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Abstract programming attempts to extract the principles underlying problem solving and therefore approximate more nearly to a unified behaviour theory. A distinction is made between white matter theory and grey matter theory, both of which are outlined. The level of organization at the level of the neuron as found to be very high; the significance of this is discussed particularly in view of the consideration that the neurone must exist in the equivalent of a Skinner box since it is difficult to see how learning can be accomplished unless correct behaviour is rewarded at cellular level. The concepts of recursion and that of the structure of knowledge are an essential basis to the understanding of abstract programming; these are outlined in two appendices.