With many propagators including Democritus, Epicurus, Aristotle and their followers, this theory seems to have some contact with modern theories of what vision really is, but it remained only speculation lacking any experimental foundation.

It has not been dated but speculation that it represents careless backfilling following earlier excavations seems disproved by its representation in 18th-and 19th-century illustrations.

David Langford cited Vance's " engaging speculation ", but concluded that the protagonist " seems too weak a character for his leading role ", while " the culture and landscape of Pao are grey and ill-defined, in strong contrast to the exotically colourful societies and ecologies which became Vance's trademark ".

It differed also from the principles of the pure skeptic in the practical tendency of its doctrines: while the object of the one was the attainment of perfect equanimity, the other seems rather to have retired from the barren field of speculation to practical life, and to have acknowledged some vestiges of a moral law within, at best but a probable guide, the possession of which, however, formed the real distinction between the sage and the fool.

During this period Cousin seems to have turned with fresh interest to those literary studies which he had abandoned for speculation under the influence of Laromiguière and Royer-Collard.

There is speculation about what caused the rift between Swift and his employer, but, as A. C. Elias persuasively argues, it seems that the final straw came with Swift's work on Temple's Letters.

He seems to have given loose rein to theosophical speculation and attached great importance to dreams and waking visions, on which he used to expatiate in his public discourses.

The nature of her relationship with her brother was a subject of much speculation, but although she never troubled to deny the rumours, there seems to be no evidence that their relationship was more than fraternal.

There has been much speculation about which of Childers's friends was the model for " Carruthers " in the novel and it seems that he is based not on Henry Childers but on yachting enthusiast Walter Runciman ; " Davies ", of course, is Childers himself.

Leonard points out that " Stephenson seems to be telling us throughout the " Baroque Cycle " is that the actual way things really happened — the way systems of credit were created, or timber delivered — is just as kooky as anything that a fabulist could concoct out of the wild speculation of his or her own mind.

Some form of public repression of facts or speculation not desirable to some people or even a majority of the population seems inevitable as societies need to create some common basis of facts to create a unified identity.

Interestingly, this seems to have caused no inbreeding problems, leading to speculation that the species has passed through several such population reductions in its evolutionary past and thus losing any alleles that could cause deleterious inbreeding effects.

went out of his way two or three times to speak of " The Creator " in the popular sense of the First Cause .... His subject is the ' Origin of Species ' & not the origin of Organisation ; & it seems a needless mischief to have opened the latter speculation at all – There now!

There was some speculation that he would retire after the 2006 season ; however this seems to not be the case as Bengt appeared in the official IFK magazine stating that he will probably continue for at least three more years.

While that seems quite likely, there is much speculation around her death.

* More recently internet speculation has associated the rhyme with Robin Hood, largely, it seems on the basis of a shared name.

The evident contradiction between the rosy picture of Russia's progress painted by the Communist party's program and the enormous dangers for all humanity posed by Premier Khrushchev's Berlin policy has already led to speculation abroad that the program may be severely altered.

There is considerable speculation as to why the observable universe is apparently composed almost entirely of matter ( as opposed to a mixture of matter and antimatter ), whether there exist other places that are almost entirely composed of antimatter instead, and what sorts of technology might be possible if antimatter could be harnessed.

Both characters feel themselves in trouble, and there was speculation that Alan Ayckbourn himself may have felt himself to be in trouble.

In this form of speculation, one trades a security that is clearly undervalued or overvalued, when it is seen that the wrong valuation is about to be corrected by events.

If he himself philosopher did not exist, he would not be there to ask questions about the nature of reality ... on the other hand, this fundamental fact, which we call existence, soon proves a rather barren topic for philosophic speculation ...

Conclusions about Cathar ideology continue to be fiercely debated with commentators regularly accusing their opponents of speculation, distortion and bias.

Derivatives can be used for speculation (" bets ") or to hedge (" insurance ").

" are considered mere speculation and are thought to be aimed at disrupting Hindu nationalist groups such as the Shiv Sena, Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh and others.

Insurance policies that earn interest are generally considered to be a form of riba ( usury ) and some consider even policies that do not earn interest to be a form of gharar ( speculation ).

Much speculation centered on Jimmy Johnson, then the coach of the Dallas Cowboys, who was rumored to be feuding with Cowboys owner Jerry Jones.

However, 2009 also saw the team's attendance numbers plummet, leading to television blackouts and speculation that the team could eventually be moved or sold.

" There was speculation, based partially on the themes in her stories, that Tiptree might be female.

Daniel, though claiming to be a contemporary, admits to no knowledge of John's origins — any speculation on John's birth is the result of much later speculation, and is confined to references in the Menologion.

Although the region was sparsely populated, it contained the Paraguay River, which would have given either landlocked country access to the Atlantic Ocean, and there was also speculation, later proved incorrect, that the Chaco would be a rich source of petroleum.

This caused the toss to be delayed and fomented speculation that the Australian Board of Control was considering the possibility of removing Woodfull because of his absolute refusal to allow his bowlers to use retaliatory tactics.

He had intended the comments to be private, and ill feeling grew in the Australian camp as speculation about who leaked the incident to the press grew and many of the team privately pointed the finger at Bradman.

Their theories live or die based on internal consistency and, one hopes, eventual laboratory testing .” Although he believes there's little hope that will ever be possible, he grants that the theories on which the speculation is based, are not without scientific merit.

Since 1960, the U. S. and Japan have maintained an agreement that allows the U. S. to secretly bring nuclear weapons into Japanese ports, and there is speculation ( see below ) that some nuclear weapons may be located in Okinawa.

Further, the " eternity " of God is presumed by some not to be accessible to understanding, and therefore no speculation can be meaningfully based upon it.

The company's 2005 announcement that a new V8-powered 4-door grand tourer model called Panamera would be launched in 2009 fueled rumors and fan speculation of a reborn 928.

Opening to mixed reviews, the film fared reasonably well at the box office – forming speculation that a sequel may be in the works.

In popular usage, this term is often used to refer to unfounded or weakly based speculation, leading to the idea that " It's not a conspiracy theory if it's actually true ".

Much more detailed speculation based on these scant historical details has been interpolated by many of Galois ' biographers ( most notably by Eric Temple Bell in Men of Mathematics ), such as the frequently repeated speculation that the entire incident was stage-managed by the police and royalist factions to eliminate a political enemy.

Social science was influenced by positivism, focusing on knowledge based on actual positive sense experience and avoiding the negative ; metaphysical speculation was avoided.

According to science fiction writer Robert A. Heinlein, " a handy short definition of almost all science fiction might read: realistic speculation about possible future events, based solidly on adequate knowledge of the real world, past and present, and on a thorough understanding of the nature and significance of the scientific method.

Apocryphal hagiographies depict him studying at Athens, but this is speculation probably based on the life of his brother Basil.

The history of Brunei before the arrival of Magellan's ships is based mostly on speculation and the interpretation of Chinese sources and local legends.

Early in 1998, reports of a forthcoming book allegedly containing revelations about the origins of the so-called " Zinoviev letter ," based on information from Soviet archives led to renewed press speculation and parliamentary questions.

While this was merely speculation on Samad's part based on the prevailing scientific knowledge at the time, it somewhat erodes the patient's story by eliminating the motivation for the fish to have attacked him in the first place.

Planning based on property speculation resulted in low-quality construction of buildings and roads ( Clout 1999, p. 189 ).

The pre-Hippocratics largely based their anatomical conceptions of the eye on speculation, rather than empiricism.

The Nyaya school of philosophical speculation is based on texts known as the Nyaya Sutras, which were written by Aksapada Gautama from around the 2nd century BCE.

Wentersdorf admits, though, that his theory is based primarily on speculation, and there is no real way of knowing for certain why Sly disappeared from The Shrew.

As with other bubbles, the Railway Mania became a self-promoting cycle based purely on over-optimistic speculation.

The book is based on documents released under FOIA and numerous other documents and interviews to the police and investigators, along with a lot of speculation and guessing.

In addition to the master criminal Adam Worth, there has been much speculation among astronomers and Sherlock Holmes enthusiasts that Doyle based his fictional character Moriarty on the American astronomer Simon Newcomb.

She also told the audience of law students that, as a lower-court judge, she would sometimes instruct juries to not follow the film's example, because most of the jurors ' conclusions are based on speculation, not fact.

However, these critics generally do not provide any hard evidence in support of their positions, which are primarily based on speculation and ideology rather than sound science.

Zoltan Galantai has defined a further extrapolation of the scale, a Type IV level which controls the energy output of the visible universe ; this is within a few orders of magnitude of 10 < sup > 45 </ sup > W. Such a civilization approaches or surpasses the limits of speculation based on current scientific understanding, and may not be possible.

Added speculation on the migration is based on the idea that by the 13th century the area had too many people resulting in the oldest son owning all the land and power ( majorat ), leaving the rest as serfs.

They denied the claim that Carpenter and Crane were on bad terms just before the slaying, and they said the police theory that a camera tripod was the murder weapon was sheer speculation based on Carpenter's occupation.