That is, a system starts with a group of interrelated propositions which involve reference to...#Talcott Parsons
Special emphasis should be laid on this intimate interrelation of general statements about empirical fact...#Talcott Parsons
Of course there may well be particular reasons why Spencer rather than others is dead,...#Talcott Parsons
Now obviously the propositions of the system have reference to matters of empirical fact; if...#Talcott Parsons
It is that of increasing knowledge of empirical fact, intimately combined with changing interpretations of...#Talcott Parsons
If observed facts of undoubted accuracy will not fit any of the alternatives it leaves...#Talcott Parsons
From all this it follows what the general character of the problem of the development...#Talcott Parsons
