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              <text>MIDDLE RANGE THEORIES AS COHERENT INTELLECTUAL FRAMEWORKS</text>
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              <text>he argument is advanced that sound logical reasoning is essential in understanding the complex&#13;
concept of middle range theories. This may be explainable as follows: firstly, that epistemological rules and&#13;
principles are wider and incorporate under to incorporate such concepts as generalization; theoretical&#13;
paradigms; empirical theories; formal theories; and intellectual theoretical and conceptual frameworks: major&#13;
premise designated as B. Secondly, that middle range theories have three sets of meanings: called minor&#13;
premises designated as B1; and these three sets of meanings are: (a)theoretical paradigms as forms of middle&#13;
range theories are the basic sets of assumptions ideas and unified viewpoints: called minor premise B2; (b)&#13;
empirical theories as forms of middle range theories as forms of middle range theories are conceptual models of&#13;
analysis: minor premise B3; (c) formal theories as forms of middle range theories, designated as minor premise&#13;
B4. (d) Therefore, minor premises B1, B2, B3 and B4 are related to B, major premise. Thirdly, the broader&#13;
epistemological rules and principles thus incorporate the middle range theories as coherent intellectual&#13;
frameworks. The latter aspect forms the subject of this article</text>
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