Editing Theory (section)

==Examples==
Most of the following are scientific theories. Some are not, but rather encompass a body of knowledge or art, such as Music theory and Visual Arts Theories.

* [[Anthropology]]: 
** [[Carneiro's circumscription theory]]
* [[Astronomy]]: 
** [[Alpher–Bethe–Gamow paper|Alpher–Bethe–Gamow theory]] — 
** [[B2FH paper|B<sup>2</sup>FH Theory]] — 
** [[Copernican heliocentrism|Copernican theory]] — 
** [[Gravity#Newton's theory of gravitation|Newton's theory of gravitation]] — 
** [[Hubble's law]] — 
** [[Kepler's laws of planetary motion]] [[Geocentric model|Ptolemaic theory]]
* [[Biology]]: 
** [[Cell theory]] — 
** [[Chemiosmosis#The_chemiosmotic_theory|Chemiosmotic theory]] — 
** [[Evolution]] — 
** [[Germ theory]] — 
** [[Symbiogenesis]]
* [[Chemistry]]: 
** [[Molecule|Molecular theory]] — 
** [[Kinetic theory of gases]] — 
** [[Molecular orbital theory]] — 
** [[Valence bond theory]] — 
** [[Transition state theory]] — 
** [[RRKM theory]] — 
** [[Chemical graph theory]] — 
** [[Flory–Huggins solution theory]] — 
** [[Marcus theory]] — 
** [[Lewis theory]] (successor to [[Brønsted–Lowry acid–base theory]]) — 
** [[HSAB theory]] — 
** [[Debye–Hückel theory]] — 
** [[Thermodynamic theory of polymer elasticity]] — 
** [[Reptation theory]] — 
** [[Polymer field theory]] — 
** [[Møller–Plesset perturbation theory]] — 
** [[density functional theory]] — 
** [[Frontier molecular orbital theory]] — 
** [[Polyhedral skeletal electron pair theory]] — 
** [[Baeyer strain theory]] — 
** [[Qtaim|Quantum theory of atoms in molecules]] — 
** [[Collision theory]] — 
** [[Ligand field theory]] (successor to [[Crystal field theory]]) — 
** [[Variational transition-state theory]] — 
** [[Benson group increment theory]] — 
** [[Specific ion interaction theory]]
* [[Climatology]]: 
** [[Climate variability and change|Climate change theory]] (general study of climate changes) 
** [[Human impact on the environment|anthropogenic]] [[climate change]] (ACC)/ 
** [[Human impact on the environment|anthropogenic]] [[global warming]] (AGW) theories (due to human activity)
* [[Computer Science]]: 
** [[Automata theory]] — 
** [[Queueing theory]]
* [[Cosmology]]: 
** [[Big Bang]] Theory — 
** [[Cosmic inflation]] — 
** [[Loop quantum gravity]] — 
** [[Superstring theory]] — 
** [[Supergravity]] — 
** [[Supersymmetric theory]] — 
** [[Multiverse theory]] — 
** [[Holographic principle]] — 
** [[Quantum gravity]] — 
** [[M-theory]]
* [[Economics]]: 
** [[Macroeconomic theory]] — 
** [[Microeconomic theory]] — 
** Law of [[Supply and demand]]
* [[Education]]: 
** [[Constructivist theory]] — 
** [[Critical pedagogy theory]] — 
** [[Education theory]] — 
** [[Multiple intelligence theory]] — 
** [[Progressive education theory]]
* [[Engineering]]: 
** [[Circuit theory]] — 
** [[Control theory]] — 
** [[Signal theory]] — 
** [[Systems theory]] — 
** [[Information theory]]
* [[Film]]: 
** [[Film theory]]
* [[Geology]]: 
** [[Plate tectonics]]
* [[Humanities]]: 
** [[Critical theory]]
* [[Jurisprudence]] or 'Legal theory': 
** [[Natural law]] — 
** [[Legal positivism]] — 
** [[Legal realism]] — 
** [[Critical legal studies]]
* [[Law]]: see Jurisprudence; also [[Case theory (in law)|Case theory]]
* [[Linguistics]]: 
** [[X-bar theory]] — 
** [[Government and Binding]] — 
** [[Principles and parameters]] — 
** [[Universal grammar]]
* [[Literature]]: 
** [[Literary theory]]
* [[Mathematics]]: 
** [[Approximation theory]] — 
** [[Arakelov theory]] — 
** [[Asymptotic theory]] — 
** [[Bifurcation theory]] — 
** [[Catastrophe theory]] — 
** [[Category theory]] — 
** [[Chaos theory]] — 
** [[Choquet theory]] — 
** [[Coding theory]] — 
** [[Combinatorial game theory]] — 
** [[Computability theory]] — 
** [[Computational complexity theory]] — 
** [[Deformation theory]] — 
** [[Dimension theory]] — 
** [[Ergodic theory]] — 
** [[Field theory (mathematics)|Field theory]] — 
** [[Galois theory]] — 
** [[Game theory]] — 
** [[Gauge theory (mathematics)|Gauge theory]] — 
** [[Graph theory]] — 
** [[Group theory]] — 
** [[Hodge theory]] — 
** [[Homology theory]] — 
** [[Homotopy theory]] — 
** [[Ideal theory]] — 
** [[Intersection theory]] — 
** [[Invariant theory]] — 
** [[Iwasawa theory]] — 
** [[K-theory]] — 
** [[KK-theory]] — 
** [[Knot theory]] — 
** [[L-theory]] — 
** [[Lie theory]] — 
** [[Littlewood–Paley theory]] — 
** [[Matrix (mathematics)|Matrix theory]] — 
** [[Measure theory]] — 
** [[Model theory]] — 
** [[Module theory]] — 
** [[Morse theory]] — 
** [[Nevanlinna theory]] — 
** [[Number theory]] — 
** [[Obstruction theory]] — 
** [[Operator theory]] — 
** [[Order theory]] — 
** [[PCF theory]] — 
** [[Perturbation theory]] — 
** [[Potential theory]] — 
** [[Probability theory]] — 
** [[Ramsey theory]] — 
** [[Rational choice theory]] — 
** [[Representation theory]] — 
** [[Ring theory]] — 
** [[Set theory]] — 
** [[Shape theory (mathematics)|Shape theory]] — 
** [[Small cancellation theory]] — 
** [[Spectral theory]] — 
** [[Stability theory]] — 
** [[Stable theory]] — 
** [[Sturm–Liouville theory]] — 
** [[Surgery theory]] — 
** [[Twistor theory]] — 
** [[Yang–Mills theory]]
* [[Music]]: 
** [[Music theory]]
* [[Philosophy]]: 
** [[Proof theory]] — 
** [[Speculative reason]] — 
** [[Truth|Theory of truth]] — 
** [[Type theory]] — 
** [[Value theory]] — 
** [[Virtue theory]]
* [[Physics]]: 
** [[Acoustic theory]] — 
** [[Antenna theory]] — 
** [[Atomic theory]] — 
** [[BCS theory]] — 
** [[Conformal field theory]] — 
** [[Dirac hole theory]] — 
** [[Dynamo theory]] — 
** [[Landau theory]] — 
** [[M-theory]] — 
** [[Perturbation theory (quantum mechanics)|Perturbation theory]] — 
** [[Theory of relativity]] (successor to [[classical mechanics]]) — 
** [[Gauge theory]] — 
** [[Quantum field theory]] — 
** [[Scattering theory]] — 
** [[String theory]] — 
** [[Quantum information theory]]
* [[Psychology]]:
** [[Cognitive dissonance theory]] — 
** [[Attachment theory]] — 
** [[Object permanence]] — 
** [[Poverty of stimulus]] — 
** [[Attribution theory]] — 
** [[Self-fulfilling prophecy]] — 
** [[Stockholm syndrome]]
* [[Public Budgeting]]: 
** [[Incrementalism]] — 
** [[Zero-based budgeting]]
* [[Public Administration]]: 
** [[Organizational theory]]
* [[Semiotics]]: 
** [[Intertheoricity]] – 
** Transferogenesis
* [[Sociology]]: 
** [[Critical theory (Frankfurt School)|Critical theory]] — 
** [[Engaged theory]] — 
** [[Social theory]] — 
** [[Sociological theory]] – 
** [[Social capital]] theory
* [[Statistics]]: 
** [[Extreme value theory]]
* [[Theatre#Theories|Theatre]]: 
** [[Performance studies|Performance theory]]
* [[Visual Arts]]: 
** [[Aesthetics]] — 
** [[Art teaching|Art educational theory]] — 
** [[Architecture]] — 
** [[Composition (visual arts)|Composition]] — 
** [[Anatomy]] — 
** [[Color theory]] — 
** [[Perspective (graphical)|Perspective]] — 
** [[Visual perception]] — 
** [[Geometry]] — 
** [[Manifold]]s
* Other: 
** [[Obsolete scientific theories]]