As he interviews scientists, psychiatrists and sexologists, the book toggles between two general theories.
One of the most energetic of these general theories was that of algebraic topology.
Two general theories have been proposed in relation to these emphases or questions.
The special and general theories of relativity, proposed by Albert Einstein, destroyed Helmholtz's theories by eliminating the ether.
Austin was also much more concerned with the nature of language itself and with general theories of how it functions.
These countries were eager to accept general theories of economic development that provided a rationalization for their deep-seated desire for rapid industrialization.
Beginning in the 1930s a number of general theories were advanced in attempts to organize most or all of the psychology of learning.
As he says, "General theories about how the world works play an important role in how policymakers identify the ends they seek and the means they choose to achieve them".
It was a welcome opportunity for me, because I was trying to make general theories about intelligence in men or machines and I did not fit into any department or profession.
In his political work, he even makes the silly claim (the opposite of the sophisticated anti-empiricism he favors in linguistics) that he is presenting only facts — that he subscribes to no general theories of any sort.
The relentless logic of natural selection is not organised to grant organisms, even most humans, an intuitive grasp of the kinds of counter-intuitive insights that the special and general theories of Einstein present.
