Why do you consider the cell theory a theory?

Answer 1

There is theory, and then there is THEORY. At one time it must have been a theory in someone's head that the moon orbits planet earth, and we know that it was theorized for centuries that planet earth orbits the sun. No thinking person would now consider these ideas as anything but ordinary, indisputable facts. The observations needed to support or refute 'theories' of this kind are such that results are clear and interpretation is usually obvious and absolute. Other ideas like String Theory and Quantum Theory are much more fundamental to the underlying nature of the universe, and testing and observation are more subtle and sometimes more difficult to interpret. Theories of this kind may be experimentally disproven, but it is not likely that we will ever find a way to prove them beyond any possible doubt now and for all future time.

Whether you consider Cell Theory to belong the the first or the second category above will determine how your question is answered. Is there any possibility whatsoever, now or for the entire future story of human science, that some form of non-cell based life will be discovered, on earth or elsewhere? It is a yes or no question, but anyone presuming to answer 'no' on behalf of all future science is being a little presumptuous. So, it is in fact a theory, and not a fact. The same can be said, I think, for other theories like Evolution. Some parts of it appear amazingly obvious and irrefutably true. But the future is a long, long time. Theories have come and gone before.

Answer 2

Cell Theory is one for the major theories is science.

Answer 3

cause it is what scientists think about it. If the theory was true, it wouldn;t be a theory, nor more, a fact.

Answer 4

Yes, and quite well confirmed as you only need a medium power light microscope to see and study most cells.