"[T]heory [is] the formation of testable hypotheses, while…empirical work [is] hypothesis testing. This pair of definitions highlights the false dichotomy between theory and empirical work insofar as models, mathematics, and methods do not fall in either category, but instead provide the operational link between theory and empirical work."
— R Gorelick, What is theory? _Ideas in Ecology and Evolution_.
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