This clarification gave me enough context to write a proper answer.
That sounds like a promising idea. It seems like it needs some tweaking though. I want be able to say something like “the theoretical evidence suggests”. If you replace “theoretical evidence” with “application”, it wouldn’t make sense. You’d have to replace it with something like “application of what we know about X”, but that is too wordy.
Just call it “the theory” then—“the theory suggests” is both concise and conveys the meaning well.
This clarification gave me enough context to write a proper answer.
Just call it “the theory” then—“the theory suggests” is both concise and conveys the meaning well.