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

  • 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 reciprocal interaction of new factual insights and knowledge on the one hand with changes in the theoretical system on the other.

    Hands   Development   May  
    Talcott Parsons, Peter Hamilton (1985). “Readings from Talcott Parsons”, Chichester [West Sussex] : E. Horwood ; London ; New York : Tavistock Publications
  • 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 (1967). “Structure of Social Action”, Free Pr
  • 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 involved in his statements.

    Facts   Failing   Reason  
    Talcott Parsons (1967). “Structure of Social Action”, Free Pr
  • A scientifically unimportant discovery is one which, however true and however interesting for other reasons, has no consequences for a system of theory with which scientists in that field are concerned.

    Talcott Parsons (1937). “The Structure of Social Action: A Study in Social Theory with Special Reference to a Group of Recent European Writers”
  • 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 development, are completely trivial from any point of view except their relevance to the structure of a theoretical system.

    TALCOTT PARSONS (1937). “THE STRUCTURE OF SOCIAL ACTION”
  • Science is intimately integrated with the whole social structure and cultural tradition. They mutually support one other-only in certain types of society can science flourish, and conversely without a continuous and healthy development and application of science such a society cannot function properly.

    1951 The Social System, ch.8.
  • The part an actor played on stage was once written on a separate roll of paper.

    Actors   Paper   Stage  
  • The importance of certain problems concerning the facts will be inherent in the structure of the system.

    Talcott Parsons (1968). “The structure of social action: a study in social theory with special reference to a group of recent European writers”
  • Special emphasis should be laid on this intimate interrelation of general statements about empirical fact with the logical elements and structure of theoretical systems.

    Talcott Parsons (1968). “The structure of social action: a study in social theory with special reference to a group of recent European writers”
  • Empirical interest will be in the facts so far as they are relevant to the solution of these problems.

    Talcott Parsons (1968). “The structure of social action: a study in social theory with special reference to a group of recent European writers”
  • 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.

    Answers   Want   Theory  
    Talcott Parsons (1968). “The structure of social action: a study in social theory with special reference to a group of recent European writers”
  • 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 behalf of personality.

    Talcott Parsons, Robert Freed Bales (1956). “Family Socialization and Interaction Process”, p.16, Psychology Press
  • If capitalism begins as the practical idealism of the aspiring bourgeoisie, it ends ... as an orgy of materialism.

    Max Weber, Talcott Parsons (2003). “The Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism”, p.3, Courier Corporation
  • Spencers god was Evolution, sometimes also called Progress.

    Talcott Parsons, Peter Hamilton (1985). “Readings from Talcott Parsons”, Chichester [West Sussex] : E. Horwood ; London ; New York : Tavistock Publications
  • 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 (1968). “The structure of social action: a study in social theory with special reference to a group of recent European writers”
  • 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.

    TALCOTT PARSONS (1949). “THE STRUCTURE OF SOCIAL ACTION”
  • It is that of increasing knowledge of empirical fact, intimately combined with changing interpretations of this body of fact - hence changing general statements about it - and, not least, a changing a structure of the theoretical system.

    Body   Facts   Structure  
    Talcott Parsons (1968). “The structure of social action: a study in social theory with special reference to a group of recent European writers”
  • A theoretical system does not merely state facts which have been observed and that logically deducible relations to other facts which have also been observed.

    Doe   Facts   States  
    Talcott Parsons (1968). “The structure of social action: a study in social theory with special reference to a group of recent European writers”
  • A gloss is a total system of perception and language.

  • The implications of these considerations justify the statement that all empirically verifiable knowledge even the commonsense knowledge of everyday life - involves implicitly, if not explicitly, systematic theory in this sense.

    Talcott Parsons (1937). “The Structure of Social Action: A Study in Social Theory with Special Reference to a Group of Recent European Writers”
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Talcott Parsons

  • Born: December 13, 1902
  • Died: May 8, 1979
  • Occupation: Sociologist