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Theoretical Definitions

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A theoretical definition characterizes a term through a theory; accepting the definition means accepting the theory.

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"Heat is mean molecular kinetic energy." That's physics, packaged as a definition.

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Theoretical definitions rise and fall with their theories. "Combustion is the release of phlogiston" was one too.

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