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Empirical interest will be in the facts so far as they are relevant to the solution of these problems. ↗

— Talcott Parsons

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Now obviously the propositions of the system have reference to matters of empirical fact; if they did not, they could have no claim to be called scientific. ↗

— Talcott Parsons

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Of course there may well be particular reasons why Spencer rather than others is dead, as there were also particular reasons why he rather than others made such a stir. ↗

— Talcott Parsons

#course #dead #made #may #others

That is, a system starts with a group of interrelated propositions which involve reference to empirical observations within the logical framework of the propositions in question. ↗

— 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. ↗

— Talcott Parsons

#empirical #empirical fact #fact #first #general

My teenage years were spent trying to look like Rod Stewart - I ended up looking like Dave Hill from Slade. ↗

— Tony Parsons

#ended #hill #i #like #look

Stop this attitude that older people ain't any good anymore! We're as good as we ever were - if we ever were any good. ↗

— Dolly Parton

#anymore #attitude #ever #good #older

I'm old enough and cranky enough now that if someone tried to tell me what to do, I'd tell them where to put it. ↗

— Dolly Parton

#enough #i #me #now #old

My parents, especially my mother, were no influence on me whatsoever. ↗

— Andy Partridge

#especially #influence #me #mother #parents

The early gigs were pretty panicky - and great, sweaty fun. We were brand new to most people, and they were willing to take anything brand new, for the first time in years. ↗

— Andy Partridge

#brand #brand new #early #first #first time