Author: Mary Vacchetto

Theory whether it be scientific or literary, serves the purpose to question the various interpretations of the world around us by using language to structure our perceptions to convey our beliefs. Moran defines scientific theory as being an advancement in knowledge within a specific discipline in a systematic form so as to propose a law about the natural world, resulting in verification. This is most typically done through the scientific method. The scientific method serves as a universal means to test a question with a universal language of hypotheses, materials, method, results, and conclusion. After any given experiment it done, it is understood that the results must be done so that it is repeatable to be accepted or else, the question is still posed. Literature on the other hand has a different and more malleable meaning according to Moran’s writing. Continue reading “Language, Culture, and Literariness”