All 5 Uses of
hypothesis
in
Ulysses, by James Joyce
- What had been his hypothetical singular solutions?
Chpt 17 *hypothetical = based on a seemingly reasonable, but unproven, explanation of known facts
- …when proposing this problem for solution, he had conjectured as a working hypothesis which could not be proved impossible that a more adaptable and differently anatomically constructed race of beings might subsist otherwise under Martian…
Chpt 17 *hypothesis = something that may or may not be true, but is temporarily treated as true to advance a discussion or to further investigation
- The abnormalities of harelip, breastmole, supernumerary digits, negro's inkle, strawberry mark and portwine stain were alleged by one as a prima facie and natural hypothetical explanation of those swineheaded (the case of Madame Grissel Steevens was not forgotten) or doghaired infants occasionally born.†
Chpt 14
- The hypothesis of a plasmic memory, advanced by the Caledonian envoy and worthy of the metaphysical traditions of the land he stood for, envisaged in such cases an arrest of embryonic development at some stage antecedent to the human.†
Chpt 14
- What recurrent impressions of the same were possible by hypothesis?†
Chpt 17
Definitions:
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(1)
(hypothesis as in: a study to test her hypothesis) a seemingly reasonable, but unproven idea or explanation based upon known factsIn casual conversation, theory is a synonym for hypothesis, but a scientist would say that a hypothesis needs to pass rigorous tests before it could be accepted as a theory.
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(2)
(hypothesis as in: assume as a working hypothesis) something that may or may not be true, but is temporarily treated as true to advance a discussion or to further investigationThis sense of hypothesis is typically seen in the form, hypothetical, or hypothetically.