noun
essay; tentative assumption
Refers to a written piece that presents a tentative argument or hypothesis, often in an academic or intellectual context. The term implies that the ideas are not yet fully established.
彼は新しい理論についての試論を発表した。
He published an essay on the new theory.
この論文はあくまで試論であり、さらなる検証が必要だ。
This paper is merely a tentative assumption and requires further verification.