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. In so far as such a theory is empirically correct it will also tell us what empirical facts it should be possible to observe in a given set.


p. 8 - The structure of social action (1937)

Talcott Parsons Quotes

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

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

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

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