Elements Quote by Talcott Parsons

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

— Talcott Parsons

“It is necessary, first of all, to find a correct logical starting point, one which can lead us to a natural and sound interpretation…

— Ernst Cassirer

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

— Talcott Parsons

It is that of increasing knowledge of empirical fact, intimately combined with changing interpretations of this body of fact - hence changing general statements…

— Talcott Parsons

As soon as science has emerged from its initial stages, theoretical advances are no longer achieved merely by a process of arrangement. Guided by…

— Albert Einstein

“The facts of science always imply a theoretical, which means a symbolic, element.”

— Ernst Cassirer

Our empirical criterion for a series of theories is that it should produce new facts. The idea of growth and the concept of empirical…

— Imre Lakatos

A theoretical system does not merely state facts which have been observed and that logically deducible relations to other facts which have also been…

— Talcott Parsons

It is generally believed that our science is empirical and that we draw our concepts and our mathematical constructs from the empirical data. If…

— Werner Heisenberg

In so far as such a theory is empirically correct it will also tell us what empirical facts it should be possible to observe…

— Talcott Parsons

A fact is a proposition of which the verification by an appeal to the primary sources of our knowledge or to experience is directand…

— Chauncey Wright

In fact, of course, I hold that propositions that contemporary philosophers would properly count as 'empirical' can be necessary and be known to be…

— Saul Kripke