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The word "theory" has a well-defined meaning in science. It means "something that makes a prediction that you can test". Einstein's Theory of Relativity does that; it makes quite a number of predictions. Likewise, Darwin's Theory of Evolution does. However, Optimality Theory doesn't. If anyone thinks that it does, please list the predictions that it makes instead of gratuitously un-doing the edits. I know of no reason to use any other definition of "theory". |
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Hey Guys! I've decided to have a shot at expanding this article a bit and I'll probably have to change what is written quite a bit. This is just because it is written in a sort of concise way, not because it sounds bad at all. Please feel free to revert back if you don't like it. [[User:AnandaLima|AnandaLima]] 01:24, 12 Jun 2004 (UTC) |
Hey Guys! I've decided to have a shot at expanding this article a bit and I'll probably have to change what is written quite a bit. This is just because it is written in a sort of concise way, not because it sounds bad at all. Please feel free to revert back if you don't like it. [[User:AnandaLima|AnandaLima]] 01:24, 12 Jun 2004 (UTC) |
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The word "theory" has a well-defined meaning in science. It means "something that makes a prediction that you can test". Einstein's Theory of Relativity does that; it makes quite a number of predictions. Likewise, Darwin's Theory of Evolution does. However, Optimality Theory doesn't. If anyone thinks that it does, please list the predictions that it makes instead of gratuitously un-doing the edits. I know of no reason to use any other definition of "theory". gpkh 18 December 2005.
Hey Guys! I've decided to have a shot at expanding this article a bit and I'll probably have to change what is written quite a bit. This is just because it is written in a sort of concise way, not because it sounds bad at all. Please feel free to revert back if you don't like it. AnandaLima 01:24, 12 Jun 2004 (UTC)
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Ok, I've added some more text to the stub (is it still a stub?). Changes very welcome though: I tried to keep it simple, but I am not too happy with my plural example, so feel free to replace for a better one. Is would also be nice to have and example for the emrgence of the unmarked maybe and maybe a tableaux. May get back to it shortly.