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A metatheory or meta-theory is a theory on a subject matter that is a theory in itself. [1] Analyses or descriptions of an existing theory would be considered meta-theories. [2]
In logic, a metatheorem is a statement about a formal system proven in a metalanguage.Unlike theorems proved within a given formal system, a metatheorem is proved within a metatheory, and may reference concepts that are present in the metatheory but not the object theory.
Postpositivism or postempiricism is a metatheoretical stance that critiques and amends positivism [1] and has impacted theories and practices across philosophy, social sciences, and various models of scientific inquiry.
Metalogic is the metatheory of logic.Whereas logic studies how logical systems can be used to construct valid and sound arguments, metalogic studies the properties of logical systems. [1]
Gregg Henriques is an American psychologist. He is a professor for the Combined-Integrated Doctoral Program, at James Madison University, in Harrisonburg, Virginia, US.. He developed a Unified Theory Of Knowledge (UTOK), which consists of eight key ideas that Henriques claims results in a much more unified vision of science, psychology and philosophy.
Meta (from the μετά, meta, meaning 'after' or 'beyond') is an adjective meaning 'more comprehensive' or 'transcending'. [1]In modern nomenclature, the prefix meta can also serve as a prefix meaning self-referential, as a field of study or endeavor (metatheory: theory about a theory; metamathematics: mathematical theories about mathematics; meta-axiomatics or meta-axiomaticity: axioms about ...
Metaphilosophy, sometimes called the philosophy of philosophy, is "the investigation of the nature of philosophy". [1] Its subject matter includes the aims of philosophy, the boundaries of philosophy, and its methods.
On the metatheoretical level, Parson attempted to balance psychologist phenomenology and idealism on the one hand and pure types of what Parsons called the utilitarian-positivistic complex, on the other hand. The theory includes a general theory of social evolution and a concrete interpretation of the major drives of world history. In Parsons ...