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'''Methodology''' is a set of explicitly formulated rules of theory assessment. Openly professed methodologies prescribe how theories ought to be assessed. Thus, they have to be differentiated from the actual implicit expectation of a community, i.e. from [[Method|methods]].  
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'''Methodology''' is a set of explicitly formulated rules of theory assessment. Openly professed methodologies consist of [[Theory#Descriptive and Normative|normative propositions]] that prescribe how theories ''ought'' to be assessed. Thus, they have to be differentiated from the actual implicit expectation of a community, i.e. from [[Method|methods]].  
  
 
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Methodology is a set of explicitly formulated rules of theory assessment. Openly professed methodologies consist of normative propositions that prescribe how theories ought to be assessed. Thus, they have to be differentiated from the actual implicit expectation of a community, i.e. from methods.

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