Sociology should... be thought of as a science of action-of the ultimate common value element in its relations to the other elements of action..

The part an actor played on stage was once written on a separate roll of paper..

The functions of the family in a highly differentiated society are not to be interpreted as functions directly on behalf of the society, but on behal….

It is probably safe to say that all the changes of factual knowledge which have led to the relativity theory, resulting in a very great theoretical d….

Spencers god was Evolution, sometimes also called Progress..

But the scientific importance of a change in knowledge of fact consists precisely in j its having consequences for a system of theory..

If there are four equations and only three variables, and no one of the equations is derivable from the others by algebraic manipulation then there i….

A gloss is a total system of perception and language..

If capitalism begins as the practical idealism of the aspiring bourgeoisie, it ends ... as an orgy of materialism..

The hypothesis may be put forward, to be tested by the s subsequent investigation, that this development has been in large part a matter of the recip….

If observed facts of undoubted accuracy will not fit any of the alternatives it leaves open, the system itself is in need of reconstruction..

Special emphasis should be laid on this intimate interrelation of general statements about empirical fact with the logical elements and structure of ….

Theory not only formulates what we know but also tells us what we want to know, that is, the questions to which an answer is needed..

The importance of certain problems concerning the facts will be inherent in the structure of the system..

Empirical interest will be in the facts so far as they are relevant to the solution of these problems..

Science is intimately integrated with the whole social structure and cultural tradition. They mutually support one other-only in certain types of soc….

A theoretical system does not merely state facts which have been observed and that logically deducible relations to other facts which have also been ….

It is that of increasing knowledge of empirical fact, intimately combined with changing interpretations of this body of fact - hence changing general….

The implications of these considerations justify the statement that all empirically verifiable knowledge even the commonsense knowledge of everyday l….

A scientifically unimportant discovery is one which, however true and however interesting for other reasons, has no consequences for a system of theo….

But the fact a person denies that he is theorising is no reason for taking him at his word and failing to investigate what implicit theory is involve….