But the fact a person denies that he is theorising is no reason for taking him at his word and failing to investigate what implicit theory is involved in his statements.

But the fact a person denies that he is theorising is no reason for taking him at his word and failing to investigate what implicit theory is involved in his statements.

Spencers god was Evolution, sometimes also called Progress.

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

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.

Sociology should... be thought of as a science of action-of the ultimate common value element in its relations to the other elements of action.

Theory not only formulates what we know but also tells us what we want to know, that is, the questions to which an answer is needed.