"an American sociologist who served on the faculty of Harvard University from 1927 to 1973" "Parsons was an early subscriber to system-theory. Parsons had from early on been fascinated by the writing of Walter B. Cannon and his concept of homeostasis, as well as of the writings of French physiologist Claude Bernard"

"Parsons developed his ideas during a period when systems theory and cybernetics were very much on the front burner of social and behavioral science. In using systems thinking, he postulated that the relevant systems treated in social and behavioral science were "open," meaning that they were embedded in an environment consisting of other systems. For social and behavioral science, the largest system is "the action system," consisting of interrelated behaviors of human beings, embedded in a physical-organic environment." (Wikipedia) [See AGIL paradigm] Known for action theory.

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name	Talcott Parsons
dOB	1902
dOD	1979
event	Unnamed
book	Unnamed
interpreter	Unnamed
influencer	Unnamed