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Talcott Parsons

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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


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Thus, in general, in the first instance, the direction of interest in empirical fact will be canalised by the logical structure of the theoretical system.


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Houdton: Cap and Gown Press 1987. Sutton The Radical Marxist. D.

Parsons analyzed the work of Émile Durkheim and Vilfredo Pareto and evaluated their contributions through the paradigm of voluntaristic action. For Parsons "structural functionalism" was a particular stage in the methodological development of the social science and "functionalism" was a universal method; neither term was a name for any specific school. Parsons was also largely responsible for introducing and interpreting Max Weber's work to American audiences.

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