Propositions
The basic units of theory development are called concept, though understanding of relationship among concepts required by theories. Thus the scientist is interested in the relationship among various concepts, once reality gets abstracted into concepts. Prepositions are statements that relate with the logical linkage among concepts. It explains the logical relationship among certain concepts by declaring a universal connection between concepts.
As we know abstraction from observed reality is theory and concepts are at a level of abstraction. When we increase our level of abstract thinking, it requires investigating propositions. When we think about theories, the highest level of abstraction is under consideration because we are investigating the linkage between propositions. Network of propositions is theory.
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