Field theory may refer to:
- Field theory (mathematics), the theory of the algebraic concept of field
- Field theory (physics), a physical theory which employs fields in the physical sense, consisting of two types:
- Classical field theory, the theory and dynamics of classical fields.
- Quantum field theory, the theory of quantum mechanical fields.
- Field theory (psychology), a psychological theory which examines patterns of interaction between the individual and his or her environment
Famous quotes containing the word theory:
“We have our little theory on all human and divine things. Poetry, the workings of genius itself, which, in all times, with one or another meaning, has been called Inspiration, and held to be mysterious and inscrutable, is no longer without its scientific exposition. The building of the lofty rhyme is like any other masonry or bricklaying: we have theories of its rise, height, decline and fall—which latter, it would seem, is now near, among all people.”
—Thomas Carlyle (1795–1881)