The word "theory" has a number of distinct meanings in different fields of knowledge, depending on the context and their methodologies. In common usage, people use the word "theory" to signify "conjecture", "speculation", or "opinion." In this sense, "theories" are opposed to "facts" — parts of the world, or claims about the world, that are real or true regardless of what people think.
In science, a theory is a proposed description, explanation, or model of the manner of interaction of a set of natural phenomena, capable of predicting future occurrences or observations of the same kind, and capable of being tested through experiment or otherwise falsified through empirical observation. It follows from this that for scientists "theory" and "fact" do not necessarily stand in opposition. For example, it is a fact that an apple dropped on earth has been observed to fall towards the center of the planet, and the theory which explains why the apple behaves so is the current theory of gravitation.
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Anarchy Archives - Encyclopedic reference on the history and theory of anarchism, including biographies and the collected works of major anarchist figures, historical articles, and scanned images of pamphlets and periodicals.
The Anarchist Library - A collection of writings on anarchism, including biographies of several anarchists and lots of essays.
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An Introduction to Anarchism - Essay written in 1988 and revised in 1995 by by Liz A. Highleyman.
Anarchism - An Exploration - Australian site exploring the concepts and notions of Anarchism
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Anarchism Site - Definitions of anarchism, anarchist and anarchy.
Anarchism Web Site - An index of articles on anarchism on the web. Provides an introduction to the concept of the state, anarchist theory, and responses and activity reports in different issues and in different parts of the world.
Anarchism. - Entry from the Columbia Encyclopedia.
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Anarchism: Arguments for and against - Short but excellent introduction to anarchist ideas by a leading activist in the British anarchist movement.
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Anarchist Propaganda Archives - Extensive archive of articles classified by subject, mailing lists, and contacts of potential interest for anarchist activists.
Anarchist Thought of Rudolph Rocker - Read about the life and work of the anarchist writer, historian and syndicalist militant Rudolph Rocker. Among the works available here are Ideology of Anarchism, Anarchism and Sovietism, Marx and Anarchism and The Tragedy of Spain.
Anarchy - Introductory essays on anarchy and related issues.
Anarchy Archives - Dana Ward's excellent archive of historical anarchist and libertarian socialist information. Has texts from Peter Kropotkin, Mikhail Bakunin, Pierre-Joseph Proudhon, and others.
Assorted Writings on Political Theory - A big archive of Anarchist writings.
BlackCrayon.com: Philosophical Anarchism - Introduction to philosophical anarchism and individualist anarchist theory, including dictionary of terms, essays, quotes/quotations, book reviews, links to books, links to online articles.
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Encyclopedia Britannica: Anarchism - Article from the encyclopedia's 1910 edition
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Everything You Ever Wanted To Know About Anarchism - Classic statement of anarchism written by anarchists in Cardiff (Wales) in the early 1980s. Provides bibliography of anarchist literature and an annotated directory of related links.
hist Image Archive - Images of anarchist people and events.
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Internet Anarchist University - Provides information on anarchism and anarchist ideas to students, teachers, activists, journalists, and so on.
Manifesto of Libertarian Communism - A excellent and important work written in 1953 by a French anarchist Georges Fontenis active in Communiste Libertaire.
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Memory Hole, The - Literature resides here on the topics of individualist anarchism, philosophical egoism, anti-war propaganda, feminism, and libertarianism, Austrian economics. One of the unique features provided here is an index compiled by Wendy McElroy to the compleat series of Benjamin R. Tucker's venerable broadsheet, LIBERTY (the mother, not the daughter of order).
Meta Description: [ Literature resides here on the topics of
individualist anarchism, philosophical egoism, anti-war propaganda,
feminism, and libertarianism, Austrian economics. One of the unique
features provided here is an index compiled by Wendy McElroy to the
compleat series of Benjamin R. Tucker's venerable b... ]
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Proposed Roads to Freedom - Socialism, Anarchism and Syndicalism - Table of Contents - By Bertrand Russell. Classic overview of anarchist, syndicalist and Marxian Socialist ideas by a leading thinker of the 20th century.
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Research on Anarchism Archives - A mailing list devoted to book review, research and discussion of the theories, histories and cultures of the world anarchist movements and to anarchistic topics.
Spunk Library - An online archive of anarchist books, magazines, zines, images, and music.
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Stelton Modern School Collection - Collection of materials relating to the Modern School movement, which was an attempt to educate children using libertarian methods.
The Memory Hole - Literature resides here on the topics of individualist anarchism, philosophical egoism, anti-war propaganda, feminism, and libertarianism, Austrian economics.
Meta Description: [ Literature resides here on the topics of individualist anarchism, philosophical egoism, anti-war propaganda, feminism, libertarianism, and Austrian economics. One of the unique features provided here is an index compiled by Wendy McElroy to the compleat series of Benjamin R. Tucker's venerable b... ]
The Writings of Camillo Berneri - A few works by the Italian anarchist thinker and activist murdered by the Stalinists during the May Days in Barcelona, 1937.
What is Communist Anarchism? - Essay by Alexander Berkman, (1870-1936).
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