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| Type | Description | Contributor | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Invalidated site: Princeton University - What Scientific Theories Could Not Be (PDF). | Oct 26, 2026 | ||
| Add new Web site: University of Southern Queensland - Social Science Research: Principles, Methods and Practices (Revised edition) - Theories in scientific research. | Sep 20, 2025 | ||
| Video added. | Jul 10, 2025 | ||
| Display issue corrected. | Jul 10, 2025 | ||
| Add new Web site: Princeton University - What Scientific Theories Could Not Be (PDF). | Jun 25, 2025 | ||
| Add new Web site: PhilSci-Archive - Scientific Theories (PDF). | May 02, 2025 | ||
| Add new Web site: Social Sci LibreTexts - Theories in Scientific Research. | Mar 04, 2025 | ||
| Add new Web site: Learn Religious - The Criteria for Science and Scientific Theories. | Jan 21, 2025 | ||
| Add new Web site: London School of Economics and Political Science - Structures of Scientific Theories. | Oct 03, 2024 | ||
| Add new Web site: CORE - Scientific Theories (PDF). | Jul 09, 2024 | ||
| Add new Web site: Thompson Rivers University - Human Biology - Theories in Science. | Mar 15, 2024 | ||
| Add new Web site: UNESCO - ELOSS - The Nature and Structure of Scientific Theories. | Jan 30, 2024 | ||
| Add new Web site: National Center for Biotechnology Information - PubMed Central - Why do we need theories? | Nov 21, 2023 | ||
| Add new Web site: Academia - The nature of scientific theory. | Sep 14, 2023 | ||
| Cross-references added. | Sep 04, 2018 | ||
| Add new Web site: LiveScience - What is a scientific theory? | Apr 10, 2016 | ||
| Add new Web site: Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy - The Structure of Scientific Theories. | Feb 08, 2016 | ||
| Article added to new online database. | Jul 20, 1998 |
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