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This document discusses hypotheses in science. It defines a hypothesis as a proposed explanation for a phenomenon that can be tested using the scientific method. A hypothesis is based on observations that existing theories cannot explain and is provisionally accepted for further study. In logic, a hypothesis is the antecedent part of a proposition, preceding the consequent. A hypothesis represents an assumption in a what if question.

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This document discusses hypotheses in science. It defines a hypothesis as a proposed explanation for a phenomenon that can be tested using the scientific method. A hypothesis is based on observations that existing theories cannot explain and is provisionally accepted for further study. In logic, a hypothesis is the antecedent part of a proposition, preceding the consequent. A hypothesis represents an assumption in a what if question.

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Hypothesis
A hypothesis (plural hypotheses) is a proposed explanation for a phenomenon. For a hypothesis to be a scientific hypothesis,
the scientific method requires that one can test it. Scientists generally base scientific hypotheses on previous observations
that cannot satisfactorily be explained with the available scientific theories. Even though the words "hypothesis" and
"theory" are often used synonymously, a scientific hypothesis is not the same as a scientific theory. A working hypothesis is a
provisionally accepted hypothesis proposed for further research.
A different meaning of the term hypothesis is used in formal logic, to denote the antecedent of a proposition; thus in the
proposition "If P, then Q", P denotes the hypothesis (or antecedent); Q can be called a consequent. P is the assumption in a
(possibly counterfactual) What If question.

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