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 is another variable missing.
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. - Talcott Parsons
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.
- Talcott Parsons
The part an actor played on stage was once written on a separate roll of paper. - Talcott Parsons
The part an actor played on stage was once written on a separate roll of paper.
Empirical interest will be in the facts so far as they are relevant to the solution of these problems. - Talcott Parsons
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… - Talcott Parsons
Science is intimately integrated with the whole social structure and cultural tradition. They mutually support one other-only in certain types of soc…
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. - Talcott Parsons
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.
A gloss is a total system of perception and language. - Talcott Parsons
A gloss is a total system of perception and language.
The importance of certain problems concerning the facts will be inherent in the structure of the system. - Talcott Parsons
The importance of certain problems concerning the facts will be inherent in the structure of the system.
If observed facts of undoubted accuracy will not fit any of the alternatives it leaves open, the system itself is in need of reconstruction. - Talcott Parsons
If observed facts of undoubted accuracy will not fit any of the alternatives it leaves open, the system itself is in need of reconstruction.
If capitalism begins as the practical idealism of the aspiring bourgeoisie, it ends ... as an orgy of materialism. - Talcott Parsons
If capitalism begins as the practical idealism of the aspiring bourgeoisie, it ends ... as an orgy of materialism.
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