All 14 Uses
thesis
in
Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance
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- Kant called his thesis that our a priori thoughts are independent of sense data and screen what we see a "Copernican revolution."
Part 2thesis = theory
- This looked like the one that might do in his whole thesis.
Part 3
- It would take quite a University to accept a doctoral thesis in which the candidate refused to define his central term.
Part 4 *thesis = research paper
- His thesis not be a part of a substantive field, because to accept a split into substantive and methodological was to deny the existence of Quality.
Part 4thesis = theory
- He said he wasn't sure, but the thesis on Quality appeared to turn into an anti-Aristotelian thesis.
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- He said he wasn't sure, but the thesis on Quality appeared to turn into an anti-Aristotelian thesis.
Part 4
- Great Universities proceeded in a Hegelian fashion and any school which could not accept a thesis contradicting its fundamental tenets was in a rut.
Part 4thesis = research paper
- This, Phaedrus claimed, was the thesis the University of Chicago was waiting for.
Part 4thesis = theory
- But if someone else were to produce a thesis which purported to be a major breakthrough between Eastern and Western philosophy, between religious mysticism and scientific positivism, he would think it of major historic importance, a thesis which would place the University miles ahead.
Part 4
- But if someone else were to produce a thesis which purported to be a major breakthrough between Eastern and Western philosophy, between religious mysticism and scientific positivism, he would think it of major historic importance, a thesis which would place the University miles ahead.
Part 4
- He wanted this thesis not to owe anyone anything.
Part 4thesis = theory's support
- He can do his thesis in some other way.
Part 4thesis = research paper
- He wouldn't be happy if they were overjoyed with the thesis.
Part 4thesis = theory
- They're not presenting a logical thesis, they're just reporting how it is.†
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Definitions:
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(1)
(thesis as in: the thesis of her editorial) a proposition (unproved statement or theory) put forward as a premise for evaluation
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(2)
(thesis as in: her Master's thesis) a formal and lengthy research paper advancing a new point of view -- usually a requirement for an advanced academic degree
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(3)
(meaning too rare to warrant focus) A comprehensive dictionary will have more specialized definitions of thesis that are used in such areas as music, poetry, and philosophy.