Cultural/Sociological Theories
"Western Europe was from the beginning on advantaged by its superior culture".
John A. Hall, David S. Landes, Alain Peyrefitte (at deeper level, miracle-type of theory), Harry Rosenberg.

Climatic/Latitude Theories
Paul Bairoch, Francis Hallé, David Landes, Charles de Montesquieu

Greek Legacy Theories
"The scientific flourishing of Western Europe is a fruit of the Greek legacy".
Charles C. Gillispie

Political and Economic Theories
Jean Baechler, Jacques Blamont, David Cosandey, Jared Diamond, David Hume, Eric Jones, Joseph Needham.

Geographical Theories
David Cosandey, Jared Diamond

Institutional Theories
Toby Huff, Nathan Rosenberg & L.E. Birdzell.

Randomness Theories
"The rise of the West is due to a serendipitous series of positive random mutatations".
A. Floris Cohen (partly), André Gunder Frank, Jack Goldstone, Claude Lévi-Strauss

Inexplicability Theory
"The European Miracle is really a miracle - extraordinary, unique and forever defying any logical explanation".
Albert Einstein, Eric Jones (partly), Alain Peyrefitte (implicitly)

Negationist Theories
There was no rise of the West, the events were exaggerated by eurocentric historians
Joseph Needham (partly), Andre Gunder Frank, Claude Lévi-Strauss

Cultural Relativist Theories
There was no rise of the West. All cultures always evolve by the same length during the same time, each along its own path equal in value
Claude Lévi-Strauss

Undefined / No clear-cut choice of theory
Fernand Braudel, David Landes, Joel Mokyr, Joseph Needham.