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Revision as of 06:04, 11 February 2016
Theory is a set of propositions that attempt to describe or prescribe something. They can be descriptive (e.g. natural, social, and formal science) or normative (e.g. methodology, ethics, and axiology). Theories can consist of thousands of interconnected propositions or, in an extreme, of one single proposition.
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Descriptive and Normative
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References
- ^ Barseghyan, Hakob. (2015) The Laws of Scientific Change. Springer.
- ^ Sebastien, Zoe. (2016) The Status of Normative Propositions in the Theory of Scientific Change. Scientonomy 1, 1-9. Retrieved from https://www.scientojournal.com/index.php/scientonomy/article/view/26947.
