesis," lexicographers since 1706 have defined it as "a supposition" far from proven.

Finally, the dichotomy tangible intangible should not be acknowledged as a supposition.

First, the opponents of ID tend to describe evolution as well supported, while ID's proponents are more likely to discuss limitations of evolution and to describe it as a guess or supposition because it is "just a theory" (Davis and Kenyon 1993; Humes 2007; Intelligent Design 2008; Johnson 2006; Scott 2004).

Leedy and Ormrod [2] define hypothesis as "a logical supposition, a reasonable guess, and an educated conjecture".

In this paper, we consider the supposition as a hypothesis and investigate the association between VAS scores and health states amongst subjects experiencing different interventions.

Based on pictures of his own youth, Chris Christie does not appear to have a propensity toward obesity (although this is only a supposition, as genetic mapping is not yet a component of any gubernatorial health records released to the public).

However, this is a supposition as it is known that a well-designed and conducted retrospective study can be an effective method to guide future prospective work; 33 for example, to focus on research questions, clarify hypotheses and identify feasibility issues for the prospective study.

Furthermore, fluctuations in the average RCD results were explored in a follow up study [ 30] by devising a hybrid model where the VPG and the PG were blended together as a linear supposition with a weight factor ranging from 0%to100%0% VPG.

We also found that BV did not increase with increasing age as suggested earlier [ 20] a supposition which is very commonly quoted in reviews of BV.

It is probably too recent to be an artifact arising from recent cladogenetic events not being recognized as separate species (see [ 88]), a supposition supported by the combination of the latter part of the lineages-through-time plot for the original supertree also being flat [ 87] with there having been several subspecies elevated to full species status in the meantime.

Such a supposition is used as the main criterion in selecting the sequences for the HeteroGenome database.