THEORIES FROM INTUITION TO CONVICTION TO UNCONSCIOUS ASSUMPTION when I intuit a

THEORIES FROM INTUITION TO CONVICTION TO UNCONSCIOUS ASSUMPTION

when I intuit a ‘problem or opportunity’

when I intuit a relationship or pattern

when I think of a theory

when I speak a theory

when I write a theory

when I write a theory in formal language

when I compose tests of a theory

when I perform tests of a theory

when I measure the results of many tests of the theory

when I attempt to falsify a theory

when I use the results of the tests to refine the theory

when I can no longer refine the theory

when I succeed in expanding the scope of the theory to more instances

when I distribute this theory (publish in some manner), even just by imitation.

when all further expansions of the scope increase precision of the theory but fail to refute it in the precision of the context it was created. (newton)

when the theory is applied in many general circumstances

when the theory is reduced to behavior adopted as a norm

when the theory is reduced to as a metaphysical and unconscious assumption.

when the value of the theory is put into question

–THE METAPHYSICAL CYCLE–