Quote by Talcott Parsons
But the scientific importance of a change in knowledge of fact con

But the scientific importance of a change in knowledge of fact consists precisely in j its having consequences for a system of theory. – Talcott Parsons

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It is probably safe to say that all the changes of factual knowledge which have led to the relativity theory, resulting in a very great theoretical development, are completely trivial from any point of view except their relevance to the structure of a theoretical system. – Talcott Parsons

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It is that of increasing knowledge of empirical fact, intimately combined with changing interpretations of this body of fact – hence changing general statements about it – and, not least, a changing a structure of the theoretical system. – Talcott Parsons

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The functions of the family in a highly differentiated society are not to be interpreted as functions directly on behalf of the society, but on behalf of personality. – Talcott Parsons

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It is nothing for one to know something unless another knows you know it. – Proverb

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Any knowledge that doesnt lead to new questions quickly dies out: it fails to maintain the temperature required for sustaining life. – Wislawa Szymborska

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When a doctor does go wrong he is the first of criminals. He has nerve and he has knowledge. – Arthur Conan Doyle

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Belief and knowledge are considered to be two different things. But they are not. – Stanley Fish

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