Direction Quote by Talcott Parsons

Special emphasis should be laid on this intimate interrelation of general statements about empirical fact with the logical elements and structure of theoretical systems.

— 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

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

“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

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

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 the final, the positive, state, the mind has given over the vain search after absolute notions, the origin and destination of the universe,…

— Auguste Comte

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

Results from a given approach are "facts" as long as the approach fits the group or the tradition that is being addressed.

— Paul Feyerabend

It is however pretty evident, on general principles, that in devising for mathematical truths a new form in which to record and throw themselves…

— Ada Lovelace

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