Thirteenth-century essentialist assumptions were dropped from modal syllogistic, the Aristotelian version of which was regarded as a fragmentary theory without a sufficient explication of the various fine structures of modal propositions.
They regarded the Aristotelian version as a fragmentary theory in which the distinctions between different types of fine structures were not explicated and, consequently, did not try to reconstruct it as a consistent whole by one unifying analysis of modal propositions; they believed, like some modern commentators, that such a reconstruction was not possible.
Even when measurements of the steady state compositions are fragmentary, the theory will sometimes indicate that a candidate network which does admit multiple steady states will nevertheless be unable to account for the particular measurements made.
This sentiment has in fact been echoed by several physicists, not least by Carlo Rovelli (a central architect of the approach known as loop quantum gravity), who complains that he wishes philosophers would not restrict themselves to commenting and polishing the present fragmentary physical theories, but would take the risk of trying to look ahead (Rovelli, 1997, p. 182).
In this view, student knowledge was considered to be fragmentary rather than cohesive or theory-like (Hammer, 1996; diSessa, 2006; Taber, 2008).
But because it exists so far only in fragmentary form, Professor Harvey said, string theory must assume that a particular space-time background exists, rather than letting one emerge naturally from the interactions of the particles.
So it's a witty satire on the shaky towers of theory that historians erect on fragmentary evidence.
Such fragmentary appropriation of elements drawn from high moral theory is ubiquitous in the field of bioethics.
Fragmentary support means that the core task is in theory supported by the tool through the combination of various features, but it is found to be too time-consuming to be really useful.
Combining fragmentary sources with interdisciplinary methodologies that include black feminist theory and critical studies of history and slavery, Dispossessed Lives demonstrates how the construction of the archive marked enslaved women's bodies, in life and in death.
Kermode expends a lot of Hatchet Job on explaining that phenomena such as audience test screenings effecting change in movies are as old as the medium itself, while the auteur theory of film-making was always suspect and fragmentary.
