Talcott Parsons Quote

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.


The Structure of Social Action (1937), Vol. 1


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

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

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

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