From all this it follows what the general character of the problem of the development of a body of scientific knowledge is, in so far as it depends on elements internal to science itself.Quote by Talcott Parsons about body
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.Quote by Talcott Parsons about body