to sustain a theory

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• sustain */*/ — UK [səˈsteɪn] / US verb [transitive] Word forms sustain : present tense I/you/we/they sustain he/she/it sustains present participle sustaining past tense sustained past participle sustained 1) to provide the conditions in which something can… …   English dictionary

• Theory of Productive Forces — The term Theory of Productive Forces should not be confused with the Marxist analysis of productive forces that is a cornerstone of Marxist theory.The Theory of Productive Forces (sometimes referred to pejoratively by opponents as productive… …   Wikipedia

• sustain — sus|tain [ sə steın ] verb transitive ** 1. ) to provide the conditions in which something can happen or exist: Only two of the planets could sustain life. Analysts believe present economic growth can be sustained without inflation. 2. ) FORMAL… …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

• theory of pleading doctrine — The pre code principle that one must prove his case as pleaded. Otherwise, he fails though he has set forth facts sufficient to sustain his case on a theory different from his pleadings. The various codes and rules of civil procedure have… …   Black's law dictionary

• Critical theory — Horkheimer, Adorno, Habermas David Rasmussen HEGEL, MARX AND THE IDEA OF A CRITICAL THEORY Critical theory1 is a metaphor for a certain kind of theoretical orientation which owes its origin to Hegel and Marx, its systematization to Horkheimer and …   History of philosophy

• Locke’s political theory — Ian Harris The author of Two Treatises of Government also wrote An Essay concerning Human Understanding. This is an elementary fact, but one with an important implication for understanding Locke’s political theory. For Two Treatises is an… …   History of philosophy

• Postmodernist theory — Lyotard, Baudrillard and others Thomas Docherty INTRODUCTION Philosophy has been touched by postmodernism. Philosophy, in the modern academy, is supposed to be the discipline of disciplines: it is philosophy which will be able to gather together …   History of philosophy

• Labor theory of value — The labor theories of value (LTV) are theories in economics according to which the values of commodities are related to the labor needed to produce them.There are many different accounts of labor value, with the common element that the value of… …   Wikipedia

• Communication Theory as a Field — In 1999 Robert T. Craig wrote a landmark article[1] Communication Theory as a Field [2] which has since received the Best Article Award from the International Communication Association[3] as well as the Golden Anniversary Monograph Award from the …   Wikipedia

• Classical theory of growth and stagnation — Classical economics refers to work done by a group of economists in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. The theories developed mainly focused on the way market economies functioned. Classical Economics study mainly concentrates on the… …   Wikipedia

• Olduvai theory — The Olduvai theory states that industrial civilization (as defined by per capita energy production) will have a lifetime of less than or equal to 100 years (1930 2030). The theory provides a quantitative basis of the transient pulse theory of… …   Wikipedia